单词 | frough |
释义 | froughfrowadj. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. Liable to break or give way, not to be depended on, frail, brittle. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile bricklec1225 froughc1275 brisel1303 brocklec1315 brittlea1382 fraila1382 brotelc1384 frangiblec1440 frushing1488 bruckle1513 brash1566 breakable1570 weak1581 glassya1591 brake1600 frushy1610 fragilea1616 kexy1641 brickly1670 cracky1725 fractile1727 frush1802 slattery1829 crackable1862 snappable1866 smashable1884 spaulty1895 c1275 Luue Ron 44 in Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 94 Hit is fals and mereuh and frouh. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2305 Þoghe þe prest be fals or frow. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 671 Ek thike ysowe is frough [L. sectilis] And rare ysowe is heded grete & tough. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 185 in Shorter Poems (1967) 20 Quha suld haif fyrm esperans in this? Quhilk is allace sa freuch and variant? 1568 Bannatyne Poems (1770) 185 This warld is verry frewch. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 525 Oft fair foullis ar fundin faynt, and als freuch. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 18 Timber..which grows in Gravel is subject to be Frow (as they term it) and brittle. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 28 Frough, loose, spungy: Frough wood, brittle. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 37 The arms of an ash-tree are commonly put in if they be not too frowe. 1785 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth 5 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. The swingle-trees flew in flinders, as gin they had been as freugh as kail-castacks. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Frough-wood, brittle wood. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Frough, loose, spungy, easily broken. 2. Crisp or ‘short’ to the taste. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > strong-tasting strongeOE stithc1000 violenta1398 tartc1405 froughc1420 high?c1430 lecherous1474 strong1588 brusque1601 valiant1607 pertish1635 haut-goût1645 full-flavoured1736 lively1770 gamey1820 ory1854 zestful?1855 robust1873 tangy1875 stewy1895 the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > friable froughc1420 short1648 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 662 To make hem frough, kitte of the bladys longe. 3. Scottish. (See quot. 1808-80) ΚΠ 1808–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Freuch..2. dry; applied to corn, that has recovered from the effects of rain in the time of harvest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1275 |
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