单词 | a formest |
释义 | > as lemmasa formest ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series foremosta1250 summity1624 protoplast1645 front rank1872 lead-off1886 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 79 Understondeð þeonne an alre uormest. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 51 Ase we seiden þer uppe a vormest. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. x. 55 The formest hyghte Ymaginatiua, the mydle Logica, the thyrde memoratiua. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 126 Gif he fallis, the latter pairt is warst nor ye formest. 1709 Tatler No. 24 The Foremost of the whole Rank of Toasts..are Mrs. Gatty and Mrs. Frontlet. a formest b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phr. † a formest. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12282 Bedeuer a-uormest [c1300 Otho forst] eode mid guldene bolle. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So þe furmest heuede ydon, ase þe erst vndertoc. c1400 Song Roland 807 We haue the formest feld to the ground. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 137 Reynawde wente out of Bordews, the formest of all his folke. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 67 Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 175 Those [dogs] which are young, fierce, and unaccustomed to the chace, are generally the foremost. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 281 The Smith of the Wynd..had been the foremost in the crowd that thronged to see the gallant champions of Clan Quhele. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxiii She was determined to march with the foremost. < as lemmas |
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