单词 | rearing-feast |
释义 | > as lemmasrearing-feast rearing-feast n. English regional (now historical) = rearing supper n. ΚΠ 1796 Aris's Birmingham Gaz. 30 Jan. in Birmingham Post (2000) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 54 On Saturday last the Rearing Feast of the new foundry..was given to the engine-smiths and all the other workmen employed in the erection. 1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 56 They'll have the ruff on at Appleford to-day, you: bean't you gwyne to the rearen feast. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 243/2 Reearin'-feeast, the old word for a house-warming party, which used to be held when the last tile or bundle of thatch went up on the roof. < as lemmas |
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