单词 | hang-by |
释义 | † hang-byn. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A contemptuous term for a dependant or hanger-on. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite clienta1393 lick-dishc1440 maunche present1440 scambler?a1513 smell-feast1519 parasite1539 hanger-on1549 parasitaster1552 waiter at the table1552 lick-trencher1571 hang-by1579 shadow1579 trencher-fly1590 trencher-friend1590 fawnguest1592 pot-hunter1592 lick-spigot1599 trencherman1599 shark1600 tub-hunter1600 zany1601 lick-box1611 by-hangera1626 cosherer1634 shirk1639 panlicker1641 clientelary1655 tantony1659 led friend1672 sponger1677 fetcher and carrier1751 myrmidon1800 trencher-licker1814 onhanger1821 tag-tail1835 sponge1838 lick-ladle1849 lick-platter1853 sucker1856 freeloader1933 bludger1938 ligger1977 joyrider1990 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 22v I meane those hangebyes whome they succour with stipend. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iii, in Wks. I. 238 Enter none but the ladies, and their hang-bies. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 9 in Church-hist. Brit. To condemn the whole University for an hand-full of Hang-byes, such as never were matriculated members therein. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 83 A Hing-by, an adherent, a dependent, a flatterer. 2. An appendage, an adjunct. ΚΠ c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 35 Why then will he haue the Lordes discipline..to be but an accident or hangby to the Church? 1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Appendix..a pent-house..a processe, a hangby, a labell. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 127 Her hands are the clumsie hangbyes of her body. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. i. 3 Creatures, and hang-by Dependants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1579 |
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