单词 | wagger |
释义 | waggern.1 a. One who agitates or stirs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > one who agitates waggera1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 189 And so þat name was to hem i-schappe Centauri, as it were an hundred wynde waggers: for þey wagged wel þe wynde faste in hir ridynge. b. One who wags (his head). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules > one who wags his head wagger1654 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > wagging > one who wagger1654 wig-wagger1899 1654 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 249 Thes revylers, waggers of their head, mockers, theives against Christ on the crosse. 2. An animal that wags its tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that wags the tail wagger1887 1887 G. Meredith Poet. Wks. (1912) 346 Should they once deem our emblem Pard Wagger of tail for all save war. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson vi. 89 Corker [a bull~dog] had ever been..effusively grateful for every word or pat, an ever-ready wagger and nuzzler. 3. plural. The divining-rod. dialect ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > detection of radiation > detecting subterraneous springs, etc. > rhabdomancy > divining-rod rod1617 Moses' rod1646 divining-wand1656 virgula divina or divinatoria1656 Mosaical roda1681 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 waggers1747 divining-rod1751 mineral rod1797 fork1886 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. X3 No one..could affirm that there were this or that particular Mine, that owed its Discovery to his Waggers, (for by that Name they then called them) some Miners told me that by his Waggers he could find out a Vein. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). waggern.2 slang (originally Oxford University). A waste-paper basket. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1903 D. Coke Sandford of Merton ii. 10 ‘Wagger-pagger-bagger’ for the receptacle of torn-up letters and the like. 1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual viii. 162 There is an interesting class of words with an inserted g:..wagger pagger bagger for waste paper basket. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 125 Such playful formations as the Pragger Wagger (the Prince of Wales..) and wagger pagger bagger waste-paper basket. 1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 130 Public-school slang..wagger ‘waste-paper-basket’. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1086/2 Wagger-pagger, a waste-paper basket. Short for wagger-pagger-bagger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † waggerv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To wander, have no settled abode. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > have no fixed abode waggerc1380 to walk at rovers1528 stroll1603 to live out of (or from) a suitcase (or suitcases)1969 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 154 Mannys spirit þat is wageringe aboute desiir of worldli þingis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ix. 17 Thei shuln be wagringe in naciouns [L. erunt vagi in nationibus]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23091 Whenne I [sc. Christ] was wagering out of rest Godely toke ȝe me to gest. 2. To stagger, totter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily stackera1300 welt13.. waggera1382 swaver?a1400 blundc1400 swab14.. swabble14.. gogglec1460 reel1477 galay1489 stagger1530 swag1530 stag1561 wheel1832 swig1833 wavel1896 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxix. 9 Bicometh alle stoneid, and wndreth; flotereth, and wagereth [L. vacillate]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. xii. 3 Whan..the most strong men wageren [L. nutabunt]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxvii. 16 Who euere shal wageren in dercnesses, shal not togidere sorewen to thee. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering wanderingc1000 erringa1340 waggeringa1382 vagant1382 vagabond1426 erroneousa1464 fugitive1481 wavering1487 vagrantc1522 gadding1545 roaming1566 roving1576 straggling1589 rambling?1609 wagand1614 wheelinga1616 gadling1616 vagring1619 erratical1620 vaguing1627 erratic1656 planetical1656 waif1724 vagrarious1795 stravaiging1825 vagarious1882 pirooting1958 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > reeling or staggering waggeringa1382 stackeringc1440 staggering1530 reeling1612 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xl. 4 Enuye, noyse, wagering [L. fluctuatio], and dred of deth. c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 89 It is raþir to bileeue þe wageringe wijnde Þan þe chaungeable world þat makiþ men so blinde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1387n.21903v.c1380 |
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