| 释义 |
† ˈdaying, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. day v.2]
The action of the verb day, esp. arbitration, settlement of a dispute by ‘daysmen’.
1484Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb., Spent at the dayng betwene Baker and the paryshe. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. K iv, To bie at a newe pryce Or bringe..To an vncertentie by douwtfull daying. Ibid. O iij, That we maie name our daisemen to this daiyng. 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 42 Our Doctrine hath bin approued too long, to be put a daying in these daies. 1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Andria iii. ii, If I doe obtaine her, why should I make any more daying for the matter? 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §16 Neither indeed did Philip thus put the matter to daying. |