| 单词 |
millward |
| 释义 |
† ˈmillward Obs.
Forms: 1 mylenwyrd, myleweard, 4 milwarde, 5 millewarde, mylnard, 6 Sc. mylvart, 7 Sc. milwar(e, 8–9 Sc. millart, 9 dial. millard, -ert.
[OE. myle(n)weard, f. mylen mill n.1 + weard ward n., keeper.]
Originally, the keeper of a (manorial) mill; in later use = miller1 1.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 141/1 Molendinarius, uel molinarius, mylenwyrd. c1050Voc. ibid. 448/18 Molendarius, myleweard. c1305Pilate 6 in E.E.P. (1862) 111 Þe meleward þat hire fader was. 1380Poll Tax in Rogers Oxf. City Doc. (1891) 11 De Willelmole Mulleward et Johanna vxore eius xviij.d. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 319 He gat a sone on oon Pila a milwardes douȝter þat heet Atus. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xvii. (1869) 144 Millewardes also that filleth here resoun with oute clepinge of resoun. 1598Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 175 Alexander Marschall, mylvart at the nather mylne of this burght. 1650Croy Parish Session Min. Bk. 16 Aug. (MS.), Alexander McPhail Milware. Ibid. 15 Sept., Ye minister having askit ye elderie..giffe yai did try any privat hanting betwixt ye said William Dolas and his Milwars wyffe yai..Declairis yat yai could not [etc.]. c1760Skinner Christmas Ba'ing xxv. in Misc. Poet. (1809) 130 The millart's man, a suple fallow, Ran's he had been red wud. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve xiii, I've brushed till my arms ache, but my things is still like a millard's. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 62 Corn miller... Millard. |
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