单词 | garn |
释义 | garnn. northern dialect. Yarn or worsted (see quot. 1876). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > woollen > for sewing or knitting > specific Norfolk thread1407 garn1483 crewel1494 caddis1530 worsted yarn1533 worsted1546 fingering1681 German wool1807 wheel-spuna1825 Berlin wool1841 ice wool1876 Berlin1881 eis wool1882 quick-knit1935 bawneen1958 1483 Cath. Angl. 150/2 Garne (A. Garne siue ȝarn), pensum. To wynd Garne, jurgillare. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Draw-gere Yarn, still in the North call'd Garn; wooll workt into a thread. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gain or Garn, woollen yarn or worsted; though gain is made of short wool and is coarser [than worsted]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). garnint. colloquial and regional. ‘Go on’, often used to express disbelief or ridicule of a statement (see to go on 3b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΚΠ 1886 in H. Baumann Londinismen 62/1. 1888 J. Runciman Chequers 80 Garn, you farthin' face! 1914 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 1, in Nash's Mag. Nov. 152/2 The Note Taker (whipping out his book). Heavens! what a sound!..Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—ow—oo! The Flower Girl (tickled by the performance, and laughing in spite of herself). Garn! 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William viii. 166 Garn! S'ours! We found it. 1925 Glasgow Herald 9 Jan. 8 He complained that if he used such words as ‘garn’ or ‘struth’ he was accused of vulgarity, whereas were he capable of imitating the peculiar sounds such as were heard from those north of the Tweed he would be able to move in any society. 1968 A. Holden Death after School iii. 22 ‘Garn,’ called out someone, ‘tell us somefing we don't know!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1483int.1886 |
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