• windsucker
• windsuckers

windsucker (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• A horseNoun, horse with the habit of windsucking.
• (lb, en, archaic) (synonym of, windfucker, lang=en).
• The common kestrel (''Falco tinnunculus'').
• * '''1596''', (w, Thomas Nashe), ''w:Have with You to Saffron-Walden, Haue vvith You to Saffron-vvalden. Or, Gabriell Harueys Hunt is vp: Containing a Full Answere to the Eldest Sonne of the Halter-maker. Or, Nashe His Confutation of the Sinfull Doctor. The Mott or Posie, in stead of omne tulit punctum: pacis fiducia nunquam. As much to Say, as I Sayd I would Speake with Him'', London: Printed at London by Iohn Danter, (OCLC, 606512479); reprinted as (w, John Payne Collier), editor, ''Have with You to Saffron-Walden: Or, Gabriell Harveys Hunt is up.'' [...] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. 1; 9), [London: s.n., 1870], (OCLC, 644131351), [https://books.google.com/books?id=aZ5TAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA67 page 67]:
• *: At the ſame time (over and above) ſhee thought that, in ſtead of a boye, (which ſhe desired) ſhe was deliverd and brought to bed of one of theſe kestrel, kiſtrell birds, called a '''wind-ſucker'''.
• * '''1598''', (w, Thomas Nashe), ''Nashes Lenten Stuffe: Containing, the Description and First Procreation and Increase of the Towne of Great Yarmouth in Norffolke: With a New Play neuer Played before, of the Praise of the Red Herring. Fitte of All Clearkes of Noblemens Kitchins to be Read: And not Vnnecessary by All Seruing Men that haue Short Boord-wages, to be Remembered'', London: Printed [by w:Thomas Judson (printer), Thomas Judson and (w, Valentine Simmes)] for w:Nicholas Ling, N[icholas] L[ing] and w:Cuthbert Burby, C[uthbert] B[urby] and are to be sold at the west end of w:St Paul's Cathedral, Paules, published 1599, (OCLC, 222338866); republished in &91;(w, William Oldys), editor&93;, ''w:The Harleian Miscellany, The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford’s Library. Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes. With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index'', volume VI, London: Printed for w:Thomas Osborne (publisher), T[homas] Osborne in w:Gray's Inn, Gray's-Inn, 1744, (OCLC, 181740371), [https://archive.org/stream/harleianmiscella06oldypage/152/mode/1up/ page 152, column 2]:
• *: The Kiſtrils or '''Windſuckers''', that, filling themſelves with Wind, fly againſt the Wind evermore, for their ful-ſailed Standard-bearers; the Cranes for Pikemen, and the Woodcocks for Demilances; and ſo of the reſt every one, according to that Place, by Nature, hee was moſt apt for.
• * '''1622''' (first performance), (w, William Shakespeare); (w, William Rowley) [probably by William Rowley alone], ''w:The Birth of Merlin, The Birth of Merlin; or, The Childe hath Found His Father. As it hath been Several Times Acted with Great Applause. Written by William Shakespear and William Rowley'', London: Printed by Tho[mas] Johnson for (w, Francis Kirkman) and Henry Marsh, and are to be sold at the Princes Arms in w:Chancery Lane, Chancery-Lane, published 1662, (OCLC, 503923722), Act IV, scene i; republished in ''Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare'' (Collection of British Authors; 1041), Tauchnitz edition, Leipzig: w:Tauchnitz publishers, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1869, (OCLC, 906168617), [https://books.google.com/books?id=oZNRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA333 page 333]:
• *: Yes, and a goshawk was his father, for aught we know; for I am sure his mother was a '''wind-sucker'''.
• *:: In the 1662 (1st) edition, the word is indicated as (m, en, windfucker, wind-fucker).
• (lb, en, derogatory) (non-gloss definition, A term of abuse.)
• * '''1609–1610''' (first performance), (w, Ben Jonson), “w:Epicœne, or The Silent Woman, Epicoene, or, The Silent Woman”, in ''The Works of Ben Jonson, which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, are now Reprinted in One. To which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn. With Additions never before Published'', London: Printed by Thomas Hodgkin, for w:Henry Herringman, H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, 1692, (OCLC, 12720406), Act I, scene iv, [https://books.google.com/books?id=g1xpAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA186 page 186, column 2]:
• *: ''Cle''[''rimont''] Did you ever hear ſuch a '''Wind-ſucker''', as this? / ''Dau''[''phine''] Or ſuch a Rook as the other! that will betray his Maſter to be ſeen. Come, 'tis time we prevented it.
• * (quote-book, author=Virgil, authorlink=Virgil, author2=John Phillips, authorlink2=John Phillips (author), title=Maronides; or, Virgil Travesty, being a New Paraphrase, in Burlesque Verse, upon the Fifth and Sixth Book of Virgil’s Aeneid, Æneids, location=London, publisher=Printed for Obadiah Blagrave, at the Bear in w:St Paul's Cathedral, St. Paul's Church-Yard, near the Little North Door, year=1678, section=book V, page=55, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=91I61BC3quUC&pg=PA71, oclc=77736620, passage=For ſhame then let not this '''wind-ſucker''', / At our diſgrace thus ſneer and ſnicker.)
• * (quote-book, author=John Fletcher, authorlink=John Fletcher (playwright), chapter=w:Wit Without Money, Wit without Money, title=The Works of Mr. (w, Francis Beaumont), and Mr. John Fletcher, location=London, publisher=Printed for w:Jacob Tonson, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson and S. Draper in the w:Strand, London, Strand, year=1750, volume=II, section=Act IV, scene i, page=337, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzErAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA337, oclc=938495987, passage=What do you here? / Why do ye vex a Woman of her Goodneſs, / Her State and Worth? Can yo' bring a fair Certificate / That you deſerve to be her Footmen? Husbands, Puppies? / Husbands for Whores and Bawds, away you '''Wind-ſuckers'''; (...))
• * '''1989''', (w, Patricia Gaffney), ''Sweet Treason'' (Leisure Historical Romance), New York, N.Y.: (w, Dorchester Publishing), (ISBN, 978-0-8439-4802-8); republished New York, N.Y.: (w, Leisure Books), 2000, (ISBN, 978-0-8439-4802-8), page 63:
• *: Carlisle fell because Wade is a senile old '''windsucker''' (...)