| 单词 | to spin off a rock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spin off a (also one's) rock a. A distaff together with the wool or flax attached to it; a quantity of wool or flax placed on a distaff to be spun; esp. in to spin off a (also one's) rock. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > quantity placed on distaff for spinning rocka1568 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > distaff > distaff and material attached to it rocka1568 a1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS. (1928) II. 322 Than hame he ran to ane rok of tow And he satt doun to say the spynning. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) vi. 77 Her mother..at [the] fire, who had to spin A rock, whose tincture with sea-purple shin'd. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Rocke, ofte rocksel, a Rock of yarne, or the yarne hanging on the Rock. a1746 E. Chicken Collier's Wedding (1764) 12 Now it will be Twelve o'Clock And more, for I've spun off my Rock. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 129 How loot ye the low take your rock by the beard? 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 100 She had just spun off a rock of flax. 1851 D. Paul Poems 85 Syne up he took a rock o' tow, An' doun he sat to try to spin. 1963 R. E. Habenicht John Heywood's Dialogue Prov. 235 To spin off a rock is to finish off a quantity of material on the distaff. < as lemmas |
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