单词 | gilravage |
释义 | gilravagen. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English. Noisy or drunken merrymaking; boisterous play; commotion, confusion. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > noisy or riotous revela1375 riotc1440 revel-rout1587 wassail1603 randan1640 rant1650 high-go1774 splore?a1786 gilravagea1796 spree1804 lark1811 spray1813 shindy1821 randy1825 randy-dandy1835 batter1839 flare-up1844 barney1850 jamboree1868 tear1869 whoop-up1876 beano1888 razzle1892 razzle-dazzle1893 bash1901 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 124 While at the stook the shearers cow'r..Or in gulravage rinnin scow'r To pass the time. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 155 Muckle din an' loud gilraivitch was amang them, gaffawan an' lauchan. 1838 T. Carlyle Let. 12 June in T. Carlyle & J. W. Carlyle Coll. Lett. (1985) X. 96 This season of the year is all on a gallop here in London with dinners and meetings and business and gilravish of all kinds. 1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 125 Scottish ‘Galraviches’, as these drinking bouts were called, are well known to all acquainted with the ‘annals of the bottle’. 1863 R. Paul Let. 1 Dec. in B. Bell Mem. R. Paul (1872) xviii. 269 An after-dinner galravage with the children. 1876 W. Brockie Confessional 185 A' thing's ranshacklt frae head to fit, Ye canna get room to stand or sit, There's sic a gulravage as never was kennd. 1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xiii. 270 Gulravage, gulravish; noisy boisterous play. 1968 Classical Rev. 18 162 Simice and the daughter were arbitrarily and incorrectly given speaking parts in the post-rescue scene, and Simice again in the final gilravage [sc. wedding celebrations]. 2013 Scotsman (Nexis) 6 Mar. If there are any statesmen left in Britain it is high time they stepped forward and brought some clear thinking to the present gilravage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gilravagev. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English. 1. intransitive. To eat or drink to excess; to indulge in noisy or drunken merrymaking or feasting; to cause a disturbance or uproar; to cavort. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > make merry [verb (intransitive)] > noisy or riotous revelc1390 ragea1400 roara1450 jet?1518 tirl on the berry?1520 roist1563 roist1574 revel1580 domineer1592 ranta1616 roister1663 scour1673 tory-rory1685 scheme1738 to run the rig1750 gilravagea1760 splore?a1799 spree1859 to go on the (or a) bend1863 to flare up1869 to whoop it up1873 to paint the town (red)1882 razzle1908 to make whoopee1920 boogie1929 to beat it up1933 ball1946 rave1961 a1760 P. Crichton Woodhouselee MS (1907) 71 October 16, ther were 60 of the crew came owt..and gulravished in the publick hows. 1817 Carlop Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 133 Tæ dance after the Play, And swill scuds, garravadge, and sing, Till daffan' breeds a fray. 1822 J. Galt Provost xliii. 316 At all former..banquets, it had been the custom..to galravitch both at hack and manger, in a very expensive manner to the funds of the town. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. 16 Galrevitchin' at my grandfather's honey-kaimbs, I had gotten the colic. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne 65 He was a gallows falla was ‘Crafts’, an' aye made ithers galravitch wi' 'm. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots Matt. xxiv. 49 He's lang o comin, the Maister', an faas tae lounderin the ither servans an gilravagin wi the dribble-core. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 144/2 Gilravage, Gulravage, Gulravidge, Gulravish, Golravitch, Galrevitch, make a great noise. 2008 G. McKay tr. W. Auld Bairnlie Ilk (e-book, accessed 31 Aug. 2017) xiv. 32 An the need aye caas us The need o growein, hungry, gowstie Man Gilravagin lik locusts planets haill. 2. intransitive. To rove about from place to place; to gallivant. Now rare.figurative in quot. 1948. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly roil?c1335 gada1500 stavera1500 vaguea1525 scoterlope1574 idle1599 haika1605 saunter1671 stravaig1801 palmer1805 streel1805 taver1808 traik1818 gander1822 gallivant1823 gilravage1825 project1828 daud1831 meander1831 to knock about1833 to kick about1839 to knock round1848 piroot1858 sashay1865 june1869 tootle1902 slop1907 beetle1919 stooge1941 swan1942 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Gilravage, to rove about, to be unsteady; to act hastily and without consideration. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. vi. 108 This lass o' mine..thinks as because she's gone galraverging, I maun ha' missed her. 1885 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny viii. 135 I hae nae broo' o' their faerns an' weeds o' that sort; she galravidges hither and yont for them. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 146 Gilravage... To rove about, as when bent on plunder or destruction... To act hastily or rashly; to be unsteady. 1948 S. G. Smith Under Eildon Tree xii. 34 My hert, a leopard, ruthless, breme, Gilravaged far and near Seekan sensatiouns, passions that wad wauken My Muse whan she was lollish. Derivatives gilˈravaging n. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 207 Ye had better stick to your auld trade o' theft-boot, black-mail, spreaghs, and gill-ravaging. 1840 J. Ramsay Eglinton Park Meeting (ed. 2) 17 Our ane an' me was here last year and great Was the galravagin and fun. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Gilravishin, a tumult, a row. 1933 Border Mag. Apr. 60/2 Yer a bachelor, Elliot, an' I never heard that galravagin wi' hussies was a failin' o' yours. 2014 H. Pyper in A. K. M. Adam & S. Tongue Looking through Glass Bible 38 An ilkane's tae turn back frae his ill-deedie ways an frae the gilravagin in his nieve. gilˈravager n. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 208 And wha' the deevil's this?.. Some gill-ravager that ye hae listed, I dare say. 1987 J. May Intervention 275 The musical gilravagers directed their attention elsewhere and Finster refilled his companion's glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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