单词 | in iron |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also on) iron a. in (also on) iron: in shackles or fetters; (more generally) in captivity. Now Indian English. [After post-classical Latin in ferro, lit. ‘in iron’ (Vulgate: Psalm 106:10 (Roman Psalter, Gallic Psalter); compare quotations eOE, OE, a1400, 1539), in ferrum, lit. ‘into iron’ (Vulgate: Psalm 104:18 (Hebraic Psalter); compare quot. 1611; compare Phrases 1).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [phrase] > in captivity in (also on) ironeOE eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cvi. 9 (10) Ligatos in mendicitate et ferro : gebundne in weðelnisse & irene. OE Paris Psalter (1932) cvi. 9 Þa þe her..lifdan, gebundenne [read gebundene] bealuwe feterum on wædle wrace and on iserne. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cvi. 10 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 242/2 Sittand in schadow ofe dede and mirkenes, Bunden in iren and wrecchednes. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms cvii. 10 Soch as syt in darcknesse & in the shadow of death, beyng fast bound in mysery & yron. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cv. 18 Ioseph..Whose feete they hurt with fetters: he was layd in iron. 1739 J. Cay Abridgm. Publick Statutes I. sig. B They shall be sent unto the next gaol of the King, and imprisoned in iron, until they have satisfied their master. 1832 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 154/2 You will waken de dronken sentry dere, when we shall all be put in iron. 2002 N. R. M. Menon Criminal Justice India Ser. IV. v. 206 Certify in the jailor's report book..that the fetters of every prisoner in iron are secure and clean. < as lemmas |
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