| 释义 |
† theatry Obs.
[app. an erroneous formation for theatre.]
= theatre.
1513Douglas æneis iv. viii. 128 Or lyk Orestes, son of Agamemnone On theatreis, in farcis mony one. Ibid. v. vi. 7 A playing place wes markit on the ground, Sic as that clepit bene a theatry. 1567Fenton Trag. Disc. i. (1898) I. 47 The monument of your vertues being..advaunced to the height of the highest theatrey in the worlde. 1571Satir. Poems Reform. xxvii. 121 The throne of tryall and theatrie [v.rr. trettie, theatre] trew Is ffor to reigne. |