| 单词 | full of foal, calf, etc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull of foal, calf, etc. c. Of a mammal: pregnant (also more fully full of foal, calf, etc.). Of a fish: filled with roe or milt. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > ready to spawn or full of spawn fulla1398 roed1598 ripe1853 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > of or like a mare > pregnant full of foal, calf, etc.1722 in-foal1827 stinted1847 foaly1849 foaling1885 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. viii. 1122 (MED) A mare þat is fulle [emended in ed. to in fole; L. impregnata]. 1426 in L. Morsbach Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1923) 15 (MED) A cade of full heryng. 1505–6 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 103 vj barell of full heryng iij li. vjs. et ij barell of schoten xviijs. 1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. Diijv/2 Harenc bouffi,..a full herring. 1604 Rates Marchandizes sig. K1 Herrings..White Full, or Shotten, packed the barrell. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6120/4 A large Black Mare..very full of Foal. 1798 Scots Mag. June 365 The full herring, with either hard or soft roe discernible, when salted, be separated, sorted, and packed separately. 1864 J. M. Mitchell Herring 114 The herrings are assorted, namely, the full herrings (herrings full of milt and roe) separated from matjes (herrings with the milt and roe of a small size). 1873 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 466/1 Colonel King bought the old cow, twelve years old, and full of calf. 1906 Statutory Rules & Orders 1905 No. 784. 108 Barrels or half-barrels of herrings for this brand shall contain large ‘full’ fish of not less than 11¼ inches in extreme length. 1975 Pastoral Rev. Aug. 514/1 Breeding ewes full of lamb sold themselves without pressure from auctioneers. 2006 B. M. Fagan Fish on Friday xi. 160 These were ‘full’ herring, best consumed fresh or smoked. < as lemmas |
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