CALF-SKIN FIDDLE

Meaning of CALF-SKIN FIDDLE in English

A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casuists, that by kissing one's thumb instead of smacking calf's skin, the guilt of taking a false oath is avoided.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

SKIN — I. ˈskin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIDDLE — I. ˈfid ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fithele, fidel, from Old English fithele, probably from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALF — I. ˈka]f, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ-, -ä- noun ( plural calves ]vz ; also calfs ]fs\) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIDDLE — (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
Английский словарь Webster
CALF — (n.) A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
Английский словарь Webster
CALF — (n.) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind …
Английский словарь Webster
CALF — ( n. ) Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIN — — skinlike , adj. /skin/ , n. , v. , skinned, skinning , adj. n. 1. the external covering or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIDDLE — /fid"l/ , n. , v. , fiddled, fiddling . n. 1. a musical instrument of the viol family. 2. violin: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALF — calf 1 — calfless , adj. — calflike , adj. /kaf, kahf/ , n. , pl. calves /kavz, kahvz/ . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIN — I. ˈskin noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skinn; akin to Old English scinn skin, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIDDLE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CALF — I. ˈkaf, ˈkäf, dial also ˈkāf noun ( plural calves ˈkavz, ˈkȧvz, ˈkāvz ; also calfs ) Usage: often attributive …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKIN — vi to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. skin ·noun a vessel made of skin, used …
Webster English vocab
FIDDLE — vi to play on a fiddle. 2. fiddle ·vt to play (a tune) on a fiddle. 3. fiddle ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
CALF — noun the fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. 2. calf ·noun a small island near a larger; …
Webster English vocab
SKIN — [skin] n, often attrib [ME, fr. ON skinn; akin to OE scinn skin, MHG schint fruit peel] (13c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIDDLE — [fid.dle] n [ME fidel, fr. (assumed) OE fithele, prob. fr. ML vitula] (13c) 1: violin 2: a device (as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CALF — [calf] n, pl calves also calfs often attrib [ME, fr. OE cealf; akin to OHG kalb calf] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIN — in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIDDLE — German Fiedel, French Vielle, medieval European bowed, stringed musical instrument. The medieval fiddle, a forerunner of the violin, emerged in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKIN — skin BrE AmE skɪn ▷ skinned skɪnd ▷ skinning ˈskɪn ɪŋ ▷ skins skɪnz ▶ ˈ skin ˌ diver BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CALF — calf BrE AmE kɑːf AmE kæf ▷ calves kɑːvz AmE kævz ▶ ˈ calf love BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIDDLE — / ˈfɪdl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [ v ] fiddle (with sth) to keep touching or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALF — / kɑːf; NAmE kæf/ noun ( pl. calves / kɑːvz; NAmE kævz/) 1. [ C ] the back part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN — I. skin 1 S2 W2 /skɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skinn ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIDDLE — I. fid ‧ dle 1 /ˈfɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] informal [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALF — calf /kɑːf $ kæf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural calves /kɑːvz $ kævz/) [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIDDLE — n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. or derog. a stringed instrument played with a bow, esp. a violin. 2 colloq. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKIN — n. & v. n. 1 the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIDDLE — n. & v. n. 1 colloq. or derog. a stringed instrument played with a bow, esp. a violin. 2 colloq. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CALF — n. (pl. calves) 1 a young bovine animal, used esp. of domestic cattle. 2 the young of other animals, e.g. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKIN — n. & v. --n. 1. the flexible continuous covering of a human or other animal body. 2 a the skin …
Oxford English vocab
FIDDLE — n. & v. --n. 1. colloq. or derog. a stringed instrument played with a bow, esp. a violin. 2 colloq. …
Oxford English vocab
CALF — 1. n. (pl. calves) 1. a young bovine animal, used esp. of domestic cattle. 2 the young of other animals, …
Oxford English vocab
SKIN — ( skins, skinning, skinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your skin …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIDDLE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALF — ( calves /kɑ:vz, AM kævz/ ) 1. A calf is a young cow. N-COUNT 2. Some other young animals, including …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as fit as a fiddle (= very fit ) ▪ She’s over eighty now, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow calves (= produces a calf, a young cow ) ▪ At this time …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKIN — [verb] [T] -nn-To skin something is to remove its skin.The hunters skinned the deer they had killed.You can skin tomatoes …
Cambridge English vocab
CALF — (LEG) [noun] [C] [plural] calves - the curved fleshy part at the back of the human leg between the knee …
Cambridge English vocab
FIDDLE — Synonyms and related words : A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, alter, bass, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Slang English vocab
SKIN — I. noun 1 covering of a human/animal body ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful , clear , fine , flawless , good , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CALF — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bull , heifer ▪ beef , dairy , veal ▪ newborn ▪ weaned VERB + CALF ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SKIN — n. 25B6; noun these chemicals could damage the skin : EPIDERMIS, dermis, derma. Mary's fair skin : COMPLEXION, colouring, skin …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIDDLE — v. 1 Often, fiddle with. meddle (with), tamper (with), interfere (with), alter, falsify, fix; cheat, swindle, flimflam; Colloq finagle, Brit …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SKIN — See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED …
Словарь английских идиом
CALF — The calf was held in high esteem by the Jews as food. (1 Samuel 28:24; Luke 15:23) The molten calf …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SKIN — 1. сущ. 1) а) кожа (человека) to cast, shed, slip one's skin ≈ сбрасывать кожу, линять The snake shed its …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIDDLE — 1. сущ. 1) разг. скрипка to play the fiddle ≈ играть на скрипке to play first fiddle ≈ играть первую …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CALF — I сущ. 1) теленок Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKIN — skin.ogg 1. skın n 1. 1> кожа clear dry, tender skin - чистая сухая, нежная кожа fair dark skin - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIDDLE — 1. ʹfıdl n 1. разг. 1> скрипка 2> струнный инструмент 2. шотл. 1> скрипач 2> весельчак, шутник, душа общества 3. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CALF — calf.ogg _I kɑ:f n ( pl calves) 1. 1> телёнок;телок calf crop - приплод телят in calf, with calf - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка ( слитка, заготовки ) 4) плена ( дефект проката …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SKIN — 1) наружный [поверхностный] слой; оболочка; покрытие; плёнка 2) окалина 3) корка (слитка, заготовки) 4) плена (дефект проката) 5) обшивка (напр. фюзеляжа, автомобиля) 6) кожура, кожица …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SKIN — 1) кожа 2) кожный 3) наружный слой 4) геогр. нилас 5) оболочка 6) обшивка самолета 7) пленка 8) пленочный 9) поверхностный 10) покрытие 11) скин- 12) эпидерма • fabric aircraft skin — аэро …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FIDDLE — играть на скрипке; вертеть в руках, играть (with - чем-л.) sl. совершать махинации (с документами и т. п.); sl. торговать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CALF — I calf сущ.1) теленок Calf is applied to all young cattle until they attain one year old, when they are …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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