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▪ I. retire, n.|rɪˈtaɪə(r)|
Also 6–7 -tyre, 6 Sc. -tear, -teir, 7 -tere.
[f. the verb. Cf. OF. retire, retyre, Sp. and Pg. retiro.]
1. Retirement; withdrawal from the world or the society of others. Now rare.
1540–54Croke 13 Ps. (Percy Soc.) 12 Lo my retyre, And waylyng, is not hyd from the. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. ix. 27 All this worlds gay showes..Be but vaine shadowes to this safe retyre Of life, which here in lowlinesse ye lead. 1639G. Daniel Ecclus. xxxviii. 60 Learning is not Rest, But a retire from noise, from worldly Care. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 267 Eve..with audible lament Discover'd soon the place of her retire. 1820Keats Lamia i. 230 By some freakful chance he made retire From his companions, and set forth to walk.
†2. The act of retiring or withdrawing to or from a place or position. Obs.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 232/1 Vnderstandyng the false feare of the pope, and of his retire to Canusium. 1577–82Breton Floorish upon Fancie Pref., And many times I thought to make retire, But in the ende obtained my desire. 1601Holland Pliny I. 44 The Moone..in her approch and comming toward, filleth bodies ful; and in her retire and going away, emptieth them again. a1676Hale Narr. Customes vi. in S. A. Moore Foreshore (1888) 362 Recessus maris I take to bee the retyre of the sea from the usual low water mark.
†b. Return to a place. Obs.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 103 Isidore saith, that he is so named..for often turning and retire had to one and the same place. 1599Warn. Faire Wom. i. 131 Entreat thy mistress..to make retire Hither again, for I will speak with her. 1615Jackson Creed v. l. Wks. IV. 411 That is our country whence we came,..But what is the means or manner of our retire?
transf.1578R. Edwards Parad. Dainty Devices 21 b, I hope, what happe? her happy healthes retyre.
†c. Return to a subject. Obs. rare.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 229 This figure of retire..resumes both the matter and the termes, and is therefore accompted one of the figures of repetition. 1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 50 Once againe hee repeateth the cause, and by a retire to his former speech, maketh the publication of his crime both..the first and the last of the sentence.
†3. The act of drawing back or yielding ground in warfare; retreat. Obs. (Common 1550–1600.)
1548Patten Exped. Scot. H j, [They] did..turne themselues and made a soft retyre vp towarde the hyll agayne. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 9 The Spaniardes perceiuing this, returned, and in our mens retire they slew sixe of them. 1606G. W[oodcock] Hist. Ivstine v. 28 The Tyrantes were put vnto the worst, and making their retire into the City [etc.]. [1831–40K. H. Digby Mores Catholici (1846) iii. 182 Enough of sallies and retires, of palisados, fortins, parapets.]
b. In phr. to sound (a or the) retire.
In mod. use the imperative of the verb (sense 2 a) used substantively.
a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 472 Therefore he might well sound the retire of wisdom. 1596Edw. III, iv. vi, Our drums strike nothing but discouragement, Our trumpets sound dishonour and retire.
1885Lady Bellairs' Transvaal War 249 An ambuscade being feared, the ‘retire’ was sounded from the fort. 1899Daily News 20 Nov. 4/5 To our astonishment, we heard the ‘Cease fire’ and ‘Retire’ sounded by buglers.
4. A place of retirement; a retreat. Now rare.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars iii. xxi, This sacred place our Auentine Retire, our holy Hill. 1620R. Brathwait Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. vi. 40 What retire or retreat could he find in any place? 1649G. Daniel Trinarch. Ded. 2 When I am Earth, and what was counted fire Knitts to its Source, the naturall retire Of Elements. 1865L. Gidley Aletes 66 Save what winds inspire, And forests minister, in whose cool retire Are sombre glades.
▪ II. retire, v.|rɪˈtaɪə(r)|
Forms: α. 6–7 retyre, -tier, 6– retire. β. Sc. 6 retere, 6–7 -teir(e, -teere.
[ad. F. retirer (OF. retyrer) to withdraw, f. re- re- + tirer to draw: cf. Sp. and Pg. retirar, It. ritirare.]
I. intr.
1. a. To withdraw to or into a place (or way of life) for the sake of seclusion, shelter, or security.
