| 单词 |
thevis nek |
| 释义 |
† ˈthevis ˈnek Sc. Obs. = ‘Thief's neck’, one fit for the gallows: a term of opprobrium. In quots. represented as the cry of the tewhit or lapwing.
c1450Holland Howlat 823 The Tuchet and the gukkit Golk... Callit him [the Rook] thryss thevisnek, to thrawe in a widdy. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The tuechitis cryit theuis nek, quhen the piettis clattrit. |

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