单词 | cross-caper |
释义 | † cross-capern. Obsolete. ? Some kind of caper or movement in dancing; cf. cross-cut n., cross-point n. Said usually of a tailor, and often figurative in application. ΚΠ 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H4 Had a Taylor seene Her at this aduantage, he with his crosse-capers Had rufled her by this. 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 31 His ends go not their ways, but with Cross-capers. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck ii. sig. E2v Sket: [a tailor]. For fashioning of shapes, and cutting a crosse-caper, turne me off to my trade againe. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i. at Caper A cross caper, Subsultatio. DerivativesΚΠ 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. D3v Al the crosse caperers being plac'd in strong rankes, and an excellent oration cut out..perswading them to sweat out their very braines, in deuising new french cuts, new french collors [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1606 |
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