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单词 girn
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girnn.1

Brit. /ɡəːn/, U.S. /ɡərn/, Scottish English /ɡɪrn/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gyrne, 1500s girne.
Etymology: variant of grin n.1
Scottish.
1.
a. A noose. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope
ropeeOE
withec1275
cordc1330
snarea1425
tippet1447
girnc1480
halter1481
widdie1508
tether?a1513
hemp1532
Tyburn tippet1549
John Roper's window1552
neckweed1562
noose1567
horse-nightcap1593
tow1596
Tyburn tiffany1612
piccadill1615
snick-up1620
Tyburn piccadill1620
necklacea1625
squinsy1632
Welsh parsley1637
St. Johnston's riband1638
string1639
Bridport daggera1661
rope's end1663
cravat1680
swing1697
snecket1788
death cord1804
neckclothc1816
St. Johnston's tippet1816
death rope1824
mink1826
squeezer1836
yard-rope1850
necktie1866
Tyburn string1882
Stolypin's necktie1909
widdieneckc1920
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 1140 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 61 He a stalowart gyrne can ma to hang hym-self with be þe hals.
b. A snare or trap for catching animals or birds, made of hair, wire, or the like, with a running noose.
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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 108 With falsheid he thame fed, As quha wald set ane girne befoir ane gled.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. v. xi. f. 61/2 He commandit yt na haris be slane..nor ȝit tane be nettis or girnis.
1721 Court Bk. Barony of Urie (1892) 119 Killed with guns..girns or other ingines.
1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxiv. 303 The vagabond's girn was set.
2. figurative. A snare, trap, wile.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]
neteOE
angleOE
grinc1000
trapc1175
caltropa1300
lacec1330
girnc1375
espyc1380
webc1400
hook1430
settingc1430
lure1463
stall?a1500
stalea1529
toil1548
intrap1550
hose-net1554
gudgeon1577
mousetrap1577
trapfall1596
ensnarementa1617
decoy1655
cobweba1657
trepan1665
snap1844
deadfall1860
Judas1907
tanglefoot1908
catch-221963
trip-wire1971
c1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 999 The quhilkes frome gyrnes of dede Ware eschapede.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxi. f. 61v Thai that will be riche, fallis into temptatioun, and in the gyrne of the deuil.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 462 Thame selfes skairse could defend from the girnes of this Edicte.
1721 A. Ramsay Rise & Fall of Stocks 35 Stock-jobbers, brokers..Wha set their gowden girns sae wylie, Tho ne'er sae cautious, they'd beguile ye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

girnn.2

/ɡəːn/
Etymology: < girn v.1
Obsolete exc. Scottish.
1.
a. The act of showing the teeth, a snarl.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > act of showing
girn1535
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 466 The fox..with mony girne and gaip..makis debait als lang as that he ma.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. F Euen so the Duke frownes for all this Cursond world: oh that gerne kils, it kils.
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady ii. 107 A poring spectre shall be seen With livid stare and girn.
1870 in Ramsay Remin. (ed. 18) p. xxxiii His girn's waur than his bite.
1883 A. S. Swan Aldersyde iii. 51 A smile..afterwards described as resembling the ‘girn o' a rat’.
b. Scottish. A snarling tone.
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1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 747 Lettin' out the dry, dusty, moral apothegms wi' ae continued and monotonous girn.
2. = grin n.2 Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > a smile > a grin
girn1636
grin1656
1636 W. Davenant Witts iv. i. sig. I This is at least a girne of Fortune, if Not a faire smile.
1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote i. iv. 67 Scoff'd him, unseen, with Winks and Girns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

