单词 | rubb |
释义 | † rubbn.1 Obsolete. rare. A seal (the animal). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal sealc893 sea-seala1398 seal-fishc1420 sea-veal1576 phoca1594 sea tun1601 sea-calf1616 rubb1694 swile1802 tang-fish1809 sea-pig1826 earless seal1833 phocacean1842 phocid1871 floe-flat1883 phocine1890 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 103 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The Sea-Dogs, called Rubbs [Ger. Rubbe] and Seales. 1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 2 The Sea-Dog, or Dog-fish, commonly called a Seal, or Rubbe, which was lately brought from Greenland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † rubbn.2 Obsolete. rare. A unit of weight formerly used in Piedmont, equal to approx. 25 pounds (11 kg). ΚΠ 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 288 Many peasants in Piedmont sell annually four or five Rubbs [Ger. Rubbs] of raw silk (each Rubb weighing twenty-five pounds). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11694n.21756 |
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