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单词 fimble
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fimblen.1

/ˈfɪmb(ə)l/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s femble, 1500s fembull, femle, flemble, ( fyrble).
Etymology: < Dutch femel, Low German fimel, < French (chanvre) femelle, lit. ‘female hemp’, this name being popularly applied to what modern botanists call the male plant.
1. The male plant of hemp, producing a weaker and shorter fibre than the carl hemp n. or female plant. Formerly also the fibre of this as prepared for use. Also more fully, fimble hemp.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant > male
fimble1484
summer hemp1588
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > hemp > types of
fimble hemp1484
carl hemp?1523
henequen1555
steel hemp1604
Rusband1633
Riga rhine1639
Russia hemp1663
pass-hemp1742
chucking1785
Manila1826
sisal1827
sisal hemp1828
moorva1855
outshot1858
pass1858
carl doddie1868
outshots1880
1484–6 Churchwardens' Accts. Wigtoft, Lincs. in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 78 Paide for femble, and for makyng that [read thar] of in bell-ropes, 1s. 5d.
1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 415 Tenn dosen femle hempe vijl.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 39v The Female or fyrble Hempe.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 277 Gather the Fimble, or earliest Hemp and Flax.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 118 The light Summer-hemp, that bears no Seed, is called Fimble hemp.
1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Cannabis The Fimble-Hemp..is the Male Plants.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 48 The fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. The carl or male hemp was used for ropes, sackcloth, and other coarse manufactures; the fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes.
2. attributive.
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a1519 Inventory in Gentleman's Mag. Apr. (1864) 501 Ij payr of ffembull Shetts, ijs viijd.
1548–9 Will of Alice Peyrson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/32) f. 191v A payre of shettes a lynnyne & a Femble.
1622–3 Inventory in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 162 (note) Three [pound] of femble harne, 4s.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

fimblen.2

Etymology: ? variant of thimble n.
Obsolete.
Apparently a ring for fastening a gate.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hook
crotchetc1430
holdfast1575
fimble1597
hooklet1836
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > hinges, hooks, etc.
crookc1290
resta1522
vardle1525
thimble1550
fimble1597
vartiwell1763
1597 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons App. p. xxxviii For a hoke and fimble for Great Norrells gate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

fimblev.

Etymology: apparently an onomatopoeic variant of famble n. or fumble v., altered to express a more delicate movement.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
a. intransitive. To move the fingers lightly and frequently over anything.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch lightly > touch lightly and frequently
fimble1647
1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 6 She is much fimbling about the Stone on her breast.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. lxxxiii When he the black silk rope soft fimbling felt.
b. transitive. To touch lightly and frequently with the ends of the fingers. See also quot. a1825.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch lightly > and frequently
fimblea1825
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Fimble, to pass through without cutting. Ex. ‘My scythe fimble the grass.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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