girnv.1

/ɡəːn/
Forms: Middle English–1500s gyrn(e, Middle English–1500s girne, 1500s gern(e, 1500s–1600s gearne, 1700s guern, 1500s– girn, 2000s gurn (esp. in sense 3).
Etymology: variant of grin v.2 with metathesis of r.
1.
a. intransitive. To show the teeth in rage, pain, disappointment, etc.; to snarl as a dog; to complain persistently; to be fretful or peevish. Also to girn at. Now only northern and Scottish.
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > look angry > draw back lips in anger
grinOE
to grin the teethc1430
girnc1440
tusk1616
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > growl
girnc1440
rase1440
narr1509
snar1530
whurl1530
arr1600
yarr1611
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > peevishly or querulously
whingea1150
girnc1440
whine1530
whimper1549
hone1621
peenge1791
nyaff1808
bellyache1889
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)]
to take (the) pet1590
pet1629
tiff1727
girn1837
gummidge1889
c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 23 Þat gome þat gyrnes or gales, I myself sall hym hurte full sore.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 322 Than lukit he awfully thame to, And said, gyrnand, ‘hangis & drawis!’
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. ii. 65 The wyld wolf..Abowt the bowght, plet all of wandis tyght, Bayis and gyrnis.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y5 His face was vgly, and his countenance sterne..And gaped like a gulfe, when he did gerne . View more context for this quotation
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 140 The old Trot for a while remained silent, pensive, and girning like a Dog.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 31 We hang our lugs and wi' a gloom, Girn'd at stockjobbing ane and a'.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 39 While chaunrin' Critics girn an' growl, An' curse whate'er they light on.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 133 She's girnin' at e'enin'—she's girnin' at morn—a' hours o' the day in my flesh she's a thorn.
1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence ix The mastiff girns And the puppy pack of poodles yelp.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 183 How she [sc. the otter] did grin and girn when she saw Tom.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 50 He's a wicked auld man, and there's many would like to see him girning in a tow.
b. quasi-transitive.
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1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xiii. 120 I could only girn my teeth at him.
c. transitive. To utter in a snarling tone.
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1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. iii. 50 ‘Isabella, let me in, or I'll make you repent!’ he ‘girned’ as Joseph calls it.
2. To show the teeth in laughing; to grin. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > grin(s)
grina1500
girn1562
to grin like a Cheshire cat1770
1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 105 They go with the corses girnyng and fleeryng, as though they went to a bearebaiting.
1593 Passionate Morrice in Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 80 After that girne like a monkie that sees her dinner.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B2 Laugh not..When thou dost girne, thy rusty face doth looke Like the head of a rosted rabbit.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 247 The rascall multitude..ceased not to girn and laugh at our sighes and teares.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. xi. 299 Curs'd Satan guerning stood, the while he spake.
3. Chiefly northern dialect. To pull a face, grimace; esp. to take part in a grinning-match (see grinning n. Compounds).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [verb (intransitive)] > take part in grinning match
girn1900
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (intransitive)] > distort
fleer?a1400
mowc1450
snowrec1450
to make (also pull) a facec1522
to throw one's facea1525
pot1549
mop1567
murgeonc1586
to cut facesa1616
wrimple1657
work1753
grimace1762
mowl1837
wrinkle1843
mug1856
girn1900
1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 623/1 The person who could girn to the judge's satisfaction would get a quarter of a pound of tobacco for a prize.
1968 G. Findler Folk Lore Lake Counties 57 The entrants must put their heads through a horse collar and grin or ‘gurn’.
1989 Observer 4 June 75/2 Another hallowed tradition. They were ‘gurning’. The man adjudged to have the most grotesque visage is declared gurning champ.

Draft additions 1993

(In sense 3.)
ˈgirner n. one who girns, esp. in a competition.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games > participant
girner1932
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [noun] > grimace or distortion > person
grimacer1810
grimacier1815
girner1932
1932 Whitehaven News 22 Sept. 8/5 (heading) World's champion ‘gurner’.
1987 Daily Tel. 11 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) p. vii/3 She may be a good gurner, but is she a good talker?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

girnv.2

Brit. /ɡəːn/, U.S. /ɡərn/, Scottish English /ɡɪrn/
Forms: Also Middle English gyrne.
Etymology: < girn n.1
Scottish.
transitive.
a. figurative. To ensnare. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]
shrenchc897
beswike971
betrapa1000
bewindOE
undernimc1175
undertakec1175
bisayc1200
beguile?c1225
catchc1225
beginc1250
biwilea1275
tele?a1300
enginec1300
lime13..
umwrithea1340
engrin1340
oblige1340
belimec1350
enlacec1374
girnc1375
encumber138.
gnarec1380
enwrap1382
briguea1387
snarl1387
upbroid1387
trap1390
entrikea1393
englue1393
gildera1400
aguilec1400
betraisec1400
embrygec1400
snare1401
lacea1425
maska1425
begluec1430
marl1440
supprise?c1450
to prey ona1500
attrap1524
circumvene1526
entangle1526
tangle1526
entrap1531
mesh1532
embrake1542
crawl1548
illaqueate1548
intricate1548
inveigle1551
circumvent1553
felter1567
besnare1571
in trick1572
ensnare1576
overcatch1577
underfong1579
salt1580
entoil1581
comprehend1584
windlassa1586
folda1592
solicit1592
toil1592
bait1600
beset1600
engage1603
benet1604
imbrier1605
ambush1611
inknot1611
enmesha1616
trammela1616
fool1620
pinion1621
aucupate1630
fang1637
surprise1642
underreacha1652
trepan1656
ensnarl1658
stalk1659
irretiate1660
coil1748
nail1766
net1803
to rope in1840
mousetrap1870
spider1891
c1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 366 But he, gyrnede syne atte last Inne ȝharnynge of the golde so rede.
b. To catch in a girn or trap (cf. quot. 1825).
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Girn, 1. To catch by means of a girn. 2...to catch trouts by means of a noose of hair.
1874 T. Bruce Summer Queen 320 I'll make sure To girn him like a hare.
1896 S. R. Crockett Cleg Kelly xiii. 96 As if he had been ‘girning’ sticklebacks and ‘bairdies’ in the shallow burns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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