单词 | cramp-ring |
释义 | cramp-ringn. 1. A ring held to be efficacious against cramp, falling sickness, and the like; esp. one of those which in pre-reformation times the kings and queens of England used to hallow on Good Friday for this purpose.See Burnet Hist. Ref. Records II. 266; J. Brand Pop. Antiq. (1870) I. 85. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > amulet against disease or to aid healing > against cramp cramp-ring1463 cramp-stone1630 cramp-bone1844 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 41 My crampe ryng with blak innamel and a part silvir and gilt. 1526 T. Magnus Let. to Wolsey in Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 30 Certaine Cramp Ringges which I distributed..amonges other to M. Adame Otterbourne, who, with oone of thayme, releved a mann lying in the falling sekenes. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) i. 121 The Kynges of Englande doth halowe euery yere Crampe rynges, the whyche rynges, worne on ones fynger, dothe helpe them the whyche hath the Crampe. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. I A face..which showes like an agget set in a crampe ring. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. (1711) 193 The Morss or Sea-horse..having a great semicircular Tusk..very much valued..for their uses in Medicines, as to make Cramp-rings (which they make also of the Bristles upon his Cheeks) to resist Poison and other malignant Diseases. 1750 T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits 138 Is not a Brilliant more attractive than a Cramp-Ring? 1847 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae III. p. clviij These rings were called Cramp-rings, and the MS. in this volume is the service dedicated to their consecration. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Cramp-ring, a ring made from old coffin-tyre, or the metal ornaments of decayed coffins, and worn as a preventative of cramp. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) bendc890 shacklea1000 bandc1175 bonda1325 aneus1360 warlockc1400 leashc1430 link?a1500 shackle1540 cramp-ring1567 locketa1643 restraint1650 pinion1733 manacle1838 span1856 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv Quier cramp-rings, boltes or fetters. a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 55 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Here's no Justice Lippus Will seeke for to nip us In Crampring, or Cippus. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 17 Thou the Cramprings ne're didst scowre [= wear]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1463 |
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