| 释义 | ▪ I. bewet, v.|bɪˈwɛt|
Also 5 bywet. pa. tense and pa. pple. 4–8 by-, bewet(te, 7 bewetted.
[f. be- 2 + wet v.]
trans. To wet profusely.
c1400Test. Love i. (1560) 272 b/2 The beames..of thyne eyen arne so bewet. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W.) i. xxxv. 30 a/1 Saynt Anthonye..wepte and alle bywette his face wyth teeres. 1528A. Dalaber in Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 52 We all bewet both our faces. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 146 His Napkin with her true teares all bewet. 1643J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea iii. (1655) 55 As Gideons fleece bewetted with the tempest of Gods wrath. 1718Rowe Lucan v, The crow bewets her, and prevents the rain.
▪ II. bewet, bewit, n. Falconry.|ˈbjuːɪt|
Also 5 bewette.
[Appar. a. OF. *beuette, an unrecorded dim. of beue, bue, orig. buie, boie collar, bond, chain, fetter:—L. boia, in pl. boiæ collar for the neck (of leather, wood, or iron); but perh. the dim. is of Eng. formation.]
A ring or slip of leather for attaching the bell to a hawk's leg.
1486Bk. St. Albans B vj a, Thessame letheris that be putt in hir bellis: to be fastyned a boute hir leggys ye shall calle Bewettis. 1575Turberv. Falconrie, With belles and Bewets, Vernels eke, to make the falcon fine. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Bewits, in Falconry, denote pieces of leather, to which a hawk's bells are fastened, and buttoned to his legs. 1875‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. iv. i. §3 A running noose in which the leg of the hawk together with the ‘bewit’ of the bell is inserted. |
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