† waghaltern.

Etymology: < wag v. + halter n.¹ Compare wag-string , wag v.

Obsolete.

One who is likely to swing in a halter; a ‘gallows-bird’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

roper1615

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gii/1 A Waghalter, furcifer, perditus.

?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 250 Stand out of my way wagghalter or I will britche the nakte.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Baboin,..a crackrope, waghalter, vnhappie rogue.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iii. 16 This Bachelour..was..a notable Wag-halter.

attributive.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K^v Euery good thyng, Thou lettest euen slyp, like a wag halter slypstryng.1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 8 Nit. What a terrible sight to a lib'd breech is a sow gelder? Spa. Not so terrible as a crosse tree that never growes, to a wag-halter-Page.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	waghalter
释义	† waghaltern. Etymology: < wag v. + halter n.¹ Compare wag-string , wag v. Obsolete. One who is likely to swing in a halter; a ‘gallows-bird’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 roper1615 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gii/1 A Waghalter, furcifer, perditus. ?1577 Misogonus in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 250 Stand out of my way wagghalter or I will britche the nakte. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Baboin,..a crackrope, waghalter, vnhappie rogue. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iii. 16 This Bachelour..was..a notable Wag-halter. attributive.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K^v Euery good thyng, Thou lettest euen slyp, like a wag halter slypstryng.1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 8 Nit. What a terrible sight to a lib'd breech is a sow gelder? Spa. Not so terrible as a crosse tree that never growes, to a wag-halter-Page. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1546
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