单词 | handystroke |
释义 | > as lemmashandystroke handystroke n. [ < handy adj. + stroke n.1, as alteration of handstroke n.] now archaic and rare = handstroke n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > [noun] dintc897 swengOE stroke1297 dentc1325 swinga1400 stripec1475 handstroke1488 coup1523 cope1525 handystroke1542 hand stripe1543 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 335v When it was come to handie strokes Demosthenes euen at ye first meetyng cast shilde and all awaye from hym. 1589 True Coppie Disc. Late Voy. Spaine & Portingale 56 Hauing beaten an Enemie at handie strokes. 1602 J. Clapham Hist. Eng. 66 To..bring the matter to handy strokes. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. ii. ii. 196 This changed the Face of the Engagement, and oblig'd the Carthaginians to come to handy Strokes with their Enemies. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. ii. 60 At near quarters and handy strokes, the bow and billmen of England were ever the most terrible in the onslaught. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ix. 179 Lessingham bade his folk hold their ground till it was come to handystrokes and then to hold firm on the wings. < as lemmas |
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