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单词 turnspit
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turnspitn.

Brit. /ˈtəːnspɪt/, U.S. /ˈtərnˌspɪt/
Etymology: < turn v. + spit n.1; compare turnbroach n.
1. A dog kept to turn the roasting-spit by running within a kind of tread-wheel connected with it; a turnspit dog. Also fig.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit
mill dog1402
turnspit1576
turnspit cur1603
turnspit dog1625
turnspit terrier1857
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 35 A certaine dogge..when any meate is to bee roasted they go into a wheele..turning rounde about with the waight of their bodies... Whom the popular sort herevpon call Turnespets.
1673 M. Stevenson Norfolk Drollery 13 (title) Vpon a Dog call'd Fudle, turnspit at the Popinjay in Norwich.
1793 E. D. Clarke Tour S. Eng. iv. 215 Dogs are universally used, in this part of the world, as turnspits.
1801 G. Hanger Life II. 246 These turnspits, who, in the metaphysical wheel, turn the spit of conjecture.
1863 Jesse in R. Chambers Bk. of Days 8 Apr. I. 490/1 His two turn~spits..were long-bodied, crook-legged, and ugly dogs.
2. A boy or man whose office was to turn the spit. Also used as a term of contempt.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt
thingOE
cat?c1225
geggea1300
fox-whelpc1320
creaturea1325
whelp1338
scoutc1380
turnbroach14..
foumart1508
shit1508
get?a1513
strummel?a1513
scofting?1518
pismirea1535
clinchpoop1555
rag1566
huddle and twang1578
whipster1590
slop1599
shullocka1603
tailor1607
turnspit1607
fitchewa1616
bulchin1617
trundle-taila1626
tick1631
louse1633
fart1669
insect1684
mully-grub-gurgeon1746
grub-worm1752
rass1790
foutre1794
blister1806
snot1809
skin1825
scurf1851
scut1873
Siwash1882
stiff1882
bleeder1887
blighter1896
sugar1916
vuilgoed1924
klunk1942
fart sack1943
fart-arse1946
jerkwad1980
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun]
gadlinga1300
geggea1300
churlc1300
filec1300
jot1362
scoutc1380
beggara1400
carla1400
turnbroach14..
villainc1400
gnoffc1405
fellowc1425
cavelc1430
haskardc1487
hastardc1489
foumart1508
strummel?a1513
knapper1513
hogshead?1518
jockeya1529
dreng1535
sneakbill1546
Jack1548
rag1566
scald1575
huddle and twang1578
sneaksby1580
companion1581
lowling1581
besognier1584
patchcock1596
grill1597
sneaksbill1602
scum1607
turnspit1607
cocoloch1610
compeer1612
dust-worm1621
besonioa1625
world-worma1625
besognea1652
gippo1651
Jacky1653
mechanic1699
fustya1732
grub-worm1752
raff1778
person1782
rough scuff1816
spalpeen1817
bum1825
sculpin1834
soap-lock1840
tinka1843
'Arry1874
scruff1896
scruffo1959
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > toaster > turnspit
hastler1440
broach-turner1532
turnbroach1548
turnspit1607
1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine i. 5 As hot as a turn-spit.
1683 in Roxburghe Ballads (1885) V. 455 Fat Turnspit Frank,..Whom we despise, in time may rise to be Jester to King Perkin.
1722 Swift On Horrid Plot in Wks. (1735) II. 412 A Turn-spit in the R—— Kitchen.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. i. 175 Leonarda..passed for a very decent plain cook; but a mere turnspit to dame Jacintha.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. vii. 139 The king's turnspit used to be a member of parliament.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. v. 52 All good people..knowing his kitchen-range to be cold, no longer would play turnspit.
3. A roasting-jack. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > roasting-jack
wheeler dog1379
Jack1391
spit-turner?a1500
turnspit1606
hanging jack1660
turnspit-jack1674
smoke-jack1676
roasting-jack1698
water-jack1807
bottle jack1810
spit-jack1967
1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher iii. sig. Dv Euen as in a turne-spit calld a Iacke..the great wheeles Turning but softly, make the lesse to whirre.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Turn~spit, a clock-work machine for cooking.

Compounds

General attrib.
turnspit-boy n.
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1820 Scott Monastery II. ii. 37 A little dirty turnspitboy.
turnspit cur n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit
mill dog1402
turnspit1576
turnspit cur1603
turnspit dog1625
turnspit terrier1857
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xxii. 145 Moved..as a Wheele is by a turnspit curre, that is put into it.
turnspit dog n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit
mill dog1402
turnspit1576
turnspit cur1603
turnspit dog1625
turnspit terrier1857
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 81 Turne-spit dogs labouring in their wheeles.
1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 100 Seeing one of the Turn-spit Dogs bask himself deliciously in the Sun.
1845 W. Youatt Dog ii. 18 Colonel Sykes says..among the pariahs is frequently found the turnspit-dog.
turnspit-jack n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > roasting-jack
wheeler dog1379
Jack1391
spit-turner?a1500
turnspit1606
hanging jack1660
turnspit-jack1674
smoke-jack1676
roasting-jack1698
water-jack1807
bottle jack1810
spit-jack1967
1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 39 In any good Turnspit-Jack,..a quadruple weight makes double Velocity.
turnspit terrier n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that turns mill or spit
mill dog1402
turnspit1576
turnspit cur1603
turnspit dog1625
turnspit terrier1857
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 50 Toby the turnspit-terrier.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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