| 释义 |
soul-shot Hist.
Also 9 sawlshot.
[f. soul n. + shot n.]
= soul-scot.
1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xi. (1739) 20 Next comes a Fee at the death of the party, which was commonly called Soul-shot, and paid (before the dead body was buried) unto that Church where the dead party's dwelling was. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 379 There was a Duty paid at Funerals by our Saxon Ancestors, which was call'd the Saxon Soul⁓shot. 1838Soames Anglo-Sax. Ch. (ed. 2) 269 One of their objects also was to provide soul-shot on the death of every member. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) II. 46 The body was deposited in the grave; the sawlshot paid. 1896A. Austin England's Darling ii. iii. 52 Whoever falls Fighting for England, soul-shot sure shall be. |