单词 | flinder |
释义 | flindern. Obsolete exc. dialect. A moth or butterfly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > member of flinder1340 pinion1775 lepidopter1828 scale-wing1864 lepidopteran1865 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 206 Zuo long uliȝþ þe ulindre aboute the candle: þet hi bernþ. 1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms Flinder, a butterfly. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). flinderv.1 Scottish. rare. transitive. To break into flinders or pieces. ΚΠ 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew x. 15 Flinder ye the arm o' the ill-doers. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xlvi. 9 He flinders the bow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flinderv.2 Scottish. (See quot. 1808-80) ΚΠ 1808–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Flinder, to flirt, to run about in a fluttering manner; also applied to cattle, when they break through inclosures, and scamper through the fields. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1340v.11871v.21808 |
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