| 单词 | on or upon the fret |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or upon the fret 5. Secondary fermentation in liquors. on or upon the fret. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > fermentation > secondary fermentation fret1664 fretting1699 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [adjective] > fermenting > secondary on or upon the fret1664 fretting1733 1664 P. Neil in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 40 Men like or dislike drink that hath more or less of the fret in it. 1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 174 White Wines upon the Frett. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 1 Midling Ale..fresh, and not upon the fret. 1763 S. T. Janssen Smuggling 111 The Officer should not dip when any Wines are upon the Fret. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon ix. 240 When every symptom of fret is wholly subsided, the cider is racked off. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Fret, a gaseous fermentation of cider or beer. on or upon the fret 6. on or upon the fret (see senses 3, 4; perhaps partly transferred from sense 5): in a state of agitation, irritation, ill-humour, or impatience. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] annoyedc1330 crabbedc1480 provoked1538 chafing1539 nettledc1576 chafed1582 irritated1595 as mad as Ajax1598 aggravated1611 enchafeda1616 irritate1626 on or upon the fret1679 as mad as a wet hen1823 as mad as a meat axe1855 scotty1867 hacked1892 raggy1900 ratty1909 pipped1914 fucked-off1923 rubbed1927 eggy1935 broigus1937 salty1938 pissed1943 peed off1948 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 6 'Tis some Roring Ranting Play that's upon the fret all the while. 1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 3 But he fears nothing, when his Zeal and his Discretion are once upon the fret. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 160 The Surface..cover'd with Froth and Bubbles; for it [sc. the River] runs all along upon the Fret. 1705 S. Whately in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 166 Crying out whenever he is put upon the fret, ‘Govr Nicholson’. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. x. 386 The moment you have put him upon the fret, you'll fall into the dumps yourself. 1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminisc. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 98/2 Flanders..on the fret for an insurrectionary war. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxv. 94 He was always either on the strut or the fret. < as lemmas |
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