单词 | skinkle |
释义 | skinklev. Scottish. Chiefly literary and poetic. intransitive. To glitter, glisten; to sparkle, twinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter twinklec888 shimc950 blika1000 glisec1000 glistenc1000 glista1225 glore13.. sparkc1300 glisterc1380 sparklec1386 spranklea1387 glittera1400 sprinklea1400 blikenc1400 glaster1447 springlec1460 sprangle1495 brandish1552 pink1589 scintillate1623 simper1633 twink1637 spangle1639 scintill1681 scintillize1694 prinkle1724 skinkle1765 winkle1791 coruscate1807 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > move with splendour [verb (intransitive)] > be splendid or radiant shine971 glitter1548 skinkle1765 1765 T. Percy Reliques II. 296 It skinkled in their een. 1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 25 Ae night the lift was skinklan a' wi' starns. 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 77 Frae ilk buss, the tangles gay, Hang skinklin' in the mornin' ray. 1888 Glasgow Evening Times 15 Oct. 2/6 A handful of flame which..merely skinkles on the window-panes. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 90 Syne ither systems ray on ray Skinkle past in quick array. 1975 W. McIlvanney Docherty ii. xiv. 197 Grass skinkled, the frozen filaments snapping as they stepped. 1991 W. N. Herbert Forked Tongue (1994) 107 Nae lichts skinklan, thi clash gaen roon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1765 |
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