单词 | moy |
释义 | † moyn.1 Obsolete. 1. A liquid measure equivalent to four gallons (approx. 18.2 litres). rare. ΚΠ 1518 Protocol Bk. J. Foular (1930) II. 39 v Moye of bere. 2. A dry measure of capacity, varying in quantity but usually amounting to several bushels, used esp. for salt. ΚΠ a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Lansdowne) iv. l. 1555 [Off golde ryngis] Thre moys that was thre bollys mete [Þis Hannybal..To Cartage gert..be sende]. 1535 MS Rec. Aberdeen XVI in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 317/1 Twenty twa moys of gryt salt. 1535 MS Rec. Aberdeen XVI in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 317/1 Ane moy of salt. 1595 Acct. Bk. W. Morton f. 6 The count of our salte comes..to xli moyes and xii metis. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo ii. iv. 45 The corne measure most knowne is in Latine Modius, a measure... The Last of Amsterdam is 27 moyes. 1647 in Deposition Bks. Bristol (1935) I. 221 Whether or noe you did not heare Christopher demilla and Manuell Queely say that the merchant had their mele or corne at 15 barrs per moy. 1756 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1910) XLVI. 331 To the ammount of 240 Moyes of Salt on the Sea Nymph. 1788 Rhode Island Commerce II. 370 A Moy of Salt [is] nigh equal to one English Tun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † moyn.2 Obsolete. Apparently: a coin of an imaginary type.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 13 French. O prennes miserecordio aye pitez de moy. Pist. Moy shall not serue, I will haue fortie Moyes... French. O perdonne moy. Pist. Say'st thou me so? is that a Tonne of Moyes? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019). moyadj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Mild, gentle; demure. Also: affected in manners, prim; reserved, unsocial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society moy1487 uncompanable1555 inconversable1577 unconversable1593 insociable1598 unsociable1600 dissociable1603 unconversing1643 insocial1654 incommunicative1670 segregative1685 uncommunicative1691 unsocial1731 unamicable1732 uncompanionable1748 dissocial1762 unclubbable?1764 ungregarious1829 lame1942 socially distanced1970 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] stillc825 tamec888 nesheOE mildeOE softOE lithea1000 daftc1000 methefulOE sefteOE meekc1175 benign1377 pleasablea1382 mytha1400 tendera1400 unfelona1400 mansuetea1425 meeta1425 gentlec1450 moy1487 placablea1522 facile1539 effeminate1594 silver1596 mildya1603 unmalicious1605 uncruel1611 maliceless1614 tender-hefteda1616 unpersecutive1664 baby-milda1845 rose water1855 turtlish1855 unvindictive1857 soft-boiled1859 tenderful1901 soft-lining1967 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > not affable > specifically of manners, looks, etc. moy1487 squeamish1577 reserved1605 repellent1776 repellant1780 1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 20 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 81 Sempill and coy, Vith fenȝeit fair nocht mak our-moy. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 238 Ȝit myld and moy. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 156 [Cupid] Vith semblant sueit he smylith sum thing moy To schaw he dois be craft his sute alluir. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 31 A bit butt, and bit bend, make a moy Maiden at the board end. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 113 Moy, demure, close or unsocial. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 86 Moy, demure, coy. 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. Moy, affecting great moderation in eating or drinking; modest; demure. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Moy, reserved, close, unsociable. DerivativesΚΠ 1559 D. Lindsay Complaynt 333 in Wks. (1931) I. 49 Geue thay can..mollet moylie on ane Mule. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 111 So moylie so coylie [1597 (ed. 1) So moylike and coylike] He lukit like ane Sant. 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iii. ii. sig. E4 I may parcase catch him in a gilder my selfe..; and moylie mufle vp his maistership, with the garotta, or stiletto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11518n.2a1616adj.1487 |
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