单词 | to gust the mouth, or the gab |
释义 | > as lemmasto gust the mouth, or the gab 2. to gust the mouth, or the gab: to give a relish to the palate. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > give relish to gust the mouth, or the gab?a1500 tasten1579 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 287 in Poems (1981) 15 Ane quhyte candill..In steid off spyce, to gust thair mouth withall. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 110 He's no ill boden That gusts his gabb wi' oyster sauce. a1801 R. Gall Elegy Pudding Lizzie in Wks. 181 She had the knack sae weel, To gust the gab o' ony chiel. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 13 He..took care..to..fill the jinglin' stoups wi' mair To gust their mou'. < as lemmas |
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