“fow”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

fow

释义

▪ I. † fow, v. Obs.
Also 7 foe.
[a. ON. fága: see fay v.²]
trans. To clean, cleanse (out). Also fig.
13..Sir Beues 1120 (MS. A.) Beter be-come þe iliche, For to fowen an olde diche Þanne for to be dobbed kniȝt.c1350Med. MS. in Archæologia XXX. 351 Chyldys vryne þin ere fowe, And helpe þin ere on a throwe.c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 266 Take mekenes in herte, & þat schal fowyn out all trouble and vnreste.1530Palsgr. 557/2 Thou shalte eate no buttered fysshe with me, tyll thou wasshe thy handes, for thou hast fowed a gonge late.1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 10 They are only good, when on the sabbath day they are fowing tap-houses.
Hence † ˈfowing vbl. n. Also † ˈfower, one who cleanses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 174/2 Foware, or clensare of donge, as gongys, and oþer lyke, fimarius, oblitor.Ibid. 175/1 Fowynge, or clensynge, emundacio.1636James Iter Lanc. (Chetham Soc.) 9 note, He had found six thousand infants' heads in the foing of his fish ponds.
▪ II. fow
var. of fou a. Sc., full, drunk.
▪ III. † fow(e
Obs. A kind of fur. See faw a. 2.

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