单词 | custron |
释义 | custronn. 1. An assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion. Also in extended use, as a term of abuse: a man of low birth or status; a knave, a rogue, a scoundrel (cf. custrel n. 2). Now archaic (Scottish in later use).Although custron appears alongside knave in quot. c1400, the context is military, and it may instead represent a use of sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant squiller1303 waynpainc1330 kitchener1332 custronc1400 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 swiller?a1500 dishwashera1529 lubber1538 kitchen maid1551 kitchen wencha1556 scull1566 washpot1570 kitchen stuff1582 scrape-trencher1603 kitchenist?1617 trencher-scraper1650 mediastine1658 drudge-pudding1737 marmiton1754 knife-boy1847 potwalloper1859 kitchen mechanic1861 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > person wretchOE filthOE birdc1300 villain1303 caitiffc1330 crachouna1400 crathona1400 custronc1400 sloven?a1475 smaik?1507 rook?a1513 scavenger1563 scald1575 peasant1581 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 patchcock1596 muckworm1649 blackguard1732 ramscallion1734 nasty1825 cad1838 boundera1889 three-letter man1929 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 2507 Þere nas knaue ne quystroun [a1425 Linc. Inn quystron] Þat ne had his warisoun. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 2400 I sal hir gif to warisowne Ane of þe foulest quisteroun, Þat ever ȝit ete any brede; He sal have hir maydenhede. c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) l. 154 Sche seygh a boy loþly of face, A quysteroun..And seyde, ‘Hark þou, cokes knaue!’ a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. F.v Suche a proude pultrowne Suche a foule Coystrowne. a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) iv. 4 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 157 Learne, scybald knave, to knave thy sell, Vyld vagabound, or I invey, Cuistroun, with cuiffis the to compell..þe trewth to tell. 1603 Philotus cxxxiv. sig. E4 Auld custrone Carle tak thair a reuell. c1670 Banishm. Poverty in Christs Kirk on Green (single sheet) An ill dead may that Custron die. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 123 If any Hustrin, Custrin..shall bread any Urdam, Durdam. 1880 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) Quisteroun, a scullion, cook. 1890 J. Service Notandums 113 Noo she's a boul-horned guidwife wi' a custroune carl o' a man. ?2002 I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries ii. vii. 172 The K'nicht jyned in. ‘Ye maun lowse me, ye custrin, els ma men wul ravis an murther thame baith.’ ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun] knighta1100 squirec1290 page?a1400 custrona1425 varlet1470 custrel1474 esquire1477 servitora1513 valet1591 stokaghea1599 calo1617 bedet1633 Tartar1747 batman1755 goujat1776 waiter1828 striker1867 beltman1869 doggy1909 dingbat1918 batwoman1941 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 11 Calcula, a quistron, vel seruus militum. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiv The Sperys to haue for them and theyr Custrun euery day halfe a Floreyn. Phrases wheel of custrons n. Obsolete the wheel of Fortune; chance, fate.With reference to the lowly condition of those at the base of the wheel of Fortune. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > wheel of fortune wheelc888 stagea1300 spoke1412 rooc1440 wheel of custronsc1450 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3303 (MED) Lo! so þe quele of qwistsumnes [perh. read qwistrunnes] my qualite has changid! c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4660 (MED) So þe qwele of qwistounes [read qwistrounes] ȝoure qualite encreses, Þat noþir gesse ȝe gouernour no god bot ȝour-selfe! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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