英语词汇“to turn the riddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P1. to turn (also cast) the riddle (and shears): to use a riddle and a pair of shears as a means of divination, frequently in order to identify a thief. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.By this means, the open blades of a pair of shears are thrust through the holes of a riddle and the riddle is suspended vertically by these blades; a different person then holds each handle of the shears and information is deduced according to whether the riddle turns or stays still.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > practise sieve-turning [verb (intransitive)]

to turn (also cast) the riddle (and shears)1570

1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 117 I, Allice Swan,..used by the space of certen yeres to cast or tourne the riddle and sheares.

1573 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 251 Ther was a wyff in Newcastell..that culd torne the ryddle [etc.].

1589 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 1 Dec. in J. P. Lawson Bk. Perth (1847) 191 (modernized text) Whilk day Violet Brown..was accused for turning of the riddle with sheers.

1650 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) I. 101 A meeting for turning of the riddle for some money she wanted and a silver spoon.

1702 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 81 That pice of devilrie commonly called turning the riddle... Marion Murray depont that she..together with the nurse held the riddle..and that the nurse mumbled some words mentioning Peter and Paul, and that when the nurse said these words the riddle stirred less or more.

1715 R. Boulton Compleat Hist. Magick, Sorcery, & Witchcraft I. i. 8 Unlawful Charms, which old Women often make use of to produce Effects without natural Causes; as Charms to prevent evil Eyes..also curing of Worms, or stopping of Blood, by healing of Horse-crooks, or turning the Riddle.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 246 In Northumberland young people turn the riddle..with the foolish idea of raising their lovers.

1893 J. K. Hewison Isle of Bute I. 88 Their pranks in the ‘turning of the riddle’ fall under observation in the later ecclesiastical history of the Isle.

单词	to turn the riddle
释义	> as lemmas to turn (also cast) the riddle (and shears) †P1. to turn (also cast) the riddle (and shears): to use a riddle and a pair of shears as a means of divination, frequently in order to identify a thief. Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.By this means, the open blades of a pair of shears are thrust through the holes of a riddle and the riddle is suspended vertically by these blades; a different person then holds each handle of the shears and information is deduced according to whether the riddle turns or stays still. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > practise sieve-turning [verb (intransitive)] to turn (also cast) the riddle (and shears)1570 1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 117 I, Allice Swan,..used by the space of certen yeres to cast or tourne the riddle and sheares. 1573 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 251 Ther was a wyff in Newcastell..that culd torne the ryddle [etc.]. 1589 Rec. Perth Kirk Session 1 Dec. in J. P. Lawson Bk. Perth (1847) 191 (modernized text) Whilk day Violet Brown..was accused for turning of the riddle with sheers. 1650 in J. Hunter Diocese & Presbytery Dunkeld (1918) I. 101 A meeting for turning of the riddle for some money she wanted and a silver spoon. 1702 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 81 That pice of devilrie commonly called turning the riddle... Marion Murray depont that she..together with the nurse held the riddle..and that the nurse mumbled some words mentioning Peter and Paul, and that when the nurse said these words the riddle stirred less or more. 1715 R. Boulton Compleat Hist. Magick, Sorcery, & Witchcraft I. i. 8 Unlawful Charms, which old Women often make use of to produce Effects without natural Causes; as Charms to prevent evil Eyes..also curing of Worms, or stopping of Blood, by healing of Horse-crooks, or turning the Riddle. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 246 In Northumberland young people turn the riddle..with the foolish idea of raising their lovers. 1893 J. K. Hewison Isle of Bute I. 88 Their pranks in the ‘turning of the riddle’ fall under observation in the later ecclesiastical history of the Isle. extracted from riddlen.² < as lemmas
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