单词 | reesle |
释义 | reeslen. Scottish. 1. A loud clatter; a rattling blow. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > clattering clatteringc1400 clitter-clatter1535 clatter1578 reesle1608 slattering1661 clutter-clutter1691 cluttering1844 strepitation1913 1608 J. Melvill in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VI. 744 To this weaponshow, manie roustie halbert, bill, and reisted bow is brought, to make a reissill. 1725 A. Ramsay Let. 9 Dec. in Wiltshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Mag. (1969) 64 100 If I can Rax him a sound Risseel..I shall think my self serving the Publick. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 172 I'd bring ye wi' a reesle down. 1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 182 I'll lend you a reestle wi' this, owre your back. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xiii 124 There comes a lood reishil at the front door. 1880 J. E. Watt Poet. Sketches 52 A reeshle like thunder was heard at the door. 1909 R. M. Fergusson Silver Shoe-buckle 75 The beast cam' tumblin' doon wi' an awfu' reisshle. 1929 J. B. Philip Weelum o' Manse 42 A bombshell would mak' a fine reesel i' the ribs o't. 1995 A. Fenton Craiters i. 15 It wisna a gentle wakenin I got. First a reemish an a reeshle shot in anaith e grey mist o mornin sleep. 2002 D. Purves Scots Gram. (rev. ed.) 148/1 Reissil, clatter. 2. A rustling sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling whisping1379 rustlinga1387 flushinga1398 ruffling1440 stichling?1553 brustling1589 rustle1624 rash1671 titter1853 fidget1860 gush1866 reesle1866 frou-frou1870 silking1871 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) Reeshle, a rustling noise. 1901 Aberdeen Weekly Free Press 29 June The verra reeshle o' the ribbons on his bonnet gars him jump. 1991 T. Scott in T. Hubbard New Makars 40 Or boued their crouns, as thir twae whuddit bye, And the pearly argonauts on the surface swaw Felt nae reeshle o the steir ava. 2003 D. Purves Jade Lute (SCOTS) The reishil o fawin leafs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reeslev.α. 1700s rishell, 1700s risle, 1700s rizle, 1800s rizzle, 1900s– risl (Shetland), 1900s– rissle. β. 1800s reeshil, 1800s reesil, 1800s reessil, 1800s reishell, 1800s reshil, 1800s wreasel (Irish English (northern)), 1800s– reeshle, 1800s– reesle, 1800s– reestle, 1800s– reishle, 1800s– reisle, 1800s– reissle, 1800s– reistle, 1900s– reachle, 1900s– reesel, 1900s– reesell, 1900s– reeshiel, 1900s– reesill, 1900s– restle, 2000s– reesl, 2000s– reishil, 2000s– reissil. Chiefly Scottish. 1. transitive. To beat with rattling blows. Also figurative. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Angus and West Lothian in 1968. ΚΠ 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Roungs He risled their Rigging with Rungs, i.e. bastinado'd their backs soundly with these cutts of trees. 1788 R. Galloway Poems 159 Since rishell'd fair wi' Fortune's rung. 1825 Writer’s Clerk III. 215 I was only gien' her a reeshling wi' the stick, to wauken her. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid v. 31 He reishled the main author o' thae tricks weel. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow 116 It would maybe be more to my liking to bonnilie reesle the limmer's riggin with a stirrup leather. 1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) (at cited word) [Argyllshire.] If ye dinna be quate I'll reeshle yer banes for ye. 2007 I. Macleod & P. Cairns Essent. Scots Dict. 151/1 Reesle, reeshle,..beat, thrash. 2. intransitive. To make a soft or crisp rustling sound, to rustle. ΚΠ a1737 J. Fraser in A. Fergusson Major Fraser's MS (1889) II. 50 The shot risled through the sails. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Merry Men 148 A wund gaed reishling round the fower quarters of the house. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 34 The Queen cam' doon in silks an' lace That reeslt ilka step. 1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 26 Da wind swappin and reeselin doon fae da Bjurgs i' winter. 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xiv. 137 His scythe..captured..his oats when they came to ripeness and began to reeshle on the stalk. 