单词 | large |
释义 | largeadj.adv.n.int. A. adj. I. Liberal, generous. 1. Liberal in giving; generous (†to or †toward a person). Also: lavish in expenditure; extravagant, profligate; cf. fool-large adj. Also with †of, †in, with. Cf. largesse n. Now Scottish and rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Lairge) records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland and Angus in 1960. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] largea1225 fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 outragea1400 riotousc1405 sumptuousa1425 superfluea1425 prodigatec1429 profuse?a1475 lavishc1475 prodigalc1485 prodiga1492 prodigaleousa1500 superfluous1531 wasteful1538 costly?1555 prodigal1570 overlavish1573 squandering1589 lavishing1598 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 expensive1628 unthriftya1631 spendthrifty1642 flush1703 extravagant1711 profligate1718 dispendious1727 wastry1791 wasterful1821 wastrife1822 prodigalish1857 high-rolling1890 wastrel1896 the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 143 (MED) Þe large Men and þe milde Men..sculen beon icleoped on þe fader riht halue. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 316 Alse forð as ȝe muȝen of mete & of claðes..beoð large toward ham [sc. servants] þach ȝe narewe beon & harde to ow seoluen. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1265 (MED) He was large, curteys, & fre. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §391 To be liberal, þt is to seyn, large by mesure. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 304 Sir knyght, thou arte full large of my horse and harneyse! I lat the wete hit coste the noughte. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/1 Large in expence, prodigue. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. cxxxi. f. 417v/2 And euery Emperour to win fauour of the people, put somewhat to the measure for to be held the more large of giftes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 108 The poore King Reignier, whose large style Agrees not with the leannesse of his purse. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. iii. 69 Indeed I wont! You have been large to me already. [Jolly would press money upon him.] 1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 4 Large of his Treasures. a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. Large, liberal munificent, from pompousness or boastfulness. 1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. at Lairge Ye sidna be sae lairge wi' yer bawbees; ye'll maybe need them some day. II. Great in size, amount, or degree; big; wide; full. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 129 Noblemen & wimmen þe makeð large relef. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 187 Hwet deþ þenne þi blod isched on þe rode, hwet deþ þenne þe large broc of þi softe side. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Num. xx.11 Whenne Moises hadde arered þe hoond smytynge wiþ þe ȝerde twyys þe flynt, wentun out most large waters [L. aquae largissimae]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3964 (MED) Iacob þan sent him of his aght Giftes large. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 602 Large lyons lockis þat lange ere & scharpe. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. liv Gyue dygne & moost large graces to the hye goodnes of god. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 552/2 The kings of Fraunce & England gaue large money towards the maintenance of ye army. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 161 This..offereth unto us, large matter of bewailing our misery. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 83 Shee gaue them large thankes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 558 And we have yet large day, for scarce the Sun Hath finisht half his journey. View more context for this quotation 3. a. Of extensive capacity, space, or volume; having or allowing plenty of room; capacious, spacious. Now only as implied in sense A. 5.In quot. c1230 of the sign of the cross: expansive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy roomeOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 ample1483 commodious1540 roomy1549 roomthy1578 roomsome1581 roomful1588 roomthsome1599 spacy1602 amplitudinous1904 spaceful1906 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 14 Makieð on ower muð a creoiz wið þe þume. Ed Deus in adiutorium a large creoiz wið þe þume & wið þe twa fingres. from buue þe forheaued dun to þe breoste. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. ix. 11 Forsoth Crist beynge a bischop of goodis to comynge, by [a1425 New Coll. Oxf. entride bi] a larger and perfiter tabernacle [L. amplius et perfectius]. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 144 (MED) Large er þo londes þat his eldres wonnen. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 483 Oloferne..lay a nyght With Inne his tente, large as is a berne. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 301 (MED) To get Inne londe a ful large space Wher-vp-on to byld a dwellyng place. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Aiiii The byrde in a cage, be the cage..neuer so large and hye, can nat be contented or quyet. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 158v Olofte forto lenge in his large sete. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xvii. 373 They retired themselves into a large place, where there were many lights. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 28 (MED) So is the contree large of lengthe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. vii. 4 As for ye cite, it was large of rowme, and greate. c. figurative. Of the heart (originally as the seat of the intellect, later as the seat of love, feeling, courage, etc.): of great capacity or magnitude. Cf. large-hearted adj.Now usually interpreted with reference to the size of the heart (cf. sense A. 7a) as opposed to its capacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 362 (MED) Þin herte schal be maad larger, & þerfore opene þe iȝe of þin intellecte wiþ þe liȝt of feiþ. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings iv. 29 God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wyszdome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 444 That uxorious King, whose heart though large, Beguil'd by fair Idolatresses, fell To Idols foul. View more context for this quotation 1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 244 Tho streighter Bounds your Fortune did confine, In your large Heart was found a wealthy Mine. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 10 They whose Hands are shortest, may yet have Hearts as large as the greatest Monarch upon Earth. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxvi. 253 I hope I have a large heart. I hope there is room in it for half a dozen sweet female friends! 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. v. i. 150 His sincere piety, his large heart,..always qualify, and seem sometimes to redeem, his errors. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 228 The brain by knowledge grows, the heart Is larger made by loving. 1933 H. Kingsmill S. Johnson iii. 80 In his union of a realistic mind and a large heart he [sc. Fielding] is more like Johnson than any other writer of the century. 2004 Touré Soul City xxviii. 166 They took her aside and told her not to fall in love with this new man, but a McGroovy heart is large and powerful. 4. Extensive in transverse dimension; broad, wide. Frequently in conjunction with long. Now only as implied in sense A. 5. With the construction in quot. a1400, cf. sense A. 5e(b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [adjective] > having great breadth or width broadOE wideOE largec1300 straight?a1366 spacious1506 basin-wide1591 late1597 broad-backed1651 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1183 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 140 (MED) His face was brod and long al-so, his fore-heued large i-novȝ. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 11 Bretayne is euen longe and larger [a1425 Harl. more large, L. amplior] in þe myddes þan in þe endes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 22322 A mikilman of stature heye. & large of face. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 45 Bothe as longe and as large bi loft & by grounde. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1351 The gardyn..as long was as it was large. a1475 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Harl.) (1927) l. 316a (MED) The dyche was soo rome and large, Theryn myght seyle boþe bote and barge. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 35 Ane croce that wes bayth large and lang, To beir thay gaif this blissit lord. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. viii. 15 The great Clote hath leaves very large and long. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxviii. 152 Three hundred ladders made, very strong, and so large, that three men might easily mount up on them a front. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 195 His other Parts..extended long and large Lay floating many a rood. