单词 | creesh |
释义 | creeshcreishn. Scottish. 1. Grease, fat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > derived from animals smearc725 smolta1000 seamc1200 greasec1290 fat1393 creesha1400 brawn1535 axunge?1541 axungiety1599 axungiousness1599 a1400 Burgh Lawis lxviii Woll, nowte cresche or swyne sayme. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 152 In creische that did incres. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 61 Fat cresche or same. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 41 Butter's king o' a' creesh. 2. A ‘lick’, a stroke. Cf. anoint v. 6. ΚΠ 1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie 6 Now some for this, wi' Satyr's Leesh, Ha'e gi'en auld Edinburgh a Creesh. 1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxii. 281 Give the beast a good creish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). creeshv. Scottish. transitive. To grease. to creesh the loof (figurative): ‘to grease the palm’, i.e. with a douceur. Cf. to grease a person in the hands at grease v. 4b. ΚΠ 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 237 (Jam.) Like the Orkney butter, neither good to eat, nor to creisch wool. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 117 He'll tak the hint, and creish her loof Wi' what will buy her fairin. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. x. 229 Would ye creesh his bonny brown hair wi' your nasty ulyie? 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 48 If he was only able to creish the clerk's loof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400v.1721 |
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