单词 | pipling |
释义 | † piplingadj.n. Obsolete. archaic in later use. A. adj. Of the wind: blowing gently; making a soft whistling sound. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > rippling pibling1573 purlinga1586 pipling1601 lapsinga1771 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 881 That inspiracioun whech comth fro aboue..as a spirit of loue..comth ful esily as a pipelyng wynde. 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Yong scolers..enbolmed with the flyblowen blast of the moche vayne glorious pipplyng wynde. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. O.iijv Sound of pipling wind, eftsones to depes their ships doth call. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Had not I such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced. 1601 H. Clapham Ælohim-triune sig. Bv At mountaines foote I see a pipling Spring, Deriued from the mountaines Spoonge vnseene. 1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod ii. ix They sat down to enjoy the ‘soft pipling cold’ which swung all the leaves about. B. n. Gentle blowing or wafting. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing > gently pipling1558 breathing1587 fanning1712 whiffle1842 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. F.iv Whan the..wind with pipling sweete Is out at sowth, and to the seas to saill doth call the fleete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1440 |
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