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 138 Two Golden Horns on his large Front he wears. View more context for this quotation 1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 141 Two Tusks 2½ Spans large, and 8 foot long. c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture III. i. 4 The Ways ought to be..so large, that carriages and horses be no hindrance to each other when they meet. 5. Of considerable size or extent; great, big.big is typically used in more informal or colloquial contexts, whereas great is generally considered more formal (cf. note at great adj. 3a). large is much more frequently used (in sense A. 5a) than big to premodify abstract nouns such as amount, proportion, quantity, size, sum, volume, etc. a. Designating a quantity, amount, measure, etc., of relatively great magnitude or extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] mickleeOE wideOE largec1300 greata1325 muchc1330 mightyc1390 millionc1390 dreicha1400 rudea1450 massive1581 massy1588 heavy1728 magnitudinous1777 powerful1800 almighty1824 tall1842 hefty1930 honking1943 mondo1968 c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) l. 150 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 Heo hadden bi large met wel more corn i-brouȝt. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 210 (MED) Þe hede of an elnȝerde þe large lenkþe hade. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 18076 By large mesure I can byen, and streight mesure I sell ageyn. 1518 in W. C. Dickinson Sheriff Court Bk. Fife (1928) 108 The said James protestyt for the largest price of wictualis. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 47 Blanke charters, Whereto, when they shal know what men are rich, They shal subscribe them for large summes of gold. View more context for this quotation 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 98 In the..branches of those Trees they make incisions..under which they hang Pots..to preserve the influence which issues out of them in a large quantity in the night season. 1698 W. Baron Dutch Way of Toleration 22 The Church must expect to bear her proportion in such Distractions, and that to a large degree. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 19 Red birch..grows to a pretty large size. 1823 T. De Quincey Lett. Young Man in London Mag. Feb. 190/1 Forty years are not too large a period for such a work. 1872 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce (rev. ed.) ii. 234 Loxa or crown bark [contains] the largest proportion of quinidine. 1910 Times 24 May 35/4 Let us hope that cocoa growers may continue indefinitely to reap larger profits year by year. 1956 I. Murdoch Flight from Enchanter iv. 46 She..spent a large part of her week-ends in showing them London. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. a21/2 Focused deterrence is in many ways the opposite of stopping and frisking large sections of the population. b. Of an action, process, or movement: of great intensity or degree; powerful; strong, forceful. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] hardOE heavyc1000 highOE highlyOE stourc1275 largec1330 intensec1400 violent1430 profoundc1450 vehementc1485 intensive1526 advanceda1533 vengeable1532 Herculean1602 well-advanced1602 deep1605 dense1732 abysmal1817 intensitive1835 holy1837 high-level1860 major1942 c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) l. 609 (MED) Þat helme & heye targe, Þurch her strokes large, Þer wiþ þai broken wore. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 103 Þe herisiple.., hauynge ferse brennynge, nedeþ larger infrigidacioun. 1576 R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo 81 She blewe large blastes of winde Both in my face and vnder. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) v. 54 The mercy of God towards them appeareth, in that he gave them a large warning. 1661 A. Marvell Let. 7 Mar. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 20 As I shall haue more busynesse or more news I shall giue you a larger trouble. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 118 From Arac's arm, as from a giant's flail, The large blows rain'd, as here and everywhere He rode the mellay. 1893 J. Ross & J. S. Bury Peripheral Neuritis 94 In some cases the individual spasms give such a large jerk to the forearm that the hand is diverted from its course. 1971 JETP Lett. 14 51 The growth of the priming diamond powders..revealed a previously unknown phenomenon, namely anomalously large fractionization of stable isotopes of carbon. 2013 J. M. Shea Smile v. 51 A large blow to the face during sports can result in a broken or loose tooth. c. Of an animal or thing.In early examples sometimes with overtones of sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 c1392 Equatorie of Planetis 18 (MED) The largere þat thow makest this instrument, the largere ben thi chef deuisiouns. 1448 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 355 A faire large dore with a porche ouer the same. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 46 In this toune is the kingis castel baith lairge and stark. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xiv. 15 He will shew you a large [Gk. μέγα; earlier versions have great] vpper roome furnished. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 529 Now Dragon grown, larger then whom the Sun Ingenderd in the Pythian Vale on slime. View more context for this quotation 1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 89 One of us killed a large Seal..Such Hits as these were but rare, and very far from affording Supplies. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 10 These swamps are daily clearing and improving into large fruitful rice plantations. 1803 H. Repton Observ. Landscape Gardening ii. 21 We generally pronounce that object large, the whole of which the eye can not at once comprehend. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. iii. 91 At rising or setting, the Moon sometimes appears to be larger than it does when high up in the sky. 1895 Bookman Oct. 26/2 Plans..should not be large folded sheets, but single page plans of small districts..with a key-map. 1910 Practitioner Jan. 33 The fingers..as large at their tips as at their base—the so-called sausage fingers. 1970 J. Prior Soft Furnishing vii. 80 An eiderdown is made like a very large cushion, with a design stitched right through the cover to keep the feathers in fixed pockets. 2001 Veranda July 92/1 I am downsizing—moving from a large house into a small condominium. d. Of a movement, pace, or gait: that covers a great distance (with each step). Also in figurative contexts. Cf. sense B. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > having specific rate on foot > of pace: covering large amount of ground largea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xix. 1157 Cameles beþ swiftere þan hors and þat is bycause of large paas and wyde. c1475 tr. Secreta Secret. (Tripolitanus abbrev.) 382 Whan a man goth a large paas and by layser, he shall doo well his besinesse. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 235 (MED) Whoso hath the Paas large and slow, he is wyse and wel spedynge in al his dedys. ?c1500 Bk. Marchalsi (Douce) f. 136 (MED) The hors of gode entaile schall have..large gait. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X5v For the large leape, which Debon did compell Coulin to make, being eight lugs of grownd. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. i. 5 Be sure that he take a long stride with his feete, for..he which takes the largest strides goes at the most ease. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxxi. 178 It [sc. the mind] may..so advance by larger steps in that which is its great Business, Knowledge. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 356 As fast as we could make our Horses go, which..was only a good large Trot. 1775 Thoughts upon Present Contest 44 Large strides have been made, by your rulers, to deprive your fellow subjects of..security. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. lxxviii. 39 Another man..advancing by large strides, roughly seized her arm. 1871 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 430 Adam Smith made a large step towards this truth when he recognised sympathy as giving rise to these superior controlling emotions. 1919 Wide World Feb. 347/1 Taking large bounds and leaps,..he raced past the group of troopers like a deer. 1965 J. Kosinski Painted Bird (1972) vii. 72 It was difficult to adjust my small steps to the large, measured stride of the soldier. 2002 C. Macintyre Early Intervention in Movement iv. 66 Children move around with large steps as if they had baggy trousers and large feet. e. Of a person. (a) Greater than average in size of body and limbs; well-built. In later use sometimes euphemistic: overweight, fat. the larger lady: overweight women as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > good well-madec1325 well-setc1330 featous1340 largec1405 well-trussedc1425 well-attempereda1460 well-featureda1460 clean-limbed1461 well-bodied1481 well-drawn?a1534 clean-madea1535 trussed1548 clean-legged1568 trim1568 well-knit1581 well-thewed1583 well-timbered1595 clear-limbed1596 clean-timbered1598 well-mounted1607 well-turned1631 clever1674 neat-limbeda1697 well built1706 well-set-up1790 clean-built1840 athletic1925 mesomorphic1926 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 753 Oure hoost..A large man he was with eyen stepe. