单词 | branle |
释义 | † branlen. Obsolete. 1. Wavering, agitation, (?) confusion. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 78 The Legion incensed with griefe..put them of the first [legion] in branle [L. impulit primanos]. 2. A kind of dance, and the kind of music suitable to it; = brangle n.1 2, bransle n. 2, brantle n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances brawla1542 branglec1550 caterbrawl1565 bransle1590 branle1674 bocanea1701 cotillion1766 quadrille1773 German cotillion1831 supper quadrille1831 Grandpère1835 galop1837 brantle1846 German1853 lancers1862 grandfather1897 1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 34 in Excellency Theol. Branles, Sarabands, Jigs, and other..Tunes. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. v. 134 She led the last branle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † branlev. Obsolete. rare. To agitate, toss about, bandy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] > from mouth to mouth toss?c1550 bandy1642 branle1654 toss-about1844 fence1887 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence xii. 28 This new question began to branle the words of Type and Antitype. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1591v.1654 |
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