“mill、doll”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

mill-doll

释义

▪ I. † mill-doll, n. Obs. slang.
[f. mill v.¹ + doll n.¹]
The bridewell. Cf. mill v.¹ 11 b.
1781Messink Choice of Harlequin (Farmer), ‘Keeper of Bridewell's Song’, I'm Jigger Dubber here, and you are welcome to mill doll.1823‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf.1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Mill-doll, an obsolete name for Bridewell house of correction in Bridge-Street, Blackfriars.
▪ II. ˈmill-doll, v. Whaling.
[Prob. in some way connected with the phr. in mill v.¹ 11 b. (Cf. dolly n. 4 b.)]
(See quot.)
1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 310 note, Mill-dolling, consists in breaking a passage through thin ice..by a sort of ram, let fall from the bowsprit.

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