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 488 That largest man quhilk standis next ȝow by Wald I call him be makdome to dewice. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vii. iv. 1349 They are large men, and of a tall stature, but the women aswell young as old, are very deformed with torne faces. 1694 W. Salmon in tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 156 (note) In two Men opened, neither of which were extraordinary great or large Persons, a Testicle of the one weighed six Drams, and of the other five Drams. 1729 ‘C. Fell’ Lives of Saints IV. 300 As he was large and strong he undertook more Work than most of his Brethren. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 15 A large lady in blue satin. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood vi. 36 ‘Is he a large man, Ma?’ ‘I should call him a large man, my dear..but that his voice is so much larger’. 1905 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 17 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) For the larger lady a nice full skirt pattern. 1922 Amer. Cloak & Suit Rev. Dec. 119/3 No capable saleswoman ever asks a large woman what size she wears. 1947 B. Mason in Landfall Dec. 284 Among us Kiwis he was large certainly, but beside the boys from Bolton and Leeds, he looked like a bear with his cubs. 2002 Big Issue 4 Nov. 29/4 Once a fun-sized beacon of hope for the larger lady, Missy done gone shed more pounds than a dotcom shareholder. (b) Big in respect of a part of the body. ΚΠ c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) l. 860 (MED) The childe was large of lym and lythe. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) v. sig. O.iiiiv That one with lusty leggs, & fresh of youth in shifting light, The other huge in height, and large of limmes. a1650 Sir Degree iv. in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio (1867) III. 41 His shoes were crooked as a Knight; & hee was large of ffoote & hand as any man within the Land. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 45 He was large of lyre and bone, And nourishing he wanted none. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 247 He had a high Opinion of himself: Though sickly, slender, and not large of Limb. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 107 Though bold and large of limb Were Thoas, from before them him they thrust Stagg'ring and reeling in his forced retreat. 1821 Etonian 1 No. 4. 249/2 The Captain was large of bone. 1890 Ladies' Home Jrnl. July 5/1 They are tall, thin, flat-chested, rather large of foot and hand. 1900 Photogram May 166/1 Sarony was a striking personality, small of stature, large of nose, dressy to a degree. 1981 C. Bukowski Dangling in Tournefortia 205 He must be 21, very large of chest, blond, blue-eyed, very tanned. 2011 C. Rosen Secret Diary of New Mum 173 Our budding David Beckham is somewhat large of foot. Which is probably why we call her flipper girl. (c) In the comparative. Of a child: older. Now rare and overlapping with sense A. 5e(a). Cf. big adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > older than an age > older elderOE greater?a1425 large1788 1788 Universal Mag. May 259/1 He said he believed he might be ten or twelve years old; for he was sent to Northallerton with a horseload of arrows, but then they sent a larger boy from thence to the army with them. 1837 M. M. Sherwood Henry Milner iii. xvi. 323 An infant, and three or four larger children. 1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 106 Rakes and Roans, a boys' game, in which the younger ones are chased by the larger boys, and when caught carried home pick-a-back. 1914 Radford (Va.) Normal Bull. Aug. 14 The teacher permitted all the larger boys of the school to join in the chase. 2000 Northern Echo (Nexis) 29 Aug. 9 The most generous gratuity our larger son earned whilst standing waiting at the Scotch Corner Hotel was £10. f. Of a meal: consisting of a great (or greater than usual) amount of food; heavy. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals substantial1340 simplea1387 dry1483 of substance?c1500 large1528 hearty?1550 abstemious1604 scrambling1607 running1618 lusty1672 sit-down1789 well-served1796 à la carte1816 slap-up1823 quaresimal1828 scratch1851 square1868 scrambly1900 set1914 handout1915 all-you-can-eat1940 spready1960 carbo-load1986 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. D A good and a large soupper is more expedient for them, than a large dyner. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Collation de Moyne, a Monks nuncheon; as much as another man eats at a large meale. 1676 T. Cock Kitchin-physick 28 If you eat a large breakfast, eat no dinner. 1706 tr. D. Duncan Wholesome Advice against Abuse Hot Liquors iii. 39 I would make no difficulty to drink Coffee at Night if a large Supper disorders me. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 313 Having..made a large beef breakfast. 1833 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 10 ii. 134/1 At twelve o'clock they partake of another larger meal, consisting of kubaub, pilaw, with different kinds of wines. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed vi. 107 After a large lunch they went down to the beach. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) ix. 208 Dorothy, mazed by heat and a large dinner, dozed off in her chair. 2002 ‘J. Churchill’ House of Seven Mabels (2003) iii. 18 She rejected the idea of cruising the kitchen for a snack after consuming such a large lunch. g. Composed of or containing many individuals or members; numerically great. ΚΠ c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. xvi. f. lxxviv/1 Maximus efter this answer assemblie ane large army of Romanis, Britonis, and Franchemen. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 284/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The large familie of the Schities..are well aduanced about Cremona, Mantua, and Uerona. 1648 Acct. Trans. Lords & Commons 4 The house of Commons have chosen a large Committee, who sit daily in the Star-Chamber, to consider of grievances which shall be presented. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 17 Thus we sometimes see a larger collection of clouds in one Quarter. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 488. ¶2 A large Family of Daughters have drawn me up a very handsome Remonstrance. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 72 At the Commissioners Desire, and before a very large Board, I had the Honour of explaining..my Method. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 216 That party was not large; but the..virtues of those who belonged to it made it respectable. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 254 A large collection of greasy well-thumbed Miscellany volumes. 1918 K. C. Heald Geol. Struct. Northwestern Part Pawhuska Quadrangle 88 This cluster of wells is a part of a larger group, the remaining portion of which lies to the north in Kansas. 1989 P. Fussell Wartime xviii. 279 That was the largest assembly of Allied troops yet un-blooded and combat-virgin. 2005 M. Lewin Soviet Cent. vii. 81 Each agency had a large workforce, and running expenses kept on increasing. h. Chiefly in commercial use. Modifying a collective noun: consisting or made up of relatively big pieces, grains, portions, etc. ΚΠ 1587 T. Dawson Good Huswifes Iewell (new ed.) sig. B8 Season them with Pepper, Nutmegs, and a litle large Mace. 1683 M. H. Young Cooks Monitor 7 Put in as much water as will cover them,..and three blades of large Mace, and a little large Pepper. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 640/1 Wheaten Bread which was the best Kind of large Bread. 1758 Inventory in G. Washington Papers (1988) VI. 228 In the Salt House A Small quantity of large Salt. 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 660 There are for sale hats, boots and shoes, India rubber articles,..large bread,..everything on earth. 1897 Coal Trade Jrnl. 27 Oct. 590/1 During the past week there has been an unmistakeable drift among consumers from mine run to lump coal. It may have been..better steam result from the large coal. 1916 Bakers Rev. July 91/1 (advt.) Our total bake of large bread was 8,398 loaves. 2006 T. Owens Building with Awareness iv. 63 Large gravel is added and is followed by pea gravel, fine-mesh screen..and then swimming pool filter sand. i. Constituting a higher standard (of weight, size, etc.) than another having the same designation. ΚΠ 1593 A. Willet Tetrastylon Papisticum iv. 169 Bellarmines hundred is in worde onely, but our large hundred wee haue prooued, by particular induction. 1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie iii. vi. 138 Hee hath bestowed great cost and paines to bring it vnto perfection; sitting vpon it for three leaues together in large folio. 1657 R. Lawrence Gospel-separation (end matter) Mr. Parker his Answer to the Assembly, in large octavo. 1770 D. Hume Let. 13 Mar. (1932) II. 218 I agree to the reprinting in any form you and he please, and I believe ten volumes in large Octavo will be best. 1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 20 Large post folio size. 1971 Stud. Bibliogr. 