单词 | malt-horse |
释义 | † malt-horsen. Obsolete. A heavy kind of horse used by maltsters; occasionally used as a term of abuse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions coal horse1384 beer-horse1560 malt-horse1561 malt mare1594 higgler1707 stead-horse1708 pit pony1876 tip-horse1912 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. E.iii To carie a mans head so like a malthorse for feare of ruffling his hear. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C3v Why he has no more iudgement then a malt horse . View more context for this quotation 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 82 A stiffe resty spirit, of kin (as seemes) to a malt-horse of Ware, that wil not out of his way. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 32 Mome, Malthorse, Capon, Coxcombe, Idiot. View more context for this quotation c1616 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 57 Such as hold onely a certaine stint of daily duties as malt-horses their pace, or mill-horses their round. 1690 Royal Flight 21 These are Spurs would make a Malt-horse fly like Pegasus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1561 |
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