α. 1500s swynes snoute, 1500s–1600s swines snowt, 1600s– swine's snout.
β. see swine n. and snout n.1
单词 | swine snout |
释义 | swine snoutn.α. 1500s swynes snoute, 1500s–1600s swines snowt, 1600s– swine's snout. β. see swine n. and snout n.1 1. (An insulting or contemptuous name for) a person having a nose likened to a pig's snout. Also used as a more general term of abuse or contempt. Cf. swine-snouted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose > person having camois1485 swine snout1592 flat-nose16.. muzzle chops1611 firedrake1623 sneap-nosea1644 long-nose1691 knobnose1839 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Bodl. copy) sig. Bv Hee will..sonnet a whole quire of paper in praise of Lady Swin-snout, his yeolow-fac'd Mistres. 1934 R. Hughes Love Song x. 60 She told me about Pribula—that swine snout of a Pribula! 1979 S. J. Woolf tr. in Hist. Italy, 1700–1860 350 Brace up and forward With your grenadiers, These swine snouts Of a crackbrained people. 2003 K. Slugeňová Cockrell tr. M. Lasica & J. Satinský Dialogues in Contemp. Slovak Drama 5 83 What do you want here, you swine snout? 2. A dandelion (apparently so called from the shape of the closed flower). Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > dandelion priest's crownc1300 monk's-head?c1400 dandelion1513 lion's tooth1562 pissabed1565 swine snout1596 canker1640 leontodon1807 1596 H. Plat Sundrie New & Artificiall Remedies Famine sig. D.3 Of Veches first hulled, and of the hearbe Aphace, which receiueth diuers translations, and is called Dandelion, Priestes crowne, Swines snowt, Monks head, Dogs teeth, or common Cicory, may be made a bread. 1799 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. III. 28/1 Gaublume, die, the Swine-Snout or Dandelion, the Lion-Tooth. 1842 R. Browning Camp & Cloister: Pt. II in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics 6/1 What's the Latin name for ‘parsley’? What's the Greek name for Swine's Snout? 2004 Independent 17 Mar. (Property section) 13/2 It [sc. the dandelion] is also known as..lionstooth, priest's crown, puffball, swinesnout, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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