| 单词 |
spittle-staff |
| 释义 |
ˈspittle-staff Now dial. [f. spittle n.3] A kind of spade or digging implement.
12..Ancr. R. 384 Ȝif eax ne kurue, ne þe spade [v.rr. spitel staf, sputel stef] ne dulue. 1605Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) I. 252 To Marmaduke Coghill one spitbell [sic] staffe and one iron appell craddell. 1676Hatton Corr. (Camden) I. 133 One came behind Mr. Downs and with a spittle staff cleft his scull. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs., Spittle-staff, a spud, used for stubbing thistles. 1877–in Linc. and Durh. glossaries. |

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