| 单词 | for fault of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor (the) fault of c. for (the) fault of: in default of; in the absence of; through deficiency or want of. Also without for (after French faute de). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > non-possession [phrase] > through lack of for (the) fault ofc1290 for default ofc1300 for (occasionally by, from, through) lack ofc1386 for want ofa1425 in want of1556 in defect of1563 in failance ofa1627 in neglect of1807 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 397/154 His fon haueþ moch of his lond for þe faute of þe y-nome. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7834 Ded me weren leuer by Ihesus Than he starf for faut of ous. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 435 She swouned..for faute of blood. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 699 For faute of that gete other thinges goode. 1480 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 56 For the favte of sweche issue the remandyre therof to the next heyre. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. N.iij Rome is fallen..not for faute of money and armes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 35 One it pleases me for fault of a better to call my friend. View more context for this quotation 1620 Hist. Frier Rush sig. D4 His Masters shoone..for fault of greasing..were very hard. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 221 Seriousness is wanting, for fault of which great qualities have no lustre in them. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 323 We'll ne'er stray for faute o' light. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 141 And, fault of novel germs, Mature the unfallen fruit. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell (1882) ii. xiv. 195 Though it be evil made for fault of time. < as lemmas |
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