单词 | to lay a buck |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay a buck d. †(a) to lay a buck: to put clothes in soak for washing (obsolete). (b) to lay leaven (see quot. 1891).[Possibly confused (a) with some derivative of lye n.1, and (b) with lay v.2, allay v.1; but this is uncertain.] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (intransitive)] > by steeping or boiling to lay a buck1570 to lay the buck1570 to drive the buck1648 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 29 Maides .iii. a clock, knede, lay your bucks or go brew. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Faire Faire la buée, to lay, or wash a bucke. 1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell i. 42 Shee that cannot lay a leaven, but thinkes of the kingdome of Christ. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield Lay, to mix; only used in the phrase ‘to lay leaven’, i.e. to mix the yeast with oat-meal in making oat-cake. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Lay, to mix dough for bread making. ‘Lay the breed’—to mix the flour with the yeast, to make the dough. < as lemmas |
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