单词 | at default |
释义 | > as lemmasat (a) default ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > loss of scent defaulta1450 overputting1590 at a loss1592 fault1593 check1781 a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 384 Þe houndis hade ouershet hem al And were on a defaute [c1450 Fairf. defaulte] Ifal. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. eviv And iff yowre houndis chase at hert or at haare And thay renne at defaute. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lx. 119 A hounde may much sooner be at default in the hollow woodes than in the strong couerts. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. D Though the Hare take squat she is not lost at the first defaulte. 1614 I. D. in T. Overbury et al. Wife now Widdow Newes from Very Country sig. G2v Statesmen hunt their fortunes, and are often at default. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation 42 They [sc. hares] will frequently betake themselves to Furz-bushes, and will leap from one to the other, whereby the Hounds are frequently in default. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 211 The Huntsman..assisting them at every Default, when they have either lost the Slot, or follow not the right. 1758 T. Fairfax Compl. Sportsman 97 When the Huntsman finds his hounds at a default..let him hunt on..looking narrowly on the ground as he goes, to see to find the footing or pricking of the hare. 1801 Sporting Mag. 18 236/1 The hounds being oftener at default on the hard paths than the turf. 1889 W. S. Dixon In North Countree v. 158 The hounds divided and went after two of them, but being at default at Eston Crag we called off and joined the others at Osborne Rush. < as lemmas |
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