单词 | escot |
释义 | escotn. (See quot. 1755; it does not appear where Johnson found the word.) ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Escot, a tax paid in boroughs and corporations towards the support of the community, which is called scot and lot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † escotv. Obsolete. transitive. To pay a reckoning for, maintain. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide means of support for findc1225 sustainc1300 found1377 keep1377 maintainc1405 sustent?a1425 support1493 uphold1546 subsist1547 escota1616 fend1637 aliment1660 run1871 grub-stake1879 a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. ii. 347 What are they Children? Who maintains 'em? How are they escoted? 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1755v.a1616 |
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