单词 | to-blow |
释义 | † to-blowv. Obsolete. transitive. 1. To distend with wind, inflate, puff up; also figurative to puff up with an emotion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > cause disorders of internal organs [verb (transitive)] > distend to-blowc1000 inflate1528 blast1578 stent1801 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints vii. 139 On ðam [hell fire] ge beoþ toblawene. c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 58 gif he bið toblawen se innoð. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8080 & all himm wæ-renn fet. & þeos To bollenn & to blawenn. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 2696 For þe venim is on me þrowe, Her I legge al to-blowe. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1523 Hys body was al to-blaw. 2. To blow in different directions, scatter by blowing, blow away. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > of the wind to-wowe13.. to-blowa1400 ventilatea1440 a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 6872 Þat he no were anon y-slawe, For-brent, and þat dust to-blowe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1000 |
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