24 39 All the sizes of printing papers recorded in his table are listed below (along with the millimeter equivalents in parentheses)..17 x 13.5 (431.8 x 342.9) Large Foolscap. 1996 Times (Nexis) 19 Dec. That booklet was smaller than even the prospectus for Carter's large quarto edition of the Quartets. j. Designating a member of a set of items differentiated by size. (a) Of a greater size than others of the same kind or group; that is the biggest comparatively. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > distinguishing objects of the same kind large1688 fat1877 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. 320/1 The Valentia, is a Pipe made of Silver or Tin, round and taper,..with a small Pipe at the large end. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Minion The large Minion, or one of the largest Size, has its Bore 3¼ Inch Diameter, and is 1000 Pounds Weight. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 259 In Large Capitals, Small Capitals, or Italic. 1866 Eng. Mechanic 22 June 263/1 The driver can use the large wheels for level ground and the small ones for ascending hills. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 192 Fatty changes in the kidneys..Large white, and small white kidneys. 1928 A. E. Krows Equipm. Stage Production ix. 122 The justly-celebrated ‘moon box’..is a cornucopia, the large end of which is of approximately the desired size of the moon. 1972 M. Minor & N. Minor Amer. Indian Craft Bk. (1978) 100 Birds were not plucked, except for the large feathers (the head and wings were removed), before being covered with clay. 2004 B. Bunch & A. Hellemans Hist. Sci. & Technol. 397/1 1869... J.F. Tretz also uses a chain drive to propel the large front wheel of the popular bicycle called a ‘high wheeler’. (b) In the names of plants and animals distinguished by their greater size from similar or related ones of the same name.large periwinkle, larger periwinkle: see the second element. See also large white n. (b) at Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. sig. Ii4/1 Large purple Pavie. 1729 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina I. i. Pl. 17/1 The larger red-crested Wood-pecker. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 122 Quercus rubra maxima. Largest Red Oak. 1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 255 As it surpasses the aspen in height, we have given it the name of Large Aspen. 1883 F. M. Wallem Fish Supply Norway 16 ‘Large’ or North-herring. 1941 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 14 24 (table) 1 Larger cabinet beetle (Trogoderma versicolor (Creutz.)), alive. 1970 Times 19 Aug. 9/7 There are five or six species (e.g. the Large Blue or Glanville Fritillary) which ought to be protected. 2005 R. B. Payne Cuckoos 470/2 A Large Hawk-cuckoo we observed at Chandra..sang. (c) Of an item of merchandise (esp. a garment): of a size greater than those items designated small, medium, regular, etc.; (frequently) of the highest available size in a range. Also designating the size itself (cf. sense A. 5a). Cf. L n. at L n. Additions, extra-large adj. at extra adj., adv., and n. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > merchandise sizing medium1866 large1873 1873 Hour 27 Aug. 8/3 Pond's Extract is put up in bottles of three sizes known as ‘Small’.., ‘Medium’.., ‘Large’. 1893 H. Crackanthorpe Wreckage 125 Two bitters and a small Scotch..and a large Irish. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 283/2 Ladies' combination or union suits..small, medium and large. 1909 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall 84/2 Men's heavy ribbed red wool undershirt..sizes small, medium and large. 1974 Times 26 Apr. 7/7 The tights..are in three sizes—Petite, Medium or Large. 2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. xiii. 4/1 Supersizing is ordering the large soda (32 fluid ounces) at a fast-food restaurant. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree goodeOE fairOE goodlyc1275 largea1375 no littlea1413 substantial1413 unleast?1440 prettya1475 reasonablea1500 substantious1545 substantive1575 sensible1581 pretty and ——1596 goody1597 greatish1611 considerable1651 sonsy1721 respectable1736 smart1750 quite a little ——1763 gey1796 smartish1799 canny1805 serious1810 right smart1825 dunnamuch1831 snug1833 tidy1839 bonnyish1855 largish1872 a nice little ——1891 significant1898 healthy1901 beaucoup1917 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1732 (MED) Abide ȝou in a brod weie bi a large mile. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 162 Leue hym on þi left halue a large myle or more. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 176, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Large Do þer to ij ouncis of woodasschin & a large halfe ounce of quyke lyme. 1529 Malory's Mort Darthur (de Worde) x. lxiv. sig. Fviii/1 They fought..two large houres and neuer brethed them. 1678 London Gaz. No. 1315/1 At Bucken, a large League from Friburg. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China i. iii. 80 The Steps..being almost all 10 large Inches high. 1707 London Gaz. 4336/7 As to the Breadth of the Chanel, it is a large half Mile. 1737 Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) (ed. 2) II. xxi. 312 A large Bone, more than an Inch and a half in length, and a large half inch in breadth. 1836 Naut. Mag. Sept. 520 It bears from Pigeon Island S.S.W. a large mile. 1880 M. Parloa Appledore Cook Bk. (new ed.) 160 Pour on this a large pint of cold water. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. ii. 103 With a large mile, betwixt their greater hosts; That they not justle in the mountain-paths. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adjective] > of the time of day > fully come largec1405 full1555 expiatea1616 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 352 [They] slepen til that it was pryme large. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 223 Thir men went furth as it was large mydnycht. 7. a. Of an immaterial thing: wide in range or scope; comprehensive, extensive; substantial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive largea1400 wide1534 capable1592 inclusive1604 comprehensive1614 all-comprehensive1650 complexive1654 diffused1658 comprehensional1673 perileptic1678 all-encompassing1805 unexcluding1822 widish1845 all-embracing1847 unexclusive1852 all-inclusive1858 broad1872 embracive1897 periscopic1912 wide-angle1932 umbrella1949 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 93 (MED) Mater fynd ȝe large and brade? a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3915 (MED) Bot alle þis dett may þar be qwytt Thurgh large pardon, wha-swa has itt. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 8 A feiþful curat owiþ to notify to his sugets, were is pardoun, sikirar, largar, and for les price, to be bout to his sogets. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xvv Exhortyng them with large promises and flatteryng wordes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxixv I wyll sende Ambassadours to the assemblye with large commission. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 222 Faire leaue and large security. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 305 From imposition of strict Laws, to free Acceptance of large Grace. View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 139 Vernal suns, and showers, Diffuse their warmest, largest influence. 1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 5 His memory was large and tenacious. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 103 Yearning for the large excitement that the coming years would yield. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 91 The English Government..had been willing to make large allowance for Berwick's peculiar position. 1885 Sir N. Lindley in Law Times Rep. 52 319/2 I think the language is large enough to include them. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 88 How tiresome, how cramping and paralyzing that life with two elderly aunts must have been to any with large tastes and fine feelings. 1933 W. I. Jennings Law & Constit. 256 The ‘rule of law’ in this sense means that public authorities ought not to have large powers. 1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. iv Neither side in the Crimean War was inspired by large strategic views. 2006 Independent on Sunday 3 Apr. 17/2 Being a blogger does not make you a great writer. There is a large tendency towards self-indulgent tirades. b. With in, of. Of a person: possessing or exhibiting a specified quality, attribute, etc., in great abundance; performing a specified action liberally or extensively. Now somewhat rare (often used in conjunction with sense A. 5e).Sometimes implying generosity: cf. sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale > specifically of people or their faculties largec1440 great?1473 extensivea1631 c1440 (?a1400) W. Nassington Tractus (Thornton) l. 421 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 75 (MED) Nane may þat daye be saffe Bot he þi mercy in þis lyfe hafe, Of whilke þou erte large & leberall. