单词 | shorling |
释义 | † shorlingn. Obsolete. 1. a. The skin of a sheep that has been recently shorn; the wool taken from such a skin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from recently shorn sheep shorling1429 fleece-wool1495 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of sheep > types of scalding1429 shorling1429 morkin1474 mort1592 mort skin1624 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 352/1 Wolle icalled Lambeswolle, shorlyng and scaldyng. 1435 Exch. Rolls Scot. IV. 604 De custuma 1155 pellium qui dicuntur schorlingis. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 27 §1 Ther wolles and wolle felles and felles called Shorlyng and Morlyng. 1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 515/1 All custumes paying of salt and schoirlingis, skaddyngis [etc.]. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 32 §1 Any Woollfells Mortlings or Shorlings. 1688 Royal Proclam. 6 Apr. in London Gaz. No. 2338/1 Laws..Prohibiting the Transportation of Sheep Wooll, Wooll-fells, Woolen-yarn, Mortlings, Shorlings. 1833 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 56 (Duties of Customs Outwards) in Statutes U.K. (1835) 13 291 Woolfels, Mortlings, Shortlings, Yarn. b. (See quot. 1753) rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) In some parts of England, they understand by a shorling, a sheep whose fleece is shorn off. 2. A tonsured person, a shaveling. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > [noun] > one who is tonsured shaveling1529 pilpate1530 shorling?1548 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [noun] > with short hair shorling?1548 shaveling1621 crop1689 skinhead1969 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature v. sig. Fiiijv And now I perseuer, amonge ye ranke rable of papystes Teachyng ther shorlynges, to playe the Antichrystes. ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse vi. 82 That is the prerogatyue of the pryestes and shauen shorelynges. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 454 b Swarmes of smeared, spyrituall shorlyng Sorcerers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1429 |
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