| 单词 | to wet whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beard a. to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beard, etc.: to take a drink. See also clay n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] drinkc1000 to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386 bumc1390 to wet (erron. whet) one's whistlec1405 tipple1648 to suck one's face1699 to moisten or wet one's clay1708 to water one's clay1751 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386 bibc1400 to kiss the cupa1420 drawa1500 refresh1644 mug1653 bub1654 jug1681 whiffle1693 dram1740 wet1783 to suck (also sup) the monkey1785 stimulate1800 lush1811 taste1823 liquor1839 oil1841 paint1853 irrigate1856 nip1858 smile1858 peg1874 gargle1889 shicker1906 stop1924 bevvy1934 c1386 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 235 So was hir ioly whistle wel y-wet. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 131 Had she oones wett hyr whystyll, She couth syng full clere Hyr Paternoster. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 780 I wete my whystell, as good drinkers do, je crocque la pie. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Crocquer la pie, to wet the whistle, or weason, throughly; to drinke hard. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iii. 75 Lets..drink the other cup to wet our whistles, and so sing away all sad thoughts. View more context for this quotation 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 154 Wetting their Whistles with the good Ale-pot. 1722 S. Croxall tr. Æsop Fables xcviii. 169 I'll give you a Dram to wet your Whistle. 1773 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie 5 Whare couthy Chiels at E'ening meet Their bizzing craigs and mous to weet. 1786 R. Burns Poems 26 Monie daily weet their weason Wi' liquors nice. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) vii. 68 The wine shall be kept to wet your whistle. 1888 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne i I ne'er can sing till my throat's wetted, Tammas. 1910 W. H. Hudson Shepherd's Life xi. 135 The starlings..singing and talking and swallowing elderberries between whiles to wet their whistles. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 16 For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his beard. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends i. v. 53 Is there a public house here where a fellow could wet his beak? < as lemmas |
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