α. Middle English hene flesch, 1800s– hen flesh.
β. 1500s hennes fleash, 1500s hennes fleshe, 1500s hennes flesshe, 1500s hens fleshe, 1500s–1600s hennes flesh, 1500s–1600s hens flesh, 1800s– hen's flesh.
单词 | hen flesh |
释义 | hen fleshn.α. Middle English hene flesch, 1800s– hen flesh. β. 1500s hennes fleash, 1500s hennes fleshe, 1500s hennes flesshe, 1500s hens fleshe, 1500s–1600s hennes flesh, 1500s–1600s hens flesh, 1800s– hen's flesh. 1. The flesh or meat of a hen. ΚΠ a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 662/3 Caro gallinacia, heneflesch. 1553 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (new ed.) sig. R.vv Put a grene Gourde in paste, and bake it in an ouen, and after wrynge out the ioyce and put it into a pot and sethe therin Hensfleshe. 1681 W. Salmon Iatrica ii. iii. 625/2 Take Broth of Hens flesh, one pound and half: the flowers of Cammomil, half an handful. 1938 Sat. Rev. 28 May 340/2 The aroma of warm hen-flesh drove him frantic. 2008 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 13 Sept. l11 This, too, is magnificent—the juiciest hen flesh I've met in years, skin so crisp it's almost Peking duck. 2. English regional (northern and midlands) and Scottish. A state of the skin caused by cold, fear, or excitement, in which small bumps appear on the surface as the hairs become erect. Cf. gooseflesh n. 2a, chicken flesh n. Now rare.With allusion to the appearance of the skin of a plucked chicken. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh crispation1710 goose-skin1785 hen flesh1825 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) My skin's a hen's flesh, a phrase used when one's skin is in that state, from extreme cold, or terror, that it rises up at every pore. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 284 Goose-skin, or goose-flesh. The roughness of the skin arising from chilliness or shivering; a correspondent expression to hen-flesh, which is in more general use. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Hen-flesh, the condition of the pores of the skin as they stand up through extreme cold. 2018 @EASwanson 7 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Sept. 2019) I'm going to see both, but neither trailer gave me hen flesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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