| 单词 | halsening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈhalsening ˈhalsening n. augury, prognostication. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun] whatec1000 conjecturec1384 conjecturingc1384 augurya1413 augurationc1450 augurism1584 halsening1587 auguring1614 augurizing1652 conjectation1652 teratoscopy1665 prognostication1688 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxxiv. 52/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He tooke ship in Milford hauen, but for hast he left to doo his deuotion and oblation at saint Dauids, which was but an euill halsoning. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1305/2 Which his halsening in the end came partlie to effect. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 133v But this halsening, the present flourishing estate of that kingdome, vtterly conuinceth of falshood. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 15 Thee wut..Oll vor whistering and pistering, and hoaling and halzening, of cuffing a Tale. halsening halsening adj. auguring, boding. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 1v This ill-halsening hornie name [Cornwall] hath..opened a gap to the scoffes of many. < as lemmas |
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