单词 | escry |
释义 | † escryn. Obsolete. a. Outcry, exclamation; notoriety. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] famec1325 infame1413 infamy1473 escry1484 enfame1532 famosity1535 notoriousness1607 infamousness1675 stigmaticalness1727 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxxiii. 164 Suche dishonour and escry, whiche soone is not put oute. b. Battle-cry. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan descryc1450 ensign1487 escry1489 senyea1510 slogan1513 cry1548 larum1555 hubbaboo1596 field wordc1625 celeusma1680 tecbir1708 war-whoop1739 war cry1748 scalp yell1792 banner-cry1810 battle-cry1815 battle-word1815 hurrah1841 rebel yell1862 on-cry1899 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xxiv. 75 The lasse bolde are wont for to gyue vp the escrye by-fore that the bataylle be bygonne. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Dij Faynt cowarde myndes, soone at the first escry Of sturdy labour, fall to the grounde as lame. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VI. 51 Gaspar..durste not welle land for Escryes that were made when he proferid to the Shore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † escryv. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To cry out, exclaim. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] remeeOE ropeOE gredec1000 epec1175 yeiec1175 ascry1352 to cry out1382 to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382 cryc1384 outcryc1390 yawlc1400 openc1425 bursta1450 yelp?c1450 escry1483 assurd1523 to break forth1526 gaure1530 to call out?1532 exclaim1570 reclaim1611 voice1627 blathe1640 to set up one's pipes1671 bawze1677 sing1813 Great-Scott1902 yip1907 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 84/1 Thenne one of them escryed and said, etc. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 185 He escryed a hye & sayd ‘Syr Kynge’, etc. 2. a. transitive. To call out to, hail; also, to call upon, invoke. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] speakc950 beclepec1220 enreason1297 saluec1300 calla1325 clepe1362 to speak on ——?1370 salutec1380 to call upon ——c1405 escry1483 assaya1522 treatc1540 accost1567 encounter1578 bespeaka1593 affront1598 parley1611 address1683 chin-chin1817 chat1898 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 121/2 Put out thy voys and escrye hym frely. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. dvjv/1 He..began to escrye the holy trynyte and the grace of the holy ghoost. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxxv. sig. Gii He spurred his horse & escryed the Senesshall. b. to escry him, them, etc. to or unto death, used to translate French lui, leur escrier ‘à mort!’ or ‘à la mort!’ ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > sentence to death to sentence (also judge, deem, etc.) to deathOE to escry him, them, etc. to or unto death1477 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 10 And syn they escried all the dronken centaures vnto the deth. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxxvi. 659 They were enclosed with the gauntoyse, who escryed them to dethe. 3. transitive. = descry v.1: to cry out upon on discovering; hence to espy, discover. Also, with out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of underyetec1000 aspya1250 kenc1275 ofyetec1275 choosea1300 akenc1300 descrivec1300 ofkenc1300 readc1300 espyc1320 descryc1330 spyc1380 discernc1405 discover1553 scan1558 scry1558 decern1559 describe1574 to make out1575 escry1581 interview1587 display1590 to set sight of (in)c1595 sight1602 discreevec1650 glance1656 to catch a glimpse of1679 steal1731 oversee1735 glimpse1779 twig1796 to clap eyes on1838 spot1848 sky1900 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 100 Vouchsafe there~fore a good felowshyp (Osorius) to escry out one safe Haven for us. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 127v Some travelers shall the Countreys farre escrye Beyond small Thule, Knowen furthest at this day. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. E. van Meteren in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 596 At the same time the Spanish Fleete was escried by an English pinasse. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 775 From hence you may plainly escrie the promontory of Azaphi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1484v.1477 |
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