单词 | frumenty-pot |
释义 | > as lemmasfrumenty-pot C1. frumenty- or furmety-corn, frumenty-kettle, frumenty-pot, frumenty-seller. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvii. 19 The woman..strowed firmentye corne theron. c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. A.iiv I bequeth my grece, to the fermete potte. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man i. iii. sig. B4 Licking his lips, Like a Spaniell o're a Fermenty pot. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 127 Simpering like a Frumety-Kettle. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 23 The furmity-seller decided to close for the night. < as lemmas |
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