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单词 for straw
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for straw
g. Military. for straw: (see quots.). Obsolete. rare. [A rendering of French à la paille, from the phrase aller à la paille, ‘to go in search of straw for the horses’, hence ‘to be allowed a short interval of rest from carrying arms’.]
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for straw1702
stand easy1859
stand easy1859
1702 Mil. Dict. (1704) (at cited word) For Straw, is a word of command to dismiss the Soldiers when they have grounded their Arms, so that they be ready to return to them upon the first firing of a Musket, or beat of Drum. [Hence 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey); and many later Dicts.]
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