α. pre-1700 revill-raill.
β. pre-1700 reavel-ravel.
单词 | reavel-ravel |
释义 | † reavel-raveln.α. pre-1700 revill-raill. β. pre-1700 reavel-ravel. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A rigmarole. on reavel-ravel: in an incoherent, rambling, or confused manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage > rigmarole Ragman?1507 rat-rane1513 rat-rhyme1553 reavel-ravel1568 paternoster1651 kyrielle1653 rat1671 rigmarolec1736 nominy?1746 Megillah1911 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow iii. 151 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 308 I allege non vþir auctorite In this sentence maid on revill raill. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 107 Like some Lawyers making Speeches; He..Half singing vents this Reavel Ravel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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