单词 | eelist |
释义 | eelistn. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw faultc1320 breckc1369 villainyc1400 offencec1425 defectc1450 defection1526 vitiosity1538 faintness1543 gall1545 eelist1549 mar1551 hole1553 blemish1555 wart1603 flaw1604 mulct1632 wound1646 failurea1656 misfeature1818 bug1875 out1886 1549 Acts & Decreets III. 214 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Elest, Elist Geif ony elast or defalt mycht apper [in the sasine]..quharthrow ony impugnatioun mycht proceid aganis it. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. B8 The last eyelast that appeareth in this denunciatioun is this. 1606 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 357 Ony defaulte or Eilest, be þe quhilk the richt or possessioun of the saidis landis may be challangeit. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 761 They fand thrie or four dangerous eyelistis that they could not digest. 1624 D. Calderwood Epist. Christian Brother 12 The uncomely eye-lasts required to be introduced upon the sound work of this Sacrament. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 142 From any ee-list I'm free. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 294 Sonsie, and cantie, and gawsie, But eelist or flaw was she. 2. A grievance, a grudge; a cause of offence or disagreement; the grounds for a quarrel; (also) ill feeling, antipathy, resentment; (in later use) spec. concealed dislike. Now rare (Shetland in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun] despitec1400 eelist1552 antipathy1606 dislike1608 aversion1622 averseness1623 reclination1678 indisposition1702 allergy1916 the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > a grudge quarrel1340 grudge1531 heart-burningsa1533 eelist1552 pritch1563 stitcha1591 ingrudge1606 disobligationa1754 down1835 to have a downer on1866 hard-on1949 1552 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 277 Eueschuing all eilestis, offencis, displesure..standand betwixt thame. 1580 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 287 He culd nocht haiff securitie of his lyff..onless sic eelest war put to rest and queatnes. 1595 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 349 All and sindrie personis amangis quhome deidlie feid and eleist is presentlie standing. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) vii. 501 He did not long for any thing more then to have..all these eyelists removed which had given him so just occasion of discontent. 1644 R. Baillie Let. 26 Mar. (1841) II. 159 To this hour not the least difference, the smallest eyelist betwixt any of us..which yow know is rare in such societies. 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. 39 Eelist, secret antipathy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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