单词 | ruckly |
释义 | rucklyadj.1 Scottish. rare. = rickly adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. Ruckly, unsteady, in a dilapidated state. 1902 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Success 148 I min' when they were jist auld sort o' ruckly boxes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rucklyadj.2 Originally and chiefly Scottish (Orkney and Shetland). Rough, uneven. Also: wrinkled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough unsmeetheOE sharpc893 rowOE reofOE roughOE unplaina1393 harsha1400 scrofc1400 stourc1400 ruggyc1405 asperous1547 harshy1582 shagged1589 horrid1590 unsmooth1598 gross1606 asperate1623 brute1627 scabbed1630 sleazy1644 rasping1656 scaber1657 asper1681 shaggy1693 gruff1697 grating1766 hackly1794 ruvid1837 scrubby1856 unkind1866 raspy1882 ruckly1923 sandpapery1957 the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > having a rough surface frosted1642 grainish1653 granulated1677 granulate1793 ruckly1923 1923 T. Manson Lerwick 291 It was a very ‘ruckly’ thoroughfare, cobbled-stoned two-thirds of its extent. 1929 H. Marwick Orkney Norn Ruckly, wrinkly, having rough, wrinkly surface. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 71 Hit wis a job keepin your feet on da ruckly briggie-stanes. 1997 C. De Luca Wast wi da Valkyries 35 I reeselled me wye, truckin da ruckly strae, an antrin flooer. 2001 D. Massey in B. Tress et al. From Landscape Res. to Landscape Planning (2005) vii. 100 The changing texture of the path reverberates through the wheelchair into your body; the movement from ruckly gravel to the smooth passage of asphalt brings relief. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11866adj.21923 |
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