单词 | pot-walling |
释义 | † pot-wallingn. Obsolete. rare. The possession of a fireplace for boiling a pot, qualifying a man as an enfranchised householder or potwaller (potwaller n.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house housinga1400 pot-walling1455 pot-wobbling1796 householding1797 the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder > position of pot-walling1455 pot-wobbling1796 householdership1817 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one of principles on which right based > specific pot-walling1455 property qualification1794 pot-wobbling1796 household suffrage1819 fancy franchise1859 occupation franchise1862 lodger-franchise1867 1455–6 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 291 (MED) Al maner of marchandys that cumyth hydyr wyth har marchandyse..shall pay har custum tyll the tyme that thay bryng a sertificat [of] contynuall residence and abydyng and pot wallyng wythyn any of the cytteys or townys. 1781 T. R. Nash Coll. Hist. Worcestershire I. 298 Walling is an Anglo-Saxon word signifying boiling. Pot-walling constitutes a right of election in many boroughs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1455 |
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