| 单词 | bobbing-block |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbobbing-block 1. Beating, striking; also figurative the giving of a sharp ‘rap’ in speech. (See bob n.3 2) Hence bobbing-block. ΘΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] buffetingc1240 dintc1330 smitingc1330 dentinga1398 wapping1398 strikingc1400 swippingc1420 dinginga1425 bobbing1526 swappingc1540 nicking1668 hitting1687 biffing1915 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-block bobbing-block1526 whipping-blocka1877 whipping-bench1906 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSviii Wt spyttynges, bobbynges & other tormentes, many and diuerse. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.iij Loude their brests wt bobbings rings. 1575 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 296 A bobbing blocke, a beating stocke, an owle. 1692 J. Dennis Poems in Burlesque 4 To leave off Stumming for dry Bobbing. < as lemmas |
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