单词 | snoove |
释义 | snoovev. Scottish. 1. a. transitive. To twirl, cause to turn. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)] > twirl thwerl1490 snoove1513 thirl1582 twirla1640 drill1681 trundlea1756 twizzle1788 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vii. 100 To werk the lyne, To snoif the spyndill, and lang thredis twyne. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iii. 22 A Wife that snoovs a Spindle. b. intransitive. (See quot. 1808.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > spin spin1667 pirouette1741 pirl1791 turbinate1797 snoove1808 twizzlea1825 teetotum1831 teetotumize1841 purl1857 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A boy's top is said to snuve, when it whirls round with great velocity, preserving at the same time an equal motion. 2. intransitive. To move or advance steadily, or with a steady pace; to glide. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > smoothly slidea950 scritheOE glidea1275 silec1400 swima1556 steal1626 slip1680 snoove1719 skate1775 sleek1818 1719 W. Hamilton Epist. to Ramsay iii. ii The pleasure counterpois'd the cumber..And snoovt away like three-hand Ombre. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, Thou snoov't awa. 1830 R. Broun Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia 106 Come snooving down white ice. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man III. 212 Many a sharp rap did the old ship get [from the ice] as she snooved along. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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