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 893 Gode folke..She louyd as man may do his brothyr Of whiche loue she was wondre large. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 220 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 105 Þu art larg of cheryte. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 98 It is not a iust thing to be large in sinning, and short in praiing. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 When Paul would be large in commending the Church of the Romanes, he affirmeth they were full of goodnesse. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 326 To be generous and large in their well-wishing and their well-doing. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews ii. vi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 45 Reubel also was large in cutting them upon this occasion. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xxvi He was large in his offers of friendship towards a young nephew of Mr. Pritchard's. 1907 H. H. Field & J. R. Reed Hist. Pottawattamie County, Iowa II. 580 He has been spoken of as a large man, large in his intellect as well as in his physique, large in his loves and his interests. 2002 D. Macpherson Suffragette's Daughter 123 Large of mind and body and forthrightness, Helen had evolved into an archetypal leader. ΚΠ 1783 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad., 10 Dec. 1782 15 In his colouring he was large and general. 8. a. Of speech, discourse, or writing: lengthy, extensive, copious; comprehensive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] large?c1400 ample1447 copiousc1450 exuberous1651 exuberant1654 voluminous1672 fuse1724 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iii. l. 964 Wiþ large praysynge and laude as men syngen in victories. 1477 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 378 The large comunycacyon that dyuers tymes hathe ben had towchyng the maryage of my cosyn Margery..and my son John. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xx. 2 When he had gone over those parties, and geven them large exhortacions. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxv. 87 It were large to recount the Voyages, and worthy Enterprises, overthrowne by this pollicie. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. 14 Plutarch, who hath this large discourse upon it. 1685 A. Wood Life 13 Apr. Mr. Wyatt spake a large speech by hart. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 13 Mr. Milles writ a large reply. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. ii. 50 These observations on Thomson..would not have been so large, if there had been already any considerable criticism on his character. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. v. 273 He fell into large and particular discourse with the deputies. 1915 Rotarian Sept. 244/2 As I expect the speaker has taken a large speech and shortened it, it would be very hard for him to start over again and fill in the places that he has left out. 1973 Illus. London News 24 Feb. 60/2 The book is a large treatment of an almost anecdotal topic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons prolixa1527 prolixousa1527 large1605 voluminous1611 wire-drawing1741 elongative1836 aeolistic1882 prolixious1913 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Rr4v Antitheta are Theses, argued pro et contra, wherein men may be more large & laborious. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 108 My intent is to bee largest in relation of those things which are not in the Scriptures. 1619 E. M. Bolton in tr. Florus Rom. Hist. Ded. sig. A2 Hee held it more honorable to be..the first among briefe writers, then one among few in the large ones. 1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1731) II. 82 The Marquis is large in arguing to me, that our Interest lies in a joint War. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants App. 236 I could be very large upon this point. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 136 I am afraid he will be much too large, tho' 'tis certain wt he shall do will be very curious and learned. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vi. 111 Homer is equal, large, flowing and harmonious; Eschylus is uneven, concise, abrupt and rugged. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iv. xxiii. 179 His work is an epitome of the Roman History to his own times, upon which he is more large. 1852 T. Carlyle in Eclectic Rev. Jan. 13 But as some are large in speech out of abundance of matter, and upon due consideration: so the most multiply words, either from weakness or vanity. 9. Expressing relative size: having (more, less, or a specified) size, extent, or number. ΚΠ c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5473 Wormes As large as a mans lege. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. xxi. 16 The length was as large as the bredth of hitt. a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant v. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. e4 There's no great need of Souldiers; Their Camp's No larger than a Ginger-bread Office. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Jupiter appears almost as large as Venus, but is not altogether so bright. 1781 S. Peters Gen. Hist. Connecticut 260 The Humble-bee is almost as large as the humming-bird. 1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 59 The Dartmoor pony is larger than the Exmoor, and, if possible, uglier. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 2/1 ‘It ain't as good, I reckon, as the Missouri College.’ ‘It's not so large, certainly.’ 1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. xliv. 738/1 This is only true providing that the resistance is not so large that the time for the discharge to take place becomes appreciable in comparison with the period of the galvanometer. 1970 N. Bawden Birds on Trees ix. 163 Pity was patronising. Though what she felt was larger than pity, a swelling, generalised sadness that seemed to lift her and sweep her forward, like music. 2013 L. E. Fletcher Time waits for No One xl. 140 ‘Just how large is it?’ ‘One thousand acres, give an acre or two.’ 10. Of speech or manner: assuming or exhibiting an air of grandeur; (deliberately) imposing; pompous, grandiose. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [adjective] pompousc1375 buggish1536 biga1568 bug1567 braving1600 large1608 farceda1616 budge1637 bulky1672 fastuose1674 portentous1805 highfalutin1839 heavy1849 portentious1859 ventose1867 falutin1921 pound-noteish1936 pomposo1960 stuffed-shirted1977 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > pompous stalking1602 large1608 pompous1750 hi cockalorum1783 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 174 Your large speeches may your deedes approue. View more context for this quotation 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 112 Severall Members were appointed to present those particular charges..which they all did, making large speeches in aggravation of their crimes. 1708 T. Bennet Brief Hist. Set Forms Prayer (ed. 2) x. 125 St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, of whom upon that Occasion he gives a large and pompous Character. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 362 The prerogative was always named in large and pompous expressions. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xx. 192 Cæsar made a prolonged A-hm! and said in a large way, ‘Has the carriage arrived?’ 1919 A. Black Great Desire i. 33 She has a large manner, with which there must be a consciousness if not an expectation that people will ask who she is. 1946 Progress (Clearfield, Pennsylvania) 23 Sept. 5/1 There was a lot of large talk, right after the discovery of DDT, about how man's battle against the bugs was won at last. 1995 N.Y. Mag. 11 Sept. 84/2 Bad doctors always use large language and are terribly authoritative. 11. Medicine. a. Of the pulse: feeling full or excessively full when palpated; (also) hard (hard adj. 6). [After post-classical Latin pulsus magnus (1554 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > other pulse disorders harda1398 rare1565 soft1571 large1612 bigeminal1877 bigeminous1881 Adams–Stokes1896 Stokes-Adams1903 quadrigeminal1906 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 91 There entertained these accidents the vsuall fulnesse of his body vnto the common outward view, & accompanied a pulse swift, vehement and large. 1683 G. Harvey Conclave of Physicians 14 Upon notice given to him, he appears at the Bed-side of the Sufferer, where feeling her Pulse large & quick, and discerning her Skin sprinkl'd with a numerous train of red Spots and Blotches, very gravely pronounces his immature deliberation. 1697 J. Pechey Plain Introd. Art Physick i. 4 The signs of an hot and moist Temperament, are a large Pulse, but not frequent nor hard [etc.] 1746 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic VI. 136 A choleric or bilious Constitution is said to discover itself by an abundance of black and curling Hair,..a quick and large Pulse, Boldness and Angriness of Temper. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 544 (note) If a pulse be both hard and large, it is a strong pulse also. 1924 Physical Training 21 312 We find a large pulse in left ventricular hypertrophy and aortic regurgitation. