| 单词 |
wup |
| 释义 |
wup, v. Sc.|wʌp| Forms: 6 woup, wowp (wolp, wewp); 9 wop, wup (oup, oop). [Of obscure origin. Cf. woop n. and whip v. 19.] 1. trans. To bind (something) round with cord, thread, etc.
1512–3Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 464 Smale towis to wowp the Margrettis mast with. 1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 360 Two barrell cordis..to woup brokin stokis and quheillis. a1586Dunbar's Goldin Targe 62 (Maitland Fol. MS.), Tressis cleir wouppit [v.r. wypit] with goldin threidis. 1802Sibbald Chron. S.P. Gloss., Oop, Oup, to join by hooping. 1808Jamieson s.v. Oop, Wup,..to bind with a thread or cord; to splice. 2. a. To unite or join (thread, yarn, etc.). b. To secure or fasten by tying.
1815Scott Guy M. iv, A hank [of yarn], but not a haill ane—the full years o' three score and ten, but thrice broken, and thrice to oop. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb i, Tak the aul' pleuch ryn [= rein] there, and wup it ticht atween the stays. |

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