单词 | to piss one's tallow |
释义 | > as lemmasto piss one's tallow (also grease) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [verb (intransitive)] > become lean to piss one's tallow (also grease)1575 c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 232 (MED) Tak talow of an hert, such as he pysseþ by twene two seynt mary dayes, & marow of an hors, melt hem to geder, & put hem vp.] 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xvii. 45 Their [sc. the Hinds'] chief meate is the red Mushrome or Todestoole which helpeth well to make them pysse their greace. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 14 Who can blame me to pisse my Tallow? View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 78 He has piss'd his tallow. This is spoken of bucks who grow lean after rutting-time, and may be applied to men. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. xxviii. 132 He's nothing but Skin and Bones; he has piss'd his Tallow. < as lemmas |
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