单词 | bewet |
释义 | bewetbewitn. Falconry. A ring or slip of leather for attaching the bell to a hawk's leg. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > jess jess1340 bewet1486 get1607 1486 Bk. St. Albans B vj a Thessame letheris that be putt in hir bellis: to be fastyned a boute hir leggys ye shall calle Bewettis. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie Pref. Verse sig. B.ijv With Belles, and Bewets, Veruels eke, to make the Falcon fine. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 241/1 Bewetts, Bewitts, or Buetts, Boots..to which the Bells are fastned, and are buttoned about the Hawks Legs. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bewits, in Falconry, denote pieces of leather, to which a hawk's bells are fastened, and buttoned to his legs. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. iv. i. §3 A running noose in which the leg of the hawk together with the ‘bewit’ of the bell is inserted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). bewetv. transitive. To wet profusely. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > be wet by exposure to elements or falling in water [verb (passive)] bewetc1400 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] drenchc1000 washc1275 drowna1300 drunkena1300 drunka1382 bewetc1400 bedrenchc1450 bucka1513 sowp1513 drooka1522 sousea1542 soaken1577 overdrown1579 soss1587 embay1590 steep1590 overdrencha1592 embathe1593 indrench1593 imbue1594 douse1606 besob1609 bucket1621 sob1625 dash1670 sop1682 saturate1696 float1729 water1754 sodden1812 douche1864 poach1881 tosh1883 sod1895 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 272 b/2 The beames..of thyne eyen arne so bewet. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxv. f. xxx/1 Saynt Anthonye..wepte and alle bywette his face wyth teeres. 1528 A. Dalaber in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 52 We all bewet both our faces. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 146 His napking with her true teares all bewet. 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) iii. 55 As Gideons fleece bewetted with the tempest of Gods wrath. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia v The crow bewets her, and prevents the rain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1486v.c1400 |
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