| 单词 |
snick-up |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † snick-up, n.1 Obs. rare. [? f. snick v.1] A hangman's rope; a halter.
1623J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise of Hempseed 15 A Tiburne Hempen caudell well will cure you;..in Sparta it ycleped was Snickvp, which is in English Gallow grasse. ▪ II. snick-up, n.2 Now dial. Also 9 sniccup. [Imitative: cf. LG. snik-up hiccup, Du. snik gasp, sob.] A sneeze, sneezing-fit.
1692L'Estrange Fables (1694) 397 If there had been but a Snick-up in the case, you'd have cry'd ‘The Lord bless ye Sir’. 1879N. & Q. 5th Ser. XII. 45/2 The turkeys in his neighbourhood [Essex] were dying very much this season of the ‘snickups’. By this he meant a kind of sneezing fit. ▪ III. snick-up, v. see snick v.1 |
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