| 单词 | a stopping oyster | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasa stopping (also choking) oyster  c.    a stopping (also choking) oyster: a reply which silences someone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > 			[noun]		 > instance of > sufficient to silence a stopping (also choking) oyster?1499 squelch1942 ?1499    J. Skelton Bowge of Courte 		(de Worde)	 sig. Bv  				I haue a stoppynge oyster in my poke. 1542    N. Udall tr.  Erasmus Apophthegmes  i. f. 55v  				To a feloe laiyng to his rebuke, that he was ouer deintie of his mouthe and dyete, he did with this reason geue a stoppyng oystre. 1546    J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue  i. xi. sig. Eiii  				His wyfe..deuiseth to cast in my teeth, Checks and chokyng oysters. < as lemmas  | 
	
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