单词 | hamel |
释义 | † hameln.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. = hamlet n.1 ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > small village or hamlet towneOE hamletc1330 hamelc1514 endware1577 endship1590 quillet1597 flect1637 peasantship1762 villaget1781 c1514 Exam. Cokeye More in Chetham Misc. (1856) II. 7 How feere the town or hamell of Aynsworth extends. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xv. f. 28v No townschyppe nor hamell. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 390 Hamlet, Hamel, or Hampsel are diminutives of Ham, which signifies an Habitation. ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) To Rdr. p. vi They look'nt on im as th' Hammil-Scoance. 1885 Cheshire Gloss. Hamil Sconce, the light of the village or hamlet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). hameln.2 South African. A wether. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male wetherc890 wether sheep13.. heder1579 hamel1835 wedder1866 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > castrated or wether wetherc890 wether sheep13.. muttonc1450 stag1784 hamel1835 wedder1866 1835 A. Smith Diary 22 Apr. (1939) I. 376 If relatives rich, sometimes kill ten oxen and ten hamels. 1871 H. H. Dugmore Reminisc. Albany Settler 14 A dozen of startled hamels, just separated from a large flock, would be likely to try a driver's legs, and lungs too, in crossing it. 1895 W. C. Scully Kafir Stories 28 Would your father have let me die rather than take a hamel from the flock of a rich, lazy boer, who never counts his sheep? 1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony xvii. 346 Ram lambs are..‘sorted’ to make wethers or hamels. 1950 Cape Times 14 Dec. 13/6 At an auction sale..hamels fetched £6 11s.—the highest price for hamels in this district. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : hamaldhamelthameladj.n. < n.1c1514n.21835 see also |
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