单词 | draggle |
释义 | dragglen. rare. 1. The action of draggling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress dragglinga1599 slaggering1622 drag1813 creep1818 dawdling1819 loitering1822 draggle1894 1894 S. A. Brooke Tennyson x. 330 The dull coarseness and the draggle of the last days of luxury and adultery. 2. One who draggles. Scottish. ΚΠ 1806 J. Train Poet. Reveries 64 (Jam.) To her came a rewayl'd draggle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). dragglev. 1. transitive. To wet or befoul (a garment, etc.) by allowing it to drag through mire or wet grass, or to hang untidily in the rain; to make wet, limp, and dirty. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud > dirty by trailing in mud bedaga1300 belaga1300 bedrabblec1440 drabblec1440 dag1484 draggle1513 daggle1530 bedaggle1580 bedabble1600 bedraggle1727 1499 Promptorium Parvulorum 129/2 Drabelyn (drakelyn, Pynson), paludo, traunlimo (sic).] 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 76 Puire laboraris and byssy husband men Went wayt and wery draglyt in the fen. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 361 Draiglit throw dirtie dubes and dykes. a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) lxvi Draiglit in dirt. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 94 Draggled up to the waist. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. xi. 402 The wet day draggles the tricolor. 1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust Pref. ii. 18 If she falls, she is not draggled in the mire. ΘΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > about > through mud or dirt daggle1681 draggle1714 dag1869 1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses ii. i Here you have dragled me a long way. 1723 State of Russia II. 79 They take it by the Tail, and draggle it thrice round the Idol. 3. intransitive (for reflexive). To trail (on the ground), hang trailing. So †to draggle it. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] > hang down > trailingly trikea1350 trilla1400 trailc1412 train1584 dragglec1594 tag1617 traipsea1777 streel1847 trape1875 c1594 in Pollen Acts Eng. Martyrs (1891) 333 On the hurdle..one of his legs draggled on the ground as he was drawn. c1660 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 300 Masters gownes long, dragling on the ground. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. 16 [Man] draggles it on foot upon the polluted earth. 1815 Countess Granville Let. 5 Sept. (1894) I. 78 Flounces draggling. 1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P.C. Asbjørnsen & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse 356 Such..long wool, it hung down and draggled after him on the ground. 4. intransitive. To come on or follow slowly and in a straggling train. ΘΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] creepc1175 lugc1400 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 crawlc1460 lounge?a1513 slug1565 drawl1566 draggle1577 fodge1581 snail1582 laggerc1620 slagger1622 snail1628 flod1674 delay1690 to drag one’s slow length along1711 soss1711 loiter1728 trail1744 sidle1781 soodle1821 linger1826 ooze1847 slope1851 laggard1864 dawdle1872 tiddle1882 oozle1958 pootle1973 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow slowly draga1513 draggle1577 drail1598 lag1651 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus iv. 477 in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 477 The espies came draglinge after in beggers weede and base attyre. a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1844) II. xxxii. 389 He that draigled behind will be before thee. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. v. 118 With heavy hearts they draggled at the heels of his troop. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 205 Some beasts of burden which had lagged behind..came draggling in one after the other. Derivatives ˈdraggling n. and adj. ΘΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > slow movement or progress dragglinga1599 slaggering1622 drag1813 creep1818 dawdling1819 loitering1822 draggle1894 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly slowa1398 slow-movingc1450 slow-bellied1554 lazya1568 slow-footed1587 slow-paced1594 leaden-footed1596 snaily1596 snail-paced1597 dragglinga1599 leaden-heeled1598 ambling1600 slow-foot1607 sluggisha1616 slow-pacing1616 tortoise-paced1623 slow-going1634 leaden-stepping1645 tardigradous1652 tardigrade1656 snail-crawleda1658 dawdling1773 loitering1791–2 slow-stepping1793 creepy1794 lugging1816 tortoise-footed1818 crawling1820 creepy-crawly1858 slowing1877 lead-foot1896 soodling1951 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > trailingly trailinga1400 swooping1581 dragglinga1599 training1645 streeling1841 traily1902 a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1844) II. xxxii. 389 A draigling person. a1599 R. Rollock Sel. Wks. (1844) II. xxxii. 389 He or she that will persevere in draigling. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 34 His dragling Tail hung in the Dirt. 1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank (1869) 304 My lady with the ermine tippet and draggling feather. 1886 Manch. Examiner 6 Jan. 5/2 After the Speaker is chosen, several days will pass in draggling fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1806v.1513 |
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