单词 | reprick |
释义 | reprickv.ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (intransitive)] > rabbit or hare reprick1486 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [verb (intransitive)] > run across open ground > make a track > in reverse direction reprick1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. eviij v That pryckyth the haare aye when he dooth soo And repryckyth then iff he agayne goo. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. v. 937 By that I knewe that they had the hare and on foote, and by and by I might see him sore and resore, prick and reprick. 2. transitive. To prick again (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > prick prickOE pointa1425 joba1500 birlc1540 punct1548 nib1558 pounce1570 punge1570 stab1570 reprick1611 jaga1700 barb1803 jab1825 rowel1891 pinprick1909 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Ripunto, repricked. 1850 Mag. Hort., Bot., & Rural Affairs 16 517 In the spring the ground must be repricked, occasionally hoed and frequently watered. 1928 Columbia Law Rev. 28 1119 The experience of latter years has led the Supreme Court to reprick the dividing line between state and national control. 1952 Winnipeg Free Press 21 Feb. 17/3 The final step is to prick tarts evenly over the bottom with a 4-tined fork, chill about ½ hour, reprick with fork and then bake. 1999 J. Harbutt Cheese 153 The fine streaks of blue are encouraged by pricking and re-pricking the cheese through the rough, pock-marked, crusty rind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1486 |
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