单词 | lockered |
释义 | † lockeredadj. Obsolete. 1. With reference to hair or fur: curly, curled. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > curly crispc900 crullc1300 curledc1380 crispy1398 crispedc1400 encrispedc1420 lockeredc1440 locker?a1500 curly1774 tendrilled1806 kinky1844 ruffly1859 buckling1861 peppercorn1868 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 779 A blake bustous bere..All with lutterde legges, lokerde vnfaire. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 75 To lokyr, crispare. Lokirryd [1483 BL Add. 89074 Lokyrde], crispus. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xiv. 8 His helm..Wyth cristis thre, lik till ane lokerit mane. 2. Of hair: tangled, matted. Also in extended use: (of blood, milk, etc.) clotted, coagulated. English regional (northern) in later use. ΚΠ 1682 H. More Contin. Collection 41 in J. Glanvil Saducismus Triumphatus (ed. 2) The Daughters Lockard hair. 1824 H. H. Piper Ess. Pronunc. & Dial. Sheffield 17 Blood coagulated is with us lockered. 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 61 The hair when entangled is said to be lockered. Coagulated blood is said to be lockered. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Lockered, entangled; said of the hair when matted. 1886 H. Cunliffe Gloss. Rochdale-with-Rossendale Words & Phrases Lockerd, clotted, curdled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1440 |
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