1538Starkey England ii. i. 150 Certayn monasterys..to the wych al such..may retyre, and from the besynes and vanyte of the world may wythdraw themselfe. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 161 If you be pleas'd, retire into my Cell, And there repose. 1672Wycherley Love in a Wood iii. i, That my neighbours..should have retired into the country, sick with envy of my prosperity and greatness. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 578 The Men to subterranean Caves retire, Secure from Cold. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 79 The sacrifice being over, he retires alone to a solitude sacred to these occasions. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xli. IV. 154 The abdicated monarch retired..to a life of peace, of affluence, and perhaps of content. 1848L. Hunt Jar of Honey ix. 121 Shakspeare..retired to his native place before he was old. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 267 He..therefore, when the Rye House plot was discovered, thought it expedient to retire to the Continent.
fig.1704Norris Ideal World ii. xiii. 571 The most natural way for the discovery of truth, is, instead of going abroad for intelligence, to retire into ourselves.
b. To withdraw to one's usual place of abode, or some customary occupation.
1584Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 333/2 Quhome the estaitis of parliament ordanit to reteir to thair lugeingis. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 7 Life ere long shall to her home retire. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xx. (1614) 223 The Emperour requested his helpe, to cause him to retire to his den. 1695Congreve Love for L. iii. iv, I'll retire to my own chamber, and think of what you have said. 1731–8Swift Polite Conv. Introd. 29 After Dinner, when the Ladies retired to their Tea, and left us over a Bottle of Wine. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) II. 321 As soon as the morning..appears, the carnivorous animals retire to their dens. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xl, Harry..retired to his own apartments, where he stretched himself on his ottoman.
c. To withdraw from company and betake oneself to rest or bed.
1670Dryden Conq. Granada iv. iii, Let him, in pity, to rest retire. 1730Fielding Rape upon Rape ii. xi, She had taken leave of me to retire to rest. 1775A. Burnaby Trav. 83 At their usual time the old couple retire to bed. 1813H. Shelley in Dowden Life Shelley (1886) I. 352 On Friday night..we retired to bed between ten and eleven o'clock. 1867Crim. Chron. York Castle 175 The wife of the deceased, thinking him late, retired to rest.
d. ellipt. in the same sense.
1752Fielding Amelia x. iii, They then sat down to half an hour's cheerful conversation, after which they retired all in the most perfect good humour. 1775C. Johnston Pilgrim 181 Our fatigue making us want rest more than any other refreshment, we soon retired. 1823Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 72 The rest of the day he is at the disposal of everybody, and rarely retires at night till others do. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xxv, At an hour when most of the Rockland people had ‘retired’, or, in vulgar language, ‘gone to bed’. 1886Dowden Shelley I. 67 When the college clock struck two, Hogg would rise..and retire for the night.
e. To withdraw from office or an official position; to give up one's business or occupation in order to enjoy more leisure or freedom (esp. after having made a competence or earned a pension). Also const. from.
1667Pepys Diary 30 Aug., He did not think any man fit to serve a prince that did not know how to retire and live a country life. 1669R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 424 You and the Duke of Buckingham..would both desire leave to retire. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull i. xvi, I have, indeed, a small Pittance left, with which I might retire. 1781Cowper Retirem. 514 The unpitied victim of ill-judg'd expence..Shakes hands with business, and retires indeed. 1806Med. Jrnl. XV. 360 Let the surgeons of the former retire upon an annuity, and let those in the latter be continued. 1863Trafford World in Church III. 273 He felt as a trader feels when he retires from business. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 340/2 After 30 years' service..an officer can retire on full pay.
f. Sport. To go out; to leave the field. Chiefly Cricket. Also to retire hurt, of a batsman: to leave the field because of injury suffered at the crease; also fig.
1851W. Clarke in W. Bolland Cricket Notes 128 You must..make the man play out... Perhaps before that is the case, you will have caused him to retire. 1863Lillywhite's Cricket Scores III. 62 Wansell..was given out unfairly, and refused to retire. 1867Ball Players' Chron. 6 June 2/1 His run, however, was the only one scored, as the next three strikers retired in succession. 1877Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 223 (heading) Lancashire v. Nottinghamshire. Ibid. 224 Nottinghamshire... F. Wyld, retired (hurt). 1884Lillywhite's Cricket Ann. 5 G. B. Studd retiring for six. 1892Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 209 Mr. E. C. Streatfield (Pembroke), not out 6—retired hurt. 1901H. Bleackley Tales of Stumps iv. 105 Amidst..loud applause, he retired with thirty-eight runs to his credit. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xvii. 233 It..batted 'er in ther basket with 28lb. iv grey sugar paper done up tough, 'n' she retired 'urt. 1925A. Christie Secret of Chimneys xv. 141 Poor little Michael didn't get it [sc. a disappointing answer] as straight from the shoulder as he might have done. But he retired hurt all the same. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 170 Retire, withdraw from a race. 1977Arab Times 3 Dec. 9/6 Kurian had to retire hurt after scoring 11 runs.
