单词 | to sit upon hot cockles |
释义 | > as lemmasto sit upon hot cockles † to sit upon hot cockles: to be very impatient or agitated; cf. on pins and needles at pin n.1 Compounds 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > be impatient [verb (intransitive)] to think longc1300 one's fingers are all thumbs1546 bate1599 to sit upon hot cockles1607 to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723 to champ at (also on) the bit1832 to chafe at the bit1873 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 90 He..sits vpon hote cockles till it be blaz'd abroade. < as lemmas |
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