单词 | mool |
释义 | mooln. Now Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (chiefly northern). 1. The soil used to fill a grave; (in plural) grave-clods; (by metonymy) the grave. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > earth of the grave mouldOE moolc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 23 (MED) O moul, þou marrez a myry iuele, My priuy perle wythouten spotte. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 69 The rest I pas ouer, of quhilkes mony now vndir ane mule and lumpe of clay ly togither. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xx. 204 The mules of the holy grave. 1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 22 Ah, heavens! did e'er this lyart head of mine Think to have seen the cauldrife mools on thine. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 791 Or worthy friends laid i' the mools, Sad sight to see! 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. v. 95 When ye laid his head in the grave..ye saw the mouls laid on an honest lad that likit you weel. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 118 Gif wee Watty dinna mak a' o' them fools, I'll e'en gie ye leave to lay me in the mools. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 260 Aw'll be putten away and happed up amang the mouls afore maw bonny lad comes hyem ony mair. 1903 J. Lumsden Toozle iv. i. 74 Guid auld Younger's i' the mools. 1926 Glasgow Herald 29 Sept. 8 Ilka day the lang year through Thrang among the mools am I. 1953 Scots Mag. Nov. 143 O Lord, I wadna like tae think Amang they lanesome mools tae be. 2. Mould; earth, soil; a small lump or clod of earth; (in plural) loose or pulverized earth or soil. Also figurative. ΚΠ a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2406 Ȝa, þe Deuyl spede ȝou, al þe packe! For sorwe I morne on þe mowle. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 369 Quhen scho come on Scottis ground scho..inclynnit hir self to the earth and tuik the mullis thairof and kissit. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 They..rake it all over with hey rakes..till the mowles bee indifferent small. 1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 543 Mooil, Mold or Earth. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 341 Meals, mould; earth; soil. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 136 Men ca' the wee sleek mole blin' because he has nae een they can see, and leeves darklin' in the moul. 1854 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 10 320 Go and earth them 'taters up; there's a good mooil! 1889 G. M. Fenn Cure of Souls 52 Good leafy mowles for nex year's blubs [read bulbs]. 1945 Scots Mag. Dec. 174 Mina hersel' felt as much pairt o' the tattie park as the broon mools themsel's. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 188/1 Mool,..moulds, earth. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 228/2 Go an claw or scrape moul' on yersel!, a dismissive remark, meaning that the person should go and have a dust-bath, like a hen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moolv. Now Scottish, Irish English and English regional (chiefly northern). 1. transitive. To crumble; esp. to crumble (bread) into a bowl in order to soak it in liquid. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crumble crumbc1430 offe?1440 undurec1440 crima1450 crumblea1475 murla1525 mool1595 shatter1891 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Intero, to mule in. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1797) 95 Ye ken naithing but milk and bread when it is mool'd in to you. 1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 73 When lowly lies their mould'ring frame The mules amang. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 413 The bairnies them daigh did mool. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 213 Mool (also muil), int. and tr., to crumble; to convert into crumbs. 2. transitive. To bury (a corpse). Cf. mool n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] bedelveOE begraveOE burya1000 beburyc1000 bifel-ec1000 layc1000 to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE tombc1275 gravec1300 inter1303 rekec1330 to lap in leadc1340 to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340 lie1387 to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400 to lay lowa1425 earthc1450 sepulture1490 to put awaya1500 tyrea1500 mould1530 to graith in the grave1535 ingrave1535 intumulate1535 sepult1544 intumil?c1550 yird1562 shrinea1566 infera1575 entomb1576 sepelite1577 shroud1577 funeral1578 to load with earth1578 delve1587 to lay up1591 sepulchrize1595 pit-hole1607 infuneral1610 mool1610 inhumate1612 inurna1616 inhume1616 pit1621 tumulate1623 sepulchrea1626 turf1628 underlay1639 urna1657 to lay to sleep, asleep1701 envaulta1745 plant1785 ensepulchre1820 sheugh1839 to put under1879 to lay away1885 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. i. 75 The terrible falles of diuers Emperours,..which mischaunce hath neuer happened vnto the poorer sort, who can neuer fall from high, because they are wretched, and are alwayes moulled alow. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 208 But where are they now? A' mouled! a' mouled! 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 228/2 Mould, moul', mowl', mowl, mool, bury (a human body). 3. intransitive. To associate intimately with. Usually with in. ΚΠ a1700 Kirkton's Addr. in Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1827) I. 22 Als weill became, so good and holy brothers, We did not stick to mooll in with each others. 1724 Blythsome Bridal iii, in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 24 And there will be Alaster Sibbie Wha in wi' black Betsy did mool. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 219 Though I ken I'll soon be in a warld o' spirits, an' that I maun mingle an' mool wi' them for ages. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 34 Ane would like to be lo'ed, but wha could mool in wi' a moudie wort? 1925 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace 197 An' Pate would noo muil in wi' Meg, But Meg begins to thraw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400v.1595 |
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