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Cardiol. 14 782/1 Therefore, when counterpressure is increased, the same cardiac contraction results in a larger pulse. 2006 D. G. Model Making Sense Clin. Exam. Adult Patient v. 64 These changes are perceived as a large pulse with a bounding quality. b. Of a sound heard in auscultation of the chest: †associated with the presence of large bubbles within mucus (obsolete); sonorous; low-pitched. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [adjective] > sounds in auscultation puerile1821 pectoriloquous1824 large1827 sibilant1833 tubular1834 moist1843 rhonchal1843 pectoriloquial1846 redux1848 murmurish1851 rhonchial1852 bronchophonic1862 sticky1872 coarse1879 skodaic1882 1827 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) 51 When the mucous rattle is very large [Fr. très-gros] and infrequent, we can distinctly perceive the bubbles form and burst. 1849 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 72 333 Extreme resonance of voice in right suprascapular fossa; large rhonchi in corresponding portion of left thorax. 1859 Guy's Hosp. Rep. 5 347 In the latter, where the chief disturbance is from the great muco-puriform secretion, there are large rattles. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 10 To the first [class] belong the large or sonorous, the small or sibilant, and the intermediate or subsibilant rhonchi. 1950 Jrnl. Pediatrics 36 650 In this patient there was also ‘wheezing, expiratory râles anteriorly, and large rhonchi were detected posteriorly’. 1967 Progr. Cardiovascular Dis. 10 239 Large rhonchi and nonresonant rales fill the thorax. 12. Modifying an agent noun: that is engaged in the specified occupation or business on a large scale; in the habit of performing the specified action often or intensively. Cf. big adj. 12a, great adj. 15a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [adjective] > engaged in business on large scale large1744 1744 D. Webb Ess. Presented 39 A few Gentlemen Landholders, large Manufacturers, Dealers, or Merchants that export the Woolen Goods. 1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties I. ii. ii. 43 Mr. Fowle of Coptree is the largest planter, I observed among the yeomanry. 1824 D. Booth Art of Brewing Pref. p. iv The system of monopoly, and the well digested plan which the large brewers have acted upon, will soon receive their death-blow. 1871 J. C. Jackson How to treat Sick without Med. xxx. 255 He had been a large eater of high-seasoned food, a large drinker of beer. 1907 E. Mannheimer in A. Wright 20th Cent. Impressions Ceylon 623/2 Mr. De Mel is..a large buyer of the mineral in its rough state. 1952 Pop. Mech. Dec. 52/1 (advt.) Large wholesaler of nationally advertised appliances, cameras, watches, etc., will help you start your own business. 2001 Computerworld 26 Feb. 41/2 The need for security analysts has exploded at financial firms and large manufacturers and has also moved quickly into midsize companies. 13. U.S. slang. a. Impressive; important. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > outstanding particular1485 emphatical1606 prominent1609 remarked1623 protuberant1730 emphatic1760 prosilient1828 outstanding1830 focalizing1838 large1883 standout1905 stickout1937 1883 Life 15 Feb. 80/2 He had four ten Speck-ers all the Time, and guessed they were tol-er-ab-ly Large. 1942 S. A. Wright & J. F. Dobie My Rambles E. Texas Cowboy iv. 39 I had number four shot in the gun and hit him in the heart with several... Did I feel large? I'll say I did. 1952 M. Griffith Port of Call iv. 101 They managed to capture the rollicking beat of a ditty that was a current favorite with the crew. ‘Oh-h, the cap-t'n he rides in his lit-tle gig, The ad-mir'l he rides in his barge, It don't go a goddamn bit fas-ter, But it makes the old bas-tard feel large.’ 1995 C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (typescript) Apr. 6 ‘That play you made was large.’ ‘That's a large guitar player.’ b. Popular, successful. Cf. big adj. 17. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] well-speedinga1500 well-succeeding1579 successive1582 successful1594 succeeding1595 get-on1853 trumph1895 high-riding1921 large1957 1957 J. Blumgarten Mr Rock & Roll (filmscript) in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 399/1 It's bound to be very large among bakery people coast-to-coast. 1976 National Observer 28 Aug. 8/4 We're largest out in California, where people are much more nutritionally aware... But it's beginning to catch on everywhere. 2002 Denver Post (Nexis) 20 Oct. f1 If we hire this dude, he'll probably give us a song. It's gonna be large. 14. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Of a period of time: enjoyable, exciting; excellent.In later British use influenced by to give it large at Phrases 4b and to large it at large v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective] stirring1421 excitative1490 rousing1576 animating1595 excitant1608 exciteful?1615 spirit-stirringa1616 spiritous1624 excitatinga1643 exagitating1646 fermentive1656 awakening1694 electrifying1746 upstirring1751 electrical1760 thrilling1768 excitive1774 proceleusmatic1775 electric1789 inspiriting1796 fermentitious1807 exciting1811 red-hot1835 hair-raising1838 suscitating1840 arousing1841 sizzling1845 zesty1853 excitory1861 throbbing1864 buzzing1882 ding-dong1887 thrillful1887 stir-up1890 large1895 thrilly1896 high voltage1909 voltaic1920 sizzly1936 Boy's Own1967 hot shit1967 crunk1995 1874 C. W. Chesnutt Jrnl. (1993) 46 I suppose they had a ‘large-sized’ time.] 1895 Dial. Notes 1 420 ‘A large evening’, a fine evening. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxxiii. 403 We're going to have a large wide time, and everything'll be different when we come back. 1945 L. F. McHugh Chicago Murders 187 The good doctor has had himself a large evening. 1997 N. Blincoe in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 7 ‘How was last night?’ ‘Fucking large, mate. We went to Fonzo Buller's place then up to Blackburn.’ 2004 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 15 Jan. 11 The show area was packed and everybody—sea lions, included—seemed to be having a large time. III. Not rigorous or restricted; free; lax. 15. Of language, a word, etc.: used in a wide sense; loose, inaccurate; (of meaning or sense) broad, general. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > slovenly largea1400 scribbled1550 slipshod1814 spewy1829 dashy1844 slip-along1849 dauby1878 sloppy1881 slipshoddy1882 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 305 Cauterium is seid in ij. maners, þat is to seie, large & streit [L. cauterium dicitur duobus modis, large & stricte]. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 116 In thilk maner of vnpropre and large speche, in which it may thouȝ vnpropirli be seid that [etc.]. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. ii. 5 Words of large intendment and signification. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 100 Using the plausibility of large and indefinite words, to defend himself. 1671 R. Boyle Of Vsefulnesse Mech. Discipl. 1 in Some Considerations Vsefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. I I here understand the word Mechanicks in a larger sense, for those Disciplines that consist of the Applications of pure Mathematicks to produce or modifie Motion in inferior Bodies. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 42 The Word Sacrament is of great Latitude, and capable of various Significations, (some stricter and some larger). 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Compound leaf expresses, in general, a leaf that is formed of several other lesser ones. In this large sense, however, it is divisible into several kinds. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 110 London, in the large sense of the term, comprehends the City of London, within and without the walls, the city of Westminster, [etc.]. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 197 He is a younger man, and has, in the large sense of the word, only arrived comparatively recently. 1906 Southeastern Reporter 53 72/1 I am not saying that mere inadequacy of the statutory compensation would justify a limitation of the ‘large words’ of definition of damages. 2009 Spin Oct. 67/3 I think we see the word ‘folk’ in maybe a larger definition of the word than a dude with an acoustic guitar. 16. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] freeeOE unneedc1175 easyc1200 untiedc1374 unhemmeda1400 largec1400 unrefraineda1500 rampanta1540 unmuzzleda1541 unyoked1573 yokeless1584 licensed1593 unbound1593 wild1599 broad1604 fetterless1604 unconfined1607 ungyved1607 ungaged?1617 unboundeda1625 unfettereda1631 vagabond1635 unmanacled1686 unrestricted1750 haggard-wild1786 unconstrained1796 unshackled1796 chainless1816 rioty1819 untethered1826 unwithholdena1834 bondless1845 fancy-loose1850 constraintless1865 unpressured1879 undammed1896 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > allowing freedom of action largec1400 unrestrictive1780 c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 33 (MED) In þe vtmeste endes of þe world valleþ ofte newe meruayles & wondres, as þey kynde pleyde wiþ larger leue [L. licentius] priueylych & fer in þe endes þan oponlych & nyȝ in þe myddel. