parish-top

n. In former times a large top was kept inevery English village,to be whipped for exercise andamusement in winter when it was too cold to work教区陀螺。
△Tw.1.3.43(40): “He's a coward and acoystrill that will not drink to my niece till his brainsturn o'the toe like a parish-top.”谁要是不愿为我的侄女举杯祝饮，直到头脑旋转得像一个教区陀螺，他便是个懦夫小人。