| 单词 | oil of holly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoil of holly c. colloquial and regional. Corporal punishment by means of a specified implement, or an implement of a specified material, as †oil of baston, oil of birch, oil of hazel, †oil of holly, †oil of whip; also hazel oil, etc. Now rare.hickory oil, stirrup-oil, strap-oil: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating with stick, rod, or cane bastinado1572 wanding1585 oil of hazel1604 rodding1616 rib-basting1659 birching1838 tunding1866 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. F3 The oyle of Holly, shal prooue a present remedie for a shrewde Huswife. 1608 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. 308 They call it vulgarly the oyle of Baston, or a sower cudgell. ?1679 Dumb Maid (single sheet) Take you the Oyl, of Hazel strong: With it anoint her body round. 1693 W. Winstanley Poor Robin Now for to cure such a disease as this, The oyl of whip the surest medicine is. 1782 M. Davidson Extraordinary Life 50 If I was your Mother, I would lay a little of the hazel-oil on your shoulders. 1798 J. O'Keeffe Man-Milliner ii. iv Galen. Bob I see she has been cataplasm'd with the oil of turpentine. Bob. Yes, and we shall be cataplasm'd with the oil of hazel. a1828 B. James Jrnl. (1896) 351 Seditious tumult began to rear its head, which I appeased by administering a few doses of the oil of cat. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Oil of birch, a flogging with a birchrod. 1834 W. Carleton Tales of Ireland 364 'Tis the oil of hazel you'll get, what's fittest for you. 1862 Manch. Weekly Times 9 Aug. Suppl. 354/2 Let us administer the youth a little of the oil of hazel, to soople his joints and larn him manners. Whoo! 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 46 Ye shall suffer for this, if there's hazel oil in Dumfries. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 56/1 Th' young varmunt wants a good dose o' 'azel oil, 'ee do! < as lemmas |
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