单词 | in the great |
释义 | > as lemmasin the great (b) = by the great at Phrases 2c, in various senses. Also occasionally in the great, (Scottish) in greats. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in large quantities by (also at, in) wholesale1417 in great1447 by greatc1475 by the whole1592 by the yard1845 in block1870 in bulk1908 like peas1959 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 92 (MED) Theire custumes..iiij d. of every pipe..that is there y-boghte to be solde ayen yn grete or retaill. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 32 Thinketh not..that it sufficeth to biholde and thinke the sinnes in gret. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 126 For binding and dressing of thre smalle bookes..price in grete vj s. viij d. c1530 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v–vii. 52 b The publycans bought in greate ye emperours tribute. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 833/2 The labourers would in no wise labour by the daie, but all by taske & in great. 1598 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 168 That na inhabitant..gadder the same [victuall] in gryt, and keip the same to ane darth. 1631 in Burgh Laws Dundee (1872) 5 July For selling of salt in greats. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 155 Before I come to the particulars of what I saw in Florence, I will consider it in great, and then come to the Detail of it. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. xv. 186 Every thing is bought in the great, and paid for at once. 1790 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 233 Accustomed to view things in the great, this virtue, if it be one, costs me no less, perhaps, than most people. 1792 E. Burke Let. Nov. in Corr. (1968) VII. 301 For want of ever dealing in the Great, they do not know, that, tho' Multitudes may be deluded, they never can be bribed. 1842 A. Vavasour My Last Tour vi. 50 Taking the subject in the great, it is for the general good that the English should travel and sojourn, a little while, on the Continent. in the great (c) On a large or larger scale, esp. in comparison with something with the same proportions but smaller. Also occasionally in the great. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale in folio1590 in large?1601 in great1635 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 7 I shall endeavour to limme her soule in little (since in great neither my time, nor ability will let me). 1652 H. Cogan tr. M. de Scudery Ibrahim ii. iii. 49 Having demanded of this pretended Painter, whether he could work in great, as well as in little. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Ep. Ded. sig. Biii Being that in Little, which your Lordship is in Great. 1699 R. Burthogge Of Soul of World in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 234 The World itself is, after a Sort, an Animal in great. 1769 J. Watt in Q. Rev. (1858) 104 433 The necessary experience in great was wanting. 1795 J. Bentham Wks. (1838–43) X. 307 The Duke..gave him orders for making some [baggage-wagons] in the great [from a small model]. < as lemmas |
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