| 单词 | in stale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin stale 2. An ambush. in stale: in ambush. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > on the attack [phrase] > lying in wait in awaitc1386 in stalec1425 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile lying in wait > a lying in wait or ambush waitingc1200 spyc1380 settingc1430 watch?a1475 wait1533 stale1557 ambush1573 imboscata1595 stand1616 belaying1677 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. viii. 811 And he in stale howyd al stil. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. x. 96 It is a stelling place and sovir harbry, Quhar ost in staill or embuschment may ly. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxxiv While he stode in a stale to lie in waite [1568 Grafton Chron. II. 439 He lay in stale to waite] for the relefe that myght come from Caleis. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull 231 God badde him [Joshua] Pone insidias vrbi post eam, laye a stale behynde the citie. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1479/2 The erle of Essex..with .ij. C. speares was layde in a stale, if the Frenchmen had come neerer. 1627 Taking of Ship ‘St. Esprit’ in Harl. Misc. (1810) V. 111 Which two noblemen..were drawn within danger by a stale made by twenty common soldiers. in stale b. in stale: in battle array. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adverb] > in battle array with spear and shielda1300 in stale1513 battle-wise1559 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 123 King Pentheus, in his wod rage dotand, Thocht he beheld gret rowtis stand in staill Of the Ewmenydes. < as lemmas |
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