单词 | glore |
释义 | gloren. dialect. Loose fat; excessive quantity of fat. Commonly attributive or quasi-adj. in glore-fat. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Hants. 2 Their flesh..though not all Glorre (where no bancks of lean, can be seen for the Deluge of fat) is no less delicious to the taste. 1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 165 Here's fine Backon, Sister, its glore Fat. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 323 Glor-fat, very fat. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 72 Glor fat, loose fat. ‘All of a glor and a jelly’, tremulous with adiposity. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) Of a very fat person whose flesh shakes upon her, it will be said, ‘She's fair glor fat’, quite loose fat. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Hey's brought this Christmas beif wom; an' it's aw of a glur. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glorev. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (intransitive)] > be brilliant or dazzling glarec1250 glore13.. blaze1393 flamec1400 resplendish1479 resplend1492 effulge1736 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter twinklec888 shimc950 blika1000 glisec1000 glistenc1000 glista1225 glore13.. sparkc1300 glisterc1380 sparklec1386 spranklea1387 glittera1400 sprinklea1400 blikenc1400 glaster1447 springlec1460 sprangle1495 brandish1552 pink1589 scintillate1623 simper1633 twink1637 spangle1639 scintill1681 scintillize1694 prinkle1724 skinkle1765 winkle1791 coruscate1807 13.. St. Bernard 356 in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1878) 47 Ne hit nas parseyued no more Till þat his lippes þerof deede glore. c1350 Barlaam & Josaphat 347 Feyr it gloriþ wt oute, wit inne it is nouȝt. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus Prol. sig. Biv Why glore thyn eyes..in thy heade [L. quid ardent lumina?]? 2. To look fixedly, gaze intently; to stare open-eyed. (= glare v. 2, glower v.) Obsolete exc. dialect.Explained in Bailey 1728 ‘To look a-skew’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > stare or gaze stareOE gawc1175 darea1225 porec1300 muse1340 glowc1374 gogglec1380 gazec1386 glore?a1400 glopc1400 govec1480 glower?a1513 gowk1513 daze1523 amuse1532 glew1587 to feed one's eyes1590 to seek, buy, or sow gape-seed1598 to shoot one's eyes1602 glazea1616 stargaze1639 gaum1691 to stare like a stuck pig1702 ygaze1737 gawk1785 to feed one's sight1813 gloze1853 glow1856 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1074 Thane glopnede þe glotone and glorede un-faire. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4859 With blody eyne he gloryd. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiiiv/2 To Glore, gase, patulis oculis spectare. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 423 Glore, to look staringly. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1716) ii. 222 Sometimes..a greedy Gull Would get his Gullet cram'd so full Ast' make him glore, and gasp for Wind. ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) To Rdr. p. vi He steart at't a good while..Then he dons his Spectacles; glooart at it o gen. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 159 Under the wenches' bonnets he'd glower [rhymes with sore]. 1833 York Minster Screen 152 (E.D.S. 76) Oa'd Jamie..Glooaring at t' fire. 1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady iii. 135 Like a foe, whose settled leering eye In silence gloared with hope to mark his fall. CompoundsΚΠ 1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls vi. 127 Great heads; glore eyes; hook-beaks upon their jaws. Derivatives ˈgloring n. Obsolete gleaming, glittering. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > gleam, glimmer, or flicker > gleaming, glimmering, or flickering leaming1387 shimmeringc1405 gleamingc1440 glimmeringc1440 skimmeringc1440 glimpsing1563 gloringa1652 flickering1816 glancing1832 a1652 R. Brome Novella ii. i. sig. I5v, in Five New Playes (1653) A man may spie An old whore-master in the darkest night Like an old Cat, by th' gloring of his eyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1661v.13.. |
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