单词 | lime-rod |
释义 | † lime-rodn. Obsolete. = lime-twig n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > bird-lime > twig or bush smeared with lime-yard1377 lime-rodc1386 lime-twig?a1400 lime-bush1575 twiga1616 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 394 The feeld of snow, with thegle of blak ther-Inne Caught with the lymerod, coloured as the gleede. 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxxi. sig. Nijv Lyke as the byrde that is caughte wyth the lyme rode. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Lime twigges, or lime roddes. 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks Jan. (Grosart) 7 The Currier and the Lime-rod are the death of the fowle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1386 |
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