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 47 Of youre gentilesse Ye profre me to haue so large a reyne. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 94 It is bettir haue some delite by the streyte lawe thanne by [the] large lawe be put away from vertu. ?1506 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode (de Worde) sig. E.iiiiv Smyte on boldely sayd Robyn I gyue the large leue. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. x It was concluded, that kyng Richard should continew in a large prisone. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iii. 38 Shee besought that shee might be kept in larger custody. 1680 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1859) III. 299 Our people in this Colony are, some strict Congregationall men, others more large Congregationall men, and some moderate Presbeterians. 1748 Gentleman's Mag. July 329/2 The Earl of Cromartie let out for the place of his residence for life in Devonshire. Sir James Kinloch and his brother, are to spend their lives in other places of large confinement. 1793 in J. Morse Amer. Geog. (1796) I. 274 General Baptists..who hold Large Communion. 1848 E. Calamy Life J. Howe in J. Howe Wks. I. p. xxxix Several new creeds were framed, and still objected against by some or other, either as too large or too strait. 1903 H. James Ambassadors xix. 241 He felt his own holiday so successfully large and free that he was full of allowances and charities in respect to those cabined and confined. ΚΠ 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. lxxxiv. 18 Of burdens all he set the Paynims large [It. Scemò i publici pesi a' suoi Pagani]. c. Of a person's circumstances: easy, well-to-do. historical and rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > comfortable (of conditions or way of life) easyc1380 easefulc1425 commodiousa1528 commoditious1574 carpeta1639 large1722 snug1766 comfortable1769 liveable1794 comfy1829 featherbed-campaigner1888 rose water1889 1722 T. Johnson Rector Corrected 3 This extraordinary Proceeding..against two honest industrious Men of no large Circumstances in the World. 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 404 Many families who the last week were in large circumstances, were now reduced to beggary. 1785 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 96 There are extremely few of the sons of the clergy, whose large circumstances in the world are owing to their patrimony. 1988 M. Levinson Keats's Life of Allegory 8 [Keats could not] draw from his everyday life, a monotonous struggle to get by and get ahead, for the interest, surprise, and suggestiveness which Byron and Shelley found in their large circumstances. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language) untowen13.. largea1413 thundering1543 viperous1605 luscious1614 peppering1712 rough1750 unquotable1821 sulphurous1828 piercent1829 unrepeatable1831 bituminous1878 sultry1891 unprintable1898 four-letter1923 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > of speech largea1413 laxative1607 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 804 Som men seyn he [sc. Diomede] was of tunge large. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4144 On me he leieth a pitous charge Bi cause his tunge was to large. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 817 (MED) A good be stille is weel wourth a groote, Large language causith repentaunce. 1532 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 415 Dredeful also of tonges that ben large. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 41 The verie maner of our iesting must not be to large, nor vnsober. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 189 The man doth feare God, howsoeuer it seemes not in him, by some large iestes hee will make. View more context for this quotation 18. Nautical. Of a wind: crossing the line of the ship's course in a favourable direction, esp. on the beam or quarter. Cf. sense B. 6a, free adj. 13. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind) > not adverse largea1443 room1614 free1825 a1443 Early Chancery Proc. (P.R.O.: C 1/43/33) Richarde Walter perceyuynge the said Shippe called the George comynge be hynd hyme by the Space of iij myle returned agayn wyth full sayle wyth a large wynde..& smott away the forshippe of the said Shippe called the George. 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 8 Hauing a large winde, we kept our course vppon our saide voyage. 1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 17 In the ende the wind came larger, we wayed ancor, and set sayle. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 44 When a ship sailes with a large wind towards the land. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 8 As we got Southerly and the Wind grew large, we might alter our Course when we would. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vii. 215 As we had the wind large, we kept in a good depth of water. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Sailing The ships..have the wind six points large, or more properly on the quarter; which is considered as the most favourable manner of sailing, because all the sails co-operate to increase the ship's velocity. 1843 J. Fincham Treat. Masting Ships (ed. 2) 66 Schooners have great superiority on a bow-line, and when the wind is large, their square sails may be used to great advantage. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 730/2 To sail large is to sail on a large wind—i.e. with the wind not straight astern, but what sailors call ‘abaft the beam’. 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail viii. 132/2 With the wind large, and the yard braced in a little, it [sc. the tack] lay directly under the yard. 19. Of a person or a person's moral stance, etc.: indulgent, lax (towards another or others); not strict or rigorous. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] largeda1382 softc1405 largea1450 laxc1450 remissa1500 milda1530 gentle1533 slender1577 relax1609 unconstraining1644 unoppressive1648 inoppressive1661 unaustere1741 undespotic1821 light-touch1949 a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 3 (MED) Whanne a fool stereth a barge, Hym self and al the folke is shent; There as conscience is large, By wrath or mede the doom is went. 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) N ij Kings..ought..to be carefull, that they put not couetous men & such as haue a large conscience in publick offices & authority. 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vii. 374 The King, vpon his first breach with the Pope, was somewhat carelesse & large towards the protestants. 1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer iii. xxxvi. 456 When King Henry was large towards the Protestants, Cranmer was so also. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 245 If the Puritans were too strict in keeping Holy the Sabbath, his Grace [sc. Laud] was too large in his indulgence. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell III. vi. 91 The under-supercargo of the Taprobane was beginning to eat his meals like a man, to be pleased with the smell of new tar,..and to make acquaintance with sailors of large morality. 1947 B. D. Eerdmans Hebrew Bk. of Psalms 456 The former passage shows that a wide soul was a source of strife. The notion ‘frivolous’ suits the context. The term corresponds to ‘having a large conscience’ in our language. B. adv. 1. Liberally, generously; extravagantly, lavishly. Now chiefly in to live large at Phrases 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb] roomlyOE freelyOE unsparelya1225 largelyc1225 largec1350 liberallyc1410 unsparinglya1500 beneficially1530 bounteously1531 plenteously1535 frankly1551 well1565 well-favouredly1570 bountifully1580 prodigally1590 amply1594 munificently1594 royally1601 prodigal1603 generously1623 ungrudginglya1631 lavishly1769 unstintingly1857 spaciously1864 open-handedly1924 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 10 (MED) He þat ȝif so large water Þe fend fram ous te reaue. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 2623 (MED) Of good ay þe fyn is wo, Namly of hem þat so pynche & spare..Þe frute of good is to spende large. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 610 That I dele not evenly wyth theym, to geve John Paston so large and theym so lytyll. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 15 Ilk ane..promeist be thair awin consait Mair large nor thay wald do. a1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 54 Thocht lairge he did, he neuir amplie spak. ?1635 Norfolke Gentleman his Last Will & Test. (single sheet) verso/1 The wretch that hired them, Had paid them very large. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 317 Well we may afford Our givers thir own gifts, and large bestow From large bestowd. View more context for this quotation 2005 W. Deverell April Fool xxix. 365 Faloon isn't fond of the alternative theory that he made himself an object of suspicion by spending too large. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 154 (MED) Of this abhominacioun and trecherous disturblinge of holi chirche, it is seid largiere bifore in the ij article of alle. