单词 | faggald |
释义 | faggaldn. Scottish. 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1488 |
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