A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century; Volume 2 - Couverture souple

Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1375781677 ISBN 13 : 9781375781671

Editeur : Andesite Press, 2017

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West. JABBER. To talk nonsense, far. dial. JABELL. A term of contempt, more usually applied to a woman than to a man. JACE. A kind of fringe. Devon. JACK. (1) A figure outside old public clocks made to strike the bell. It was also called Jack of the Clock, or Clock-house. Till a very recent period, the clock of St. Dunstan schurch was furnished with twoof these jacks. Dekker gives the phrase to a company of sharpers. See his Lanthorne and CandleL ight, ed. 1620, sig. G. Strike, hke Jack oth clock-house, never but in season, Strode sF loating I sland, sig. B. ii. Jacks, the chimes, Hallamsh. Gloss, p. 53. (2) A coat of mail; a defensive upper garment quilted with stout leather. The term was more latterly applied to a kind of buff jerkin worn by soldiers ;and a sort of jacket, worn by women, was also so termed. See Reliq. A ntiq. i. 41 ;C olliers Old Ballads, p. 7. To be upon their jacks, i.e. to have the advantage over an enemy. (3) A whit. Somerset. (4) Half, or a quarter of a pint. North. Perhaps from Black-J ack, q. v. It also has the same meaning as black-jack, as in the Troubles of Queene Elizabeth, 1639, sig. C. ii. (5) To beat. Craven. (6) The knave of cards. North. (7) The male of an animal. West. (8) A farthing. An old cant term. (9) A kind of water-engine, turned by hand, used in mines. Staff. (10) An ape. Hence, a young coxcomb ;a sly crafty fellow; a man of any description. (11) Jack-at-a-pinch, a sudden unexpected call to do anything. A lso, a poor parson. Jackat-warts, a httle conceited fellow. Jack of the wad, an ignis fatuus. Jack in the basket, a sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole to mark a sand-bank, c. Jack in the box, an irreverent name for theS acrament. Jack with the lanthorn, an ignis fatuus. Jack of all trades, one who has a smattering knowII. JAC ledge of all crafts. Jack by the hedge, the herb sauce-alone. See Gerard,
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• Éditeur: Andesite Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1375781677
• ISBN 13: 9781375781671
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 536
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