2. a. Of an army, commander, etc.: To withdraw, fall back, or retreat, esp. in the face of opposition or superior force. Also const. to, into (a place), from (an enemy, etc.).
1533Bellenden Livy ii. xxvi. (S.T.S.) I. 236 He had commandit his army to retere abak fra þe tentis of Inemyis. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 323 b, By little and little they retire and on the bridge over the Rhine they foughte a longe time. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 160 In their encounters..they retire as repulsed for feare, so to draw their enemies within danger. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 348 The vanquish'd Bull..from his proud Foe retires. 1717Col. Rec. Pennsylv. III. 20 About as many Indians, from whom they retired. 1743Pitt in Almon Anecd. (1810) I. v. 121 The French not only re-passed the Rhine, but retired quite out of Germany. 1840Thirlwall Greece VII. 121 They soon found themselves threatened with violence, and obliged to retire. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 363/1 The task of a rear guard retiring before a victorious enemy..is one of the most delicate of operations.
b. Fencing. To give ground before one's adversary; to take one or more steps backward.
1594I. G. Di Grassi's Arte of Defence N 4 b, The enimie hath no other remedie to safe himselfe, then to retire backe. 1595Saviolo Practise i. * 4 b, To hit and retire is not discommendable. 1705H. Blackwell Compl. Fencing Master v. 17 No more [than two feints] are convenient, except your Adversary retires on a good Guard, and you approach on him. 1707Sir W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 122 It will be fit for you to retire a little with a single Step. 1861G. Chapman Foil Pract. 39 Advance one pace as I retire..; retire in quarte. 1893Fencing (Badminton Libr.) (ed. 3) vi. 106 Fencers of this kind hope to force the adversary to retire.
3. a. To withdraw, go away, remove oneself (from a place, etc.).
a1585Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 603 Quhyle Danger and Dispaire retyrit, Experience came in. ― Misc. Poems xxxii. 21 If I mis to mend it as I micht, I can reteir vhan resone thinks it richt. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas ii. 330 Till last the prise is wonne,..And honour prostrate, blushing did reteare. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 237 Whom not to offend, With reverence I must meet, and thou retire. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 202 Jove..from the Rivers bade the Wine retire. 1725Pope Odyss. vi. 258 To them the king: No longer I detain Your friendly care: retire, ye virgin train! 1794Paley Evid. ii. ii. (1817) 48 The true virtue is that..which retires from them all to the single internal purpose of pleasing God. 1833Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere 6 At me you smiled, but unbeguiled I saw the snare, and I retired. 1837Lockhart Scott IV. v. 145 When the ladies retired from the dinner-table I happened to sit next him.
b. To move back or away; to recede, or have the appearance of doing this.
c1585Montgomerie Sonnets ii. 7 Bright Titan, to the tropiks that reteirs. 1592Daniel Compl. Rosamund 610 What, stand you now amaz'd, retire you backe? 1604E. G[rimstone] tr. D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. ix. 145 The farther we go into the sea, and retyre from land, the more we are touched and dazeled with this sicknes. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. ccxlv, The amazed flames stand gathered on a heap, And from the precipice's brink retire. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 12 The Mountains at some places approach nearer the Sea; at other, retire farther off. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 216 The Wall always diminishes on the Inside, and retires and is lessened but little on the exteriour Surface. 1837Disraeli Venetia v. i, An undulating margin that now retired into bays of the most picturesque form. 1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 228 In the foreground, and in parts not intended to ‘retire’ the ‘impaste’ should be bold. 1867H. Macmillan Bible Teach. vi. 116 As science advances superstition retires.
c. To disappear from sight; to vanish.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 723 From his Eyes the fleeting Fair Retir'd like subtle Smoke dissolv'd in Air. a1717Parnell Night-Piece on Death, The grounds which on the right aspire, In dimness from the view retire. 1864Tennyson Voyage 17 How oft we saw the Sun retire, And burn the threshold of the night!
†4. To return; to come back. Obs.
1567Drant Horace, Ep. x. D viij, Expulse nature with a forke Yet she will still retire. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 41 Though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to the fist, she retyreth to hir haggardnesse. 1605Camden Rem. (1623) 126 But to retire to our purpose. 1613J. Davies (Heref.) Muse's Teares Wks. (Grosart) I. 4/1 Princely-perfection being past the prime..Is turn'd into the Roote,..Ner'e to retire till God in Flesh returne!
