单词 | belute |
释义 | † belutev. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To spatter or cover with mud or dirt. Cf. lute n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud mire?c1475 glar?a1500 bemirec1532 bemud1580 bemoila1610 immire1611 muddya1616 mud1632 muddify1739 slutch1745 belute1760 slush1807 slub1886 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. ix. 63 Never was a Dr. Slop so beluted, and so transubstantiated. 2. transitive. To cover with clay or cement (see lute n.2 1). Cf. lute v.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with other materials pitcheOE lute1495 loam1600 bitume1609 wainscota1631 mud1632 putty1719 compo1809 belute1837 smear1839 puddle1844 plash1864 canvas1865 cement1886 TP1962 toilet-paper1964 1837 New Monthly Mag. Apr. 524 Some of the best bird-lime, with which it [sc. the poor animal] belutes its eyes till they are sealed up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1760 |
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