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单词 faggald
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faggaldn.

Brit. /ˈfaɡld/, U.S. /ˈfæɡəld/, Scottish English /ˈfaɡ(ə)ld/
Forms: pre-1700 fagald, pre-1700 1800s faggald, 1800s– faggal, 1900s– faagal.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: faggot n.
Etymology: Variant of faggot n. With the ending compare pauchle n. and perhaps also riggold n.
Scottish.
1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or brushwood; a faggot. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > a pile, stack, or bundle
faggotc1312
kida1350
faggald1488
bavin1528
woodpile1552
fire pile1577
brush-faggot1606
stalder1611
figate1645
kid-stack1653
stack-wood1664
brush1699
bavin-band1725
pimpa1731
bavin-stack1759
bundle-wood1879
wood-heap1943
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 897 Full feill fagaldys in-to the dyk thai cast.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xvii. 615 Gret fagaldis [1487 St. John's Cambr. flaggatis] yaroff yai maid Gyrdyt with irne bandis braid.
1545 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 41 I sall tell hir how scho brynt hir faggald.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 24509 Congall..Richt mony fagald all that nycht gart mak.
2. A large or excessive amount, quantity, or number (of). rare (Caithness in later use).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount
felec825
muchc1230
good wone1297
plentyc1300
bushelc1374
sight1390
mickle-whata1393
forcea1400
manynessa1400
multitudea1400
packc1400
a good dealc1430
greata1450
sackful1484
power1489
horseloadc1500
mile1508
lump1523
a deal?1532
peckc1535
heapa1547
mass1566
mass1569
gallon1575
armful1579
cart-load1587
mickle1599
bushelful1600–12
a load1609
wreck1612
parisha1616
herd1618
fair share1650
heapa1661
muchness1674
reams1681
hantle1693
mort1694
doll?1719
lift1755
acre1759
beaucoup1760
ton1770
boxload1795
boatload1807
lot1811
dollop1819
swag1819
faggald1824
screed1826
Niagara1828
wad1828
lashings1829
butt1831
slew1839
ocean1840
any amount (of)1848
rake1851
slather1857
horde1860
torrent1864
sheaf1865
oodlesa1867
dead load1869
scad1869
stack1870
jorum1872
a heap sight1874
firlot1883
oodlings1886
chunka1889
whips1888
God's quantity1895
streetful1901
bag1917
fid1920
fleetful1923
mob1927
bucketload1930
pisspot1944
shitload1954
megaton1957
mob-o-ton1975
gazillion1978
buttload1988
shit ton1991
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]
unhovea1300
passingc1350
distemperancec1374
excess1393
unmeasurea1400
surfeita1500
excessivenessa1513
ametry?1541
immoderation?1541
distemperature1572
exceedingnessa1586
grossness1585
unreasonableness1606
inordinacya1617
excrescency1638
immoderancy1646
fair share1650
overbalance1651
hyperbole1652
overheight1664
immoderacya1682
faggald1824
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 301/2 I'm sure ony o' them's worth a faggald of thee.
1939 in Sc. National Dict. (1956) IV. 9/2 [Caithness] She maan aye hev a faggal afore she's content.
1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 247 Faagal, an excessive burden, carried because of greed or to avoid another journey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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