单词 | plim |
释义 | plimadj. English regional (chiefly south-western) and Welsh English. Filled out, stout, plump; (also) filled up, overfull. ΚΠ 1850 J. Collins List Words Gower Dial. Glamorganshire in Proc. Philol. Soc. 4 222 Plym, full. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words (at cited word) Barley is plim when it is full. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 113 I dawnt think I've 'ad sich güde plim burd out ov theāse grist avore. a1903 W. M. Morris in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 547/2 [South Pembrokeshire] That pan wonna hold any more, it be quite plim naw. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Plim, stout; fat; plump. 1994 R. Penhallurick Gowerland & its Lang. 74 The pan is plim. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plimv. Chiefly English regional (southern) and Welsh English. 1. intransitive. To swell or grow plump; to fill out or up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > become plump plump1602 plim1654 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 62 Yet plimming by a generous heat, That always by one Pulse did beat. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 127 [He] first discover'd himself to be out of his Wits, by..boiling a great number of Groats, with a design, as he said, to make them plim, and grow thicker. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 147 The barley-straw..broke off..before the grain was full plimmed. 1883 Nature 8 Mar. 442/2 The leaves..plim out at once into a larger rounded type. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iii. 32 Don't that make your bosom plim? 1969 M. Harris Kind of Magic (1974) 28 Once when dried apricots were cheap our mother bought some—soaked them in water till they ‘plimmed up’ and then set about making jam. 1988 J. Lavers Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 63 Plim, to swell out; to increase in bulk. 2014 @Sheerline Marine 11 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Tallow spread over problem areas will slow the weeps, not letting muck into the lands while she [sc. a boat] plims up. 2. transitive. To swell or inflate; to fill (something) up. Also: to hit or strike (a person) so as to cause swelling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > inflate abloweOE blowc1425 inflate1528 huff1601 sufflate1616 puff1679 plima1691 balloon1906 the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > inflate forblow1413 puffc1460 inflate1528 huff1601 sufflate1616 plima1691 balloon1784 bloat1815 gas1919 a1691 E. Pococke Theol. Wks. (1740) II. vi. 263 So that by it [sc. the rain] the grain in the ears might be plimmed and swell, or be made full. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 5 Chell plim tha. 1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large xv. 149 The wings [of a butterfly] are by origin a part of the breathing apparatus, and they require to be plimmed by the air before the insect can take to flight. 1886 Galaxy 1 Oct. 277 ‘To plim’ is to beat so as to make one swell. 1984 P. Legg Cidermaking in Somerset 12/2 It [sc. the cider dish] is ‘plimmed up’ by blocking the spout and filling any cracks with clay. 2009 @SallysChateau 21 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Torrential rain last night and hot sunshine today should plim up the grapes beautifully. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850v.1654 |
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