单词 | marlock |
释义 | marlockn.1 English regional (northern). A prank, a practical joke; a frolic; a playful gesture; a flirtatious glance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 46 He blest, and he prey'd, an mede sitch Marlocks that [etc.]. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. xiii. 233 As if thou'd send thy eyes after him, and he making marlocks back at thee. 1896 Longman's Mag. Aug. 369 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) I says to mysel', ‘I'll have a bit marlock wi' yon conceited chap Dick.’ a1903 M. Northorp in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 40/2 They're making a bonny malek, they have done nothing but fratch since they came home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). marlockn.2 Australian. Any of several small eucalypts of south-western Australia similar to mallees.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1863 Inquirer & Commerc. News (Perth, Austral.) 25 Mar. This isolated spot of good land (about 40 square miles) is surrounded by a barren and desolate country, marlock scrubs, and sandy plains. 1894 A. F. Calvert Coolgardie Goldfield 46 The first 14 miles consists of broken sand-plain and marlock country. 1903 Emu 3 11 A dwarf eucalyptus called ‘marlock’ which much resembles mallee scrub. 1969 Jrnl. Ecol. 57 324 The ‘marlock’..known as poplar box in the Mount Hope area was rarely seen in the stand or its environs. 1971 C. Debenham Lang. Bot. (ed. 2) 131 The marlock is noted for its mallee-like form but poor development of a ligno-tuber. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). marlockv. English regional (northern). intransitive. To frolic, dance; to play about. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. xi. 218 Dost ta mean to say as my Sylvie went and demeaned hersel' to dance and marlock wi' a th' fair-folk at th' ‘Admiral's Head’? 1885 ‘E. F. Byrrne’ Entangled I. i. xii. 231 There's a deal less harm in the Fiend when he's marlocking in the air than when he's harboured in the heart. 1893 Pogmoor Olmenack 43 A squad a cats mailakin on t' roof a t' stable. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Marlock, to play, frolic. Radcliffe, Accrington, Rochdale, Burnley, Wiswell, Colne, Freckleton, Blackburn. Derivatives ˈmarlocking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 130 Marlaking, frolicksome. 1955 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. 5 27 Ther's middlin' o maarlockin' gooin' on in t' th' amlut, fer Ah con 'ear deep throoaty laughthur! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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