α. 1700s–1800s knublock, 1700s knublack.
β. 1700s kniblack, 1700s knibblack, 1700s–1800s knibblach, 1800s knibbloch, 1800s knibblock, 1800s– knibloch.
单词 | knibloch |
释义 | kniblochn.α. 1700s–1800s knublock, 1700s knublack. β. 1700s kniblack, 1700s knibblack, 1700s–1800s knibblach, 1800s knibbloch, 1800s knibblock, 1800s– knibloch. Scottish. Now rare. A small rounded object, such as a stone or clod of earth; a lump or chunk (of something); a small swelling or protuberance. Also figurative: an insignificant person. Cf. knablick n. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the word as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1960, but marks it as obsolescent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > dense or compact > small dot1570 knoba1637 molecula1713 knibloch1718 hunchet1790 nublet1863 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance ampereOE kernelc1000 wenc1000 knot?c1225 swella1250 bulchc1300 bunchc1325 bolninga1340 botcha1387 bouge1398 nodusa1400 oedemaa1400 wax-kernel14.. knobc1405 nodule?a1425 more?c1425 bunnyc1440 papa1450 knurc1460 waxing kernel?c1460 lump?a1500 waxen-kernel1500 bump1533 puff1538 tumour?1541 swelling1542 elevation1543 enlarging1562 knub1563 pimple1582 ganglion1583 button1584 phyma1585 emphysema?1587 flesh-pimple1587 oedem?a1591 burgeon1597 wartle1598 hurtle1599 pough1601 wart1603 extumescence1611 hulch1611 peppernel1613 affusion1615 extumescency1684 jog1715 knibloch1780 tumefaction1802 hunch1803 income1808 intumescence1822 gibber1853 tumescence1859 whetstone1886 tumidity1897 Osler's node1920 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance nekardc1450 man of clouts, king of clouts1467 dandiprat1556 Tom Thumb1579 minim1590 pygmy?1592 titmouse1596 gnatling1614 rye straw1615 nazzard1619 whisk1629 whifling1640 snifty1660 whippersnapper1674 nick-ninny1699 little me1711 squita1825 lightweight1831 lay figure1835 whiffet1839 pinkeen1850 huckleberry1868 bush leaguer1906 knibloch1915 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 17 A thrawn Knublock hit his Heel. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 53 A kniblack took his tae, An' o'er fa's he, an' tumbl'd down the brae. 1780 London Courant & Westm. Chron. 8 Aug. 1/4 Ane o' the laddies gied Sawney sic a knublock upo' the nise. 1827 C. I. Johnstone Elizabeth de Bruce I. xii. 143 Leddy 'Lisbeth is drapping double brandy for him on a knublock o' sugar. 1833 Johnstone's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 81/2 These bits o' green knublocks, the Surrey hills. 1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) 57/1 [Ayrshire] A knibloch o' cheese. 1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 133 I widna hae a knibloch o' a crater like him, tho' he wis laird o' a' the kwintry-side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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