2003 D. Purves Jade Lute (SCOTS) Ferr awa Ah see the graff-yaird North o the Waw. The whyte esps thare; hou they reishil, reishil! 3. a. intransitive. Of a person or animal: to move about noisily, to blunder or crash about. ΚΠ 1804 ‘Transforthanus’ Poems 68 Catch, warsle, reisle, rin, an' feight. 1837 J. Leslie Willie & Meggie 59 It's the cat reeshlin' about. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 68 He reissles hame as fou's the Clyde. 1904 R. Ford Humorous Sc. Stories 2nd Ser. 34 Willie Kilspindie comes reeshlin' up against his door like five ell o' blue wind. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. (at cited word) A hard the kye reeslin' aboot the wire fence. 1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 49 Though aince he micht reeshle an' rage. 2004 M. R. Smith Fairy (Liquid) Story (SCOTS) At waan tym trows an idder fauk got on ower weel: yea, ryt eenyoch, wee wid gluf dm an chis dm, an dey wid gaadir tgidder an reesl up amung wis noo and agein, but, on d hoal, dey wir kindo..a tolerance..o annider kynd o fauk. b. intransitive. To make a loud clattering noise. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Shetland, north-eastern and east central Scotland, and Dunbartonshire in 1968. ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Reissil, to make a loud clattering noise, as if one were breaking what is handled. 1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 92 Gar'd..their shin-banes reeshle i' their hose. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 44 Doors reessil'd up, and made a blatter. 1886 J. P. Reid Facts & Fancies 32 They reistled at the door, an' then Lifted the sneck an' stappit ben. 1911 T. W. Ogilvie Poems 85 On thack the hailstanes reestled. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood ii. 11 It's as hard's Hen'erson, an' he was that hard he reeshled whan he ran. 2002 D. Purves Scots Gram. (rev. ed.) 148/1 (App. III) Reissil..v...clatter. 4. intransitive. Chiefly Shetland. To shiver or shudder, esp. with fear or cold; to cause a shivering feeling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > be cold or have sensation of cold > shiver with cold shiverc1250 quakec1300 chillc1440 chymerc1440 hugge1483 chittera1529 shrug1549 reesle1882 nither1890 1882 Argyllshire Herald 3 June Thae exterical pains is reishlan through an through me. 1901 Shetland News 5 Oct. Dan shü rissl'd agen wi' da tought o't. 1962 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 396/1 It just rissled on me to see da boy's cut hand. 5. a. transitive. To shake (a thing) so as to make a rattling or rustling sound; to jolt. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move with rustling noise rustle1544 reesle1891 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 11 Wi mi clug-tae I reesles her [sc. a door] clean ta da back. 1914 J. Leatham Daavit 90 He was reeslin' a money-bag. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. at Reeshle He pat the rung in the wasp bike an, reeshl't it. 1951 R. Rendall Orkney Variants 16 He gripped a shaef, he rissl'd the heid. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Reesel He reeselled da door ta da back. b. transitive. To shake, stir, agitate. Also figurative. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Shetland, Morayshire, Banffshire, Perthshire, and west central Scotland in 1968. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] weigha1000 dreveOE ruska1300 commovec1374 to-stira1382 busy?c1400 tormenta1492 squalper?1527 toss1557 jumble1568 buskle1573 agitate1599 disturb1599 to work up1615 vex1627 conturbate1657 jerry-mumble1709 rejumble1755 jerrycummumble1785 reesle1903 1903 J. Matthewson in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 80/2 [Galloway] The claes wer'na dry but weel reesled. 1908 J. Lumsden Doun i' th' Loudons 13 Her smeddum's there, an' needs but reeslin up. 1936 L. McInnes Dial. S. Kintyre 15 Reeshle, to stir round nuts or any dry stuff in a basin. 1952 Forfar Dispatch 21 Aug. Tae get reeshled in trains and shoggled in boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608v.1710 |
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