单词 | footsides |
释义 | footsidesadv. Scottish. Now rare. Even, equal, or quits with a person or thing. Only in to be (or keep) footsides with. Cf. foot-side adv. ΚΠ ?1697 S. Fraser Let. 8 Oct. in Scots Mag. Mar. (1819) 240/2 I was so incens'd against Saltoun and his calumnies..yt I was resolved to dye or be fitsides wt him. 1753 Scots Mag. July 338/2 He said twenty times over he would be fit-sides with Glenure, where-ever he met him. 1929 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 65/1 The years..had brought changes enough to Maisie. Maisie had known how to keep footsides with life. 1960 Times 27 Jan. 11/4 The Sinclairs..will wish in the old phrase to be ‘fitsides’ with their ancient rivals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?1697 |
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