释义 |
misˈcry, v. dial. ? Obs. Also miscree. [app. alteration of descry v.1, by substitution of the prefix mis-1 9.] trans. To descry, discover, detect.
1645N. Drake Diary Siege Pontefract (Surtees) 76 One of them was taken, being miscryed by the boy which went out the night before. 1674Ray N. C. Words 33 Miscreed: descryed, This I suppose is also only a rustick word, and nothing else but the word descried corrupted. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray Gloss., Miscryed, discovered. 1847Halliwell, Miscreed, discovered, detected, decried, depreciated. North. |