†5.
a. In preceding senses formerly conjugated with is, was, etc., in place of has, had, etc. Obs.
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Hist. (Camden No. 36) 78 Scotlond..whereunto noe small number of fugitives wear retiered. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 109 After the Turke was retyred with his armie. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 171 b, It is his part, being retired into his owne house, to looke more pleasantly vppon them. 1607Shakes. Cor. iii. i. 11 On safegard he came to me..: he is retyred to Antium. 1671Milton Samson 253 Seeking mee, who then Safe to the rock of Etham was retir'd. 1710Tatler No. 157 ⁋3, I was no sooner retired to my Lodgings, but [etc.]. 1788A. Hughes Henry & Isabella IV. 208 She was scarce retired with her mother, before the counsellor..was desired to walk into his chamber.
b. In pa. pple., = having retired.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God i. ii. (1620) 3 A..foe that would spare any that they found retired into the Temples of their gods. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 611 All things now retir'd to rest Mind us of like repose. 1774D. Jones Jrnl. (1865) 114 When retired to my bed-chamber, thoughts crowded into my soul. 1791Cowper Iliad xx. 176 Let us, retired To yonder hill, distant from all resort There sit. 1830Tennyson Ode to Memory v, Whither in after life retired..We may hold converse.
II. refl.
6. To withdraw or remove (oneself); to betake (oneself) away.
Very common in 16th and 17th centuries; now rare.
α1539Chron. of Calais (Camden) 170 The king's..pavilion, and certain others for other noble personages, to retire themselves into after they shalbe presented to his highnes. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 357 b, The spoylers were wont to escape that waye, and to retyre them selves out of daunger. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 61 You will please to retire your Selfe to your Closet. 1692O. Walker Grk. & Rom. Hist. 240 He sent her word to retire her self whither she pleased. 1706Estcourt Fair Example ii. i, Here comes my Lady, retire you, 'tis not proper you shou'd be seen first with me. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 6 ⁋9 My desire..has been..to retire myself to some of our American plantations. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 194 Both the acolytes..retired themselves into the choir.
β1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 560 Evir thinking at his plesour to reteir him to oure said Soveranis Castell of Dunbar. c1620Sir W. Mure Misc. Poems xxi. 111 My solitarie Muse her selfe reteirs, Un-usd abroad to haunt such pompous throngs. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 488 Some fled to Ingland, some reteered themselves and keeped quyet.
III. trans.
7. a. To withdraw, lead back (troops, etc.), esp. before a superior force.
1550Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 86 That his Hienes had..thairthrow constrenit thame to retere the maist part of thair army. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 255 Tha began to reteir and draw back thair force til Ingland. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 170 Whilst their embassadors were retiring their garrisons out of Misia..he set forward his armie. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 457 He appointed him twenty days time to retire his Army out of Piedmont. 1693Mem. Cnt. Teckely iv. 39 The General Veteranie..retired all his Troops to Nissa. 1796Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 141 The half Squadrons..may be retired at any named distance behind each other. 1813Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1862) II. 456 The enemy had retired their centre and left, so that the engagement on these points commenced necessarily later. 1841Lever C. O'Malley liii, The French were soon seen to retire their heavy guns. 1897Sir E. Wood Achievem. Cavalry i. 16 No cavalry can be expected to fight if it is retired at speed with an enemy at its heels.
†b. To rally, bring back. Obs. rare—1.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 299 Al the rest he had put to flicht, gif be the Erle of Varuik they had not bene helpet, reteired, and with a stout courage put in ordour agane.
†8.
a. To put away; to withdraw, remove, lead away (a person or thing) from or to a place. Also const. into, within, or ellipt. Obs.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 22 b, The gouernours lodging,..hauing vnderneath it the cellars to retyre the munition, could not be repayred. a1586Sidney Ps. xl. i, Me..From dungeon he retired, Where I in horrors lay. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 362 The Valachies before his comming, had retired their wives and children..into their strong cities. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 218 Retire your choice Greens and rarest Plants..into your Conservatory. 1690Lady R. Russell Lett. I. 68 Happy are those whom God retires in his grace. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 333 When they had been retir'd, Lodgings provided for them as well as our Ship would allow, and they had slept heartily.
