单词 | fank |
释义 | fankn.1 Sc. A sheep-cot or pen. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > enclosure > fold or pen folda700 lockeOE pen1227 foldingc1440 pend1542 cub1548 hull1570 corral1582 boolya1599 ree1674 crew1681 reeve1720 stell1766 pound1779 kraal1796 fank1812 poundage1866 forcing-yard1890 1812 P. Graham Agric. Surv. Stirling xiv. 294 It is necessary to enclose the whole flock in the pen or fank. 1827 J. Anderson Prize Ess. State Society in Highlands 127 Bargains were concluded at the homes and fanks of the farmers. 1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 219 When he came to byre or fank. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2014). fankn.2 Sc. A coil of rope; a noose. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > loop or noose latchetc1350 noosec1450 strop1481 slip1687 twitch1783 kinch1808 fank1825 slip-cord1847 loop1944 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word), A fank o' tows, a coil of ropes. 1826 Scott Jrnl. 13 Sept. (1939) 230 He..is a prince of Bores, but..like the giant Pope..he can only sit and grin at pilgrims..and is not able to cast a fank over them as formerly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2012). fankv. Sc. trans. To put (sheep) in a fank; to pen up (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1923 Glasgow Herald 19 Nov. 7 Days..set apart for fanking the sheep. Derivatives fanked adj. penned up; in ?a1600 transf. of a sword: Set fast in the sheath. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [adjective] > sheathed fanked?a1600 sheathed1810 scabbarded1888 ?a1600 Death of Parcy Reed xxviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. cxciii. 27/6 Brave Parcy raised his fankit sword, And felld the foremost to the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2013). < n.11812n.21825v.?a1600 |
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