| 单词 | grace-wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrace-wife ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > sharp person grace-wifec1600 penetranta1734 wide awake1839 sparrow1861 sharpshins1883 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 241 Agnes Sampson, grace wyff, alias callit, the wyse wyff of Keyth. 1607–8 in G. R. Batho Househ. Papers H. Percy (1962) 91 To her ladyship's gracewife, xx li. 1672 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. vii. 382 Given to the grace-wife and nurse 15s. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Grace-wife, an old provincial name for a midwife; still retained by the vulgar. < as lemmas |
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