单词 | dryfat |
释义 | † dryfatn. Obsolete. A large vessel (cask, barrel, tub, case, box, etc.) used to hold dry things (as opposed to liquids): see fat n.1 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for non-liquids meal fat1360 dryfat1526 yoting vat1543 vat1766 slack barrel1877 slack cask1877 1526 in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 89 For evry dryfatt with merchandyce iiijd. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 For the freight of a drie fatte of the biggest sort .vi. s. viii. d. sterling. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 113/2 Vnlesse it come out of their owne drieuat. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 127 2. Driefats of bread. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. iv. 87 in Wks. II I am a broken vessell..A shrunke old Dryfat. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 45 The Thread..is brought down the Elbe and Rhine in dry Fats for Holland and Flanders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmasdry-fat 3. A cask or barrel to contain dry things. Occasionally more explicitly, dry-fat. ΚΠ 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 For the freight of a drie fatte of the biggest sort .vi. s. viii. d. sterling. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxvi. 89 Our Pipes and Fatts of bread. c1647 A. Wheelocke Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. ccxlviii. 546 The Lambeth Books..as yet..remain in Fats, or great Chests. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 227 Wares, That come in dry Fats o'er from Francfort Fairs. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 260/1 All Goods..in Barrels, Hogsheads, Fats, Chests or Packs. 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 386 The Fairy..return'd with a huge Fat full of Feathers. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 37 Battery, in Fats. < n.1526 as lemmas |
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