| 单词 | to lick the birse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lick the birse a. = bristle n. ( to lick the birse: to pass a small bunch of hog's bristles through the mouth—as is done on being made a ‘soutar of Selkirk.’) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > bristle birsea700 brusta1000 bristlec1314 setule1826 seta1858 chaeta1896 a700 Epinal Gl. 905 Seta, byrst. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 156 Swylce swinene byrst. c1330 Rouland & V. 860 No is worþ þe brust of a swin. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 181 The rouch byrsis on the brest and crest Of that..beist. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 338 (Jam.) The souter gae the sow a kiss; ‘grumph,’ quo she, ‘its a' for the birse.’ 1724 A. Ramsay Ever-green (1761) I. 253 Knichts of the Birs and Thumble. 1815 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) V. xxxvi. 123 I am still puzzled to dispose of the Birse. Note. A birse or bunch of hog's bristles forms the cognizance of the Sutors. 1882 Society 14 Oct. 5/1 Mr. G. O. Trevelyan..will require to ‘lick the birse’ at Selkirk. < as lemmas |
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