单词 | wind-ball |
释义 | wind-balln. An inflated ball; a game played with such a ball by striking it with the fist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > ball or balloon > [noun] ball?c1225 wind-ball1578 toss-ball1681 air ball1756 balloon1800 poi1817 gum ball1855 air balloon1883 beach-ball1940 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games cache1444 hand in and hand out1478 cachepell1539 hand-out1540 knappan1573 wind-ball1578 balloon?1591 bord-and-cord1591 hurlingc1600 pize-balla1796 trigon1842 pallone1859 push-ball1895 throwball1895 punchball1908 wallyball1982 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 264 Diuers sortes of pastimes, as the Windball, the barre, fencing [Cf. Yver (1599) 156 b, comme de Pallemaille, de barre, d'escrime]. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 296/1 Follis,..a wind ball beaten with the fists to and fro in play. a1648 W. Percy Cuck-queanes & Cuckolds Errants (1824) v. iv. 70 Els will wee make this thy Hed a wind Ball, to our fistes, straite. 1883 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. III. 1000 It recalls to my mind the windball of the demons. footn. Witches confessed they had been converted into balls, and gone bobbing round stark naked on tables and benches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578 |
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