单词 | turnspit |
释义 | turnspitn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1820 Scott Monastery II. ii. 37 A little dirty turnspitboy. turnspit cur n. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1576 |
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