α. English regional (Lancashire) 1700s–1800s knoblock, 1800s knobluck.
β. Scottish 1700s knabliech, 1800s– knablich, 1800s– knablick, 1800s knablock, 1800s knabblick, 1900s– knablach.
单词 | knablick |
释义 | knablickn.adj.α. English regional (Lancashire) 1700s–1800s knoblock, 1800s knobluck. β. Scottish 1700s knabliech, 1800s– knablich, 1800s– knablick, 1800s knablock, 1800s knabblick, 1900s– knablach. A. n. Scottish (chiefly north-eastern) and English regional (Lancashire). A small piece or lump of something; (Lancashire) a lump of coal. Also: a small or irregularly-shaped stone. Cf. knibloch n., knobble n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > individual pieces panel1747 knablick1757 coba1804 setter1849 pearl1901 turnel1905 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > a small stone fingerstone?a1425 handstone1598 knablick1757 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > other stones loys1295 anthracites1535 rockstone?1545 stone-glass1585 milkstone1598 fieldstone1649 pebble1669 ballstone1726 grain-stone1756 knablick1757 found stone1800 sitfast1809 graptolite1838 bumble1839 hardhead1849 chock1894 chockstone1894 1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 6) Gloss. sig. F5 Knoblocks, little Lumps of Coals about the size of Eggs. a1849 in W. Walker Bards of Bon-accord (1887) 374 O'er ilk knablick, knap, an' tern Poor Willie fell. 1903 W. Watson Glimpses o' Auld Lang Syne 74 There's a mairdle o' fix't knablichs o' steens in't. 1995 A. Fenton Craiters ii. 71 A knablach o slaty steen hid nae lang faan aff a face o rock. B. adj. (attributive). Scottish. Esp. of a stone: irregularly-shaped, knobbly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots knurneda1225 warreda1398 knarryc1405 knottyc1405 knurredc1430 knurry1513 knobby1526 knurrish1530 knappy1552 bunchy1562 gouty1597 nody1611 boiny1615 gnarleda1616 nodosous1623 nodose1657 tuberose1704 nodated1710 knablick1788 tuberculed1798 knubbly1809 knubby1828 nubbly1829 knobbled1840 knobbly1844 knarred1849 nubby1864 1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 500 And o'er a knabliech stane, He rumbled down a rammage glyde. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb i. 11 He strode away..through hillocks of slippery ware and ‘knablick stanes’. 1953 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Autumn 148 Skytin upo' knablick steens. 1998 L. Forbes Turning Fresh Eye 18 Corbies wi knablick nebs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1757 |
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