单词 | bumbee |
释义 | bumbeen. Chiefly Scottish. 1. A bumblebee.In quot. 1605 with reference to a special relationship existing between bees and the soul, which is suggested in a number of ancient Greek texts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) dora700 humble-beea1450 bumblebee1530 drumble bee1592 bumble1599 grumbledory1600 bumbee1605 bumbarda1614 dumbledore1787 foggie1819 bummer1822 bumbler1825 drumble drone1855 drumble-dore1881 1605 F. Pilkington 1st Bk. Songs or Ayres Ep. Ded. sig. Aii Aristoxenus..held that the Soule of man was Musicke: But that the being thereof was framed of Bumbees, as the Pithagorians affirme. 1697 T. P. Rel. Diabolical Pract. 24 She cryed out, the Bumbee is Stinging me, and sitting down looked on her Leg where was the Impression, very deep, of finger Nails. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 Spang'd out..Wi mony an unko Skirl and Shout, Like Bumbees frae their Bikes. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 5 Auld farnyear stories come athwart their minds, Of bum-bee bykes. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 741 Caterpillars and bumbees and a' the rest o' the insect world. 1862 D. Campbell Treat. Lang., Poetry, & Music Highland Clans 129 The inexpressive notes..made by three unfortunate bumbees. 1933 L. M. Foster Tyrone among Bushes 39 ‘There's not as much on [the chicken's] bones,’ sez I, ‘as would make soup for a sick bum-bee.’ 2004 S. Blackhall Minnie 7 A puggelt bumbee zigzagged roon the quine's hudderie heid. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xi. 75 The Swissers, who had assembled themselves to the full number of the bum-bees, and myrmidons [Fr. bombies]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1605 |
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