†b. To withdraw the mind, thoughts, etc., from some object or sphere. Obs.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 145 When our externall senses are retired and withdrawen from doing their dueties. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 156 To labour to pull and retire our affections from earthly things. 1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) Ep. Ded. A 2 b, To retire my mind from the tumultuous hurly-burlies it is tossed withal. 1699Penn Adv. Children ii. ⁋ 1 So soon as you wake, retire your mind into pure silence from all thoughts and ideas of worldly things.
c. To withdraw (a thing) from notice; to hide away, put into obscurity.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. iv. §4 For that tendeth to demonstrate, and illustrate that which is taught,..this other to retire and obscure it.
1893Harper's Mag. Dec. 161 To retire your comely features in the meshes of a veil. 1899Hobson Ruskin 123 Professors Marshall and Sidgwick retire this ‘fundamental proposition on capital’ into the obscurity of foot-notes.
9. a. To draw or pull (a thing) back (again).
1593Shakes. Lucr. 303 The lockes..Ech one by him inforst retires his ward. 1597Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 171 Then retire the needle the way that it went in. 1631R. Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. i. (1635) 4 All the creatures then, pull in their hornes, retyre their stings, bite in their poyson. [1886Sheldon tr. Flaubert's Salammbô vii. 178 Straining their arms in the effort to retire from its rings the enormous bar securing the door.]
†b. To bring or hold (one) back from some course; to dissuade, restrain. Obs. rare.
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. i. i, How happy would I estimate my selfe, Could I..retyre my sonne From one vayne course of study he affects. c1611Chapman Iliad xxii. 68 Thus wept the old king, and tore off his white hair; yet all these Retir'd not Hector.
†c. To bring or get back; to regain, recover.
1600Engl. Helicon Z ij b, Of death so sweet, so happy, so desired, That to die so againe their life retired. 1682Warburton Hist. Guernsey (1822) 92 In two cases, inheritance given to rent may be retired, or redeemed by the next kindred.
10. To withdraw from operation or currency; to take up or pay (esp. a bill).
1681Stair Institut. i. vii. 80 This presumption is stronger in relation to Bonds, which are most ordinarly taken away, by retiring the same without taking Discharge. 1693Ibid. (ed. 2) iv. xlv. 713 It was not a Right to be Retired upon payment. 1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 12 Bills are..credited as they are retired. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xv, Two of his notes for {pstlg}100 each,..which he thinks nae mair of retiring, than he does of paying the national debt. 1849–50Alison Hist. Europe IV. xxiv. §10. 366 Territorial mandates..were to retire the assignats at the rate of thirty for one. 1854Comm. Bench Rep. XV. 94 If an acceptor retires a bill at maturity, he takes it entirely from circulation, and the bill is in effect paid.
11. a. To remove (an officer) from active service; to compel (a senior employee) to retire.
1870Daily News 27 June, That a flag officer..should be compulsorily retired on attaining a certain age. 1894Times 29 May 11/3 Admiral..Hamilton..was retired from the active list under the age clause. 1961M. Spark Prime of Miss Jean Brodie iii. 71 She had been retired before time. 1980Times 19 Feb. 1/1 One idea being strongly canvassed is that Sir Charles Villiers, British Steel's chairman, should be retired early.
b. To withdraw from the usual sphere of activity; to take off.
1881‘Mark Twain’ Prince & Pauper (1882) xix. 244 He was so awkward at this service that she retired him from it. 1883Lisbon (Dakota) Star 12 Oct., Eighteen packet boats have been retired by several of the packet lines.., owing to the low stage of water. 1888Amer. Humorist 2 June 5/2 The Sale, after this race, became known, and Mr. Bonner retired him [the horse] from the track. 1974Sci. Amer. Dec. 139/1 This material served for about a year before I retired it. 1980D. Francis Reflex viii. 91 It's his last season... I'll have to retire him [sc. a racehorse].
c. U.S. Baseball. To cause (a batter or team) to retire; to put out.
1874Chicago Inter Ocean 6 July 9/1 Schafer was retired on a fly caught by Meyerle in left field. 1889N. F. Pfeffer Scientific Ball 33 Runners move up every time the ball is pitched;..the clever baseman will be guided by the action of the man he wants to retire. 1917C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 180 The first batsman was retired on an easy toss from Chase to Jim. 1949News-Herald (Marshfield, Wisconsin) 19 July 9/4 Nowitzke gobbled up Bauer's grounder and threw him out to retire the side. 1972N.Y. Times 4 June v. 1/7 Lyle retired the first 11 batters and wound up allowing just three singles. |