单词 | graisle |
释义 | graislev. Scottish. Now rare. 1. a. intransitive. To make a harsh noise, esp. repeatedly; to creak, rattle; (in modern use) to crackle. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the sense ‘to crackle’ as still in use in Wigtownshire in 1955, but marks it as obsolescent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle brastlec1000 rashetOE spranklea1387 sprinklea1398 graislea1522 crash1563 crackle?1570 crick-crackle1608 decrepitate1677 crump1789 happer1825 crumple1837 crickle1849 crick-crack1850 crepitate1853 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > creak chirkc1386 chark1393 fratchc1440 geig1513 jarg1513 graislea1522 cry?1523 screak1565 creak1582 crake1656 complain1722 to cry out1781 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. ii. l. 60 Sone efter this, of men the clamour rays, The takillis graslis, cabillis can fret and frays. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. To Graisle,..to frizzle, crackle, crumple; West of S. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (intransitive)] > scratch or scrape shrapec1000 scrub1596 rake1605 scrape1774 graislec1786 scratch1839 c1786 Burns's Libel Summons (Scott Douglas transcript) in R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 258 Ye her pend'lum tried to alter And graizled at her regulator. 2. transitive. To gnash or grind (one's teeth). Also in extended use of a boar grating or scraping with its tusks.In quot. ?2002 apparently a literary revival from dictionary record. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (transitive)] > grate > grind or gnash (teeth) grind1340 grunta1400 crashc1440 graislea1522 grate1555 jar1568 beat1597 champ1775 grit1797 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. x. l. 17 The hyrd Poliphemus..Grassilland [1553 grissiland] his teith. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xii. l. 59 The bustuus swyne..Grasland hys tuskis with astern fyry eyn. ?2002 I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries ii. viii. 173 He graizled hiz teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1522 |
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