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xi. l. 155 Þe legende sanctorum ȝow lereth more larger þan I ȝow telle! 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 982/2 I cannot speake Latin, so longe and so large. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 154 As for all other causes, this bringer can shew to you by mouth, as larg as I can wryte. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xv. 96 As I need not larger to expresse it. 1676 I. Mather Brief Hist. War Indians New-Eng. 11 I thought to have written somewhat more large with respect to Reformation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > far and wide in (also on, upon) bredeeOE sideOE wide-wherelOE largea1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxviii. 1015 Newe vynes may springe therof to make þe vyneȝerd sprede wyde & large [L. dilatare]. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 1163 A newe chaunge schal folwen of þis pryme; And þanne his power schal not so large strecche. c1475 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 138 (MED) They..roden over Inglonde brode and large. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 14 Þow loket not large for lust þat þe blyndit. 4. Chiefly Scottish in earlier use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full fullyeOE wellOE plenarly?1316 largelyc1325 abandonc1330 perfectly1340 sadlya1375 plainlya1382 fullily1385 largea1400 atauntc1400 taunta1550 in toto1573 good1577 soundly1577 richly1588 plenarily1615 sounda1616 plenally1631 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) farc900 largelyc1325 largea1400 widely1603 far-about1848 sizes1861 way1903 tons1908 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8812 It wanted large an eln on lenght. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 6055 Þei dide make a stede,..þat contrived was Þat it myȝt resseive large and wel A þousand knyȝtes. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 204 Xv fute large he lap out of that In. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 548 Fra it a spasse be drawyn,..Large thre akyr lenthe of lande. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/2 Large open, patent. a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) vi. 84 There would be large as many without the church as within it. a1686 J. Gordon in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 524 From Urquhattin to Innvernes ar twell myles, whereof the Loch taketh up large eight. b. To a great extent; in a great degree; abundantly, amply; exceedingly, very, much. (a) Modifying verbs. rare and nonstandard after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent mickleseOE mickleeOE sevensitheOE highOE muchc1225 wellc1300 fara1400 goodlya1450 long?a1475 farlya1500 largea1522 muchly1621 very1641 heartily1727 lot1839 lot1855 big time1957 batshit1993 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. ii. 32 The fervent fyre of schame..Kyndland mar large the red culloryt bewte. a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 1499 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 239 And all his sanctis sa large tuke laubour ffor to optene yat tryvmphe eternale. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1327/1 Garded with such a sufficient companie as might expresse the honor of iustice the larger in that behalfe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 732 A Vessel of huge bulk..and in the side a dore Contriv'd, and of provisions laid in large For Man and Beast. View more context for this quotation 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand xv. 88 Two cops grab two spics. The spics bleed very large. ΚΠ 1560 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1898) I. 510 I see the perell large greatar than ever it was. 1620 in Northern Notes & Queries (1886) 1 93 Your bairns can be no wors ther than at the Panes, and I think large cheipper. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 281 It is a question if papatus politicus be not large worse nor papatus ecclesiasticus. 1687 J. Stewart Let. 12 July in Bp. G. Burnet Their Highness Prince & Princess of Orange's Opinion Gen. Liberty of Conscience (1689) iv. 31 The Dissenters..think themselves in large more Hazard from the Church of England's Re-exaltation. 5. Chiefly with reference to speech: without restraint or caution; boldly; boastfully; with exaggeration or empty words. Cf. to talk big at big adv. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] unredlya1200 outrightc1300 largec1405 largelya1450 liberallya1500 frankly1541 unrestrainedly1635 ramping1807 outrightly1914 balls-out1959 uninhibitedly1959 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] largec1405 sensibly?a1425 eloquently1471 fectuallyc1485 in largea1500 pithily1533 enforcingly1571 emphatically1577 nervously1641 sensible1659 nervosely1678 forcefullya1774 cogentlya1797 accentedly1856 tersely1874 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 734 Who so shal telle a tale after a man He moot reherce as neigh as euere he kan Euerich a word..Al speke he neuer so rudeliche and large. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1376 (MED) Byggly on a broune stede he profers full large. a1450 York Plays (1885) 161 But ȝitt, sone, schulde þou lette Here for to speke ouere large. c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvv Theirs be the charge, yt speke so large in hurting of my name. 1576 I. Stoughton in R. Peterson tr. G. della Casa Galateo sig. ¶.iiv Callisthen keepes in cage for talking large. 1657 J. Canne Time of End sig. a2v For all that he shall speak large for God, yet he shall fall short in doing what he saith. 1695 C. Leslie Remarks Some Late Serm. 49 Though he talks large and wide, and like a Traveller, yet..in truth he was bred at home. 1776 Lett. between Mrs M. K., & M. W. xi. 23 I much wish J. W. is not speaking large when he talks of paying you so soon. 1797 B. Hawkins Let. 18 Sept. (1916) 472 When you are better acquainted with the traders in this nation, you will find that they speak large. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing 149 Other folks may talk larger and bluster more. 1872 in A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand (1880) ii. v. 411 He had just talked large about the Ku-Klux. 1908 Secret Service 31 Aug. 8/1 After he got a few drinks in he began talking large, and telling about a new business he was going into. 2010 D. Mitchell 1,000 Autumns Jacob de Voet iii. 388 Dutchmen talk large, yet in action they are all piss and vinegar. 6. a. Nautical. With the wind on the quarter or abaft the beam; (also) in or into a course further off, or away from, the wind. Chiefly in to go (sail, etc.) large. Cf. sense A. 18.With reference to sailing further away from the wind, contrasted with by or (formerly) near, nigh.by and large: see by and large adv. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam goOE large1582 to go (sail, etc.) large1615 lask1622 (to go) fluking1840 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 14 Apr. in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 5 You may goe the lardger, and again shorten the southerly course with all aduantage to the E. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 If you weather him..he will laske, or goe large. a1688 Duke of Buckingham Cabin-boy in Wks. (1705) II. 101 He could Sail a Yatcht both nigh and large. 1744 Impartial Jrnl. 2 The Admiral made the Signal for those who lead with the Starboard Tacks, to lead large. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 210 It can only operate to steer a ship large (and that but very wildly). 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 520/1 The best way was to stand out to sea, upon the point we then were; which though two points behind the beam (or large) we found was as near to the wind as, under the circumstances we were in, we could make way to advantage. 1839 T. Hood Pain in Pleasure-boat in Hood's Own 374 Nothing, Ma'am, but a little slop! go large, Bill! keep her full! 1859 J. H. Ward Man. of Naval Tactics i. 10 In this order, whether by the wind on either tack, running free, large, or before it, the fleet is always in a single column, on a line of bearing. 1925 L. Ongley tr. ‘C. Farrère’ Thomas the Lambkin ii. i. 61 The Belle Hermine was sailing large, all sails set save the topgallants. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ii. 40 She had the weather-gage, but the Surprise could almost certainly outsail her going large. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers i. 27 It's a sailing term—you either sail by or sail large. b. Nautical. Wide of a particular course (either one's own or another's). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > kept or placed at a distance apart a-squarec1460 ysowndir1513 aloof1544 loof1558 aloof off?a1560 clear1600 large1670 abeighc1707 overhand1816 aloofly1891 remotely1897 1670 London Gaz. No. 519/2 The Sally man got large from him. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 232 She kept away large, and at too great a distance to perceive any thing of us. 1794 R. Howe in S. Willis In Hour Victory (2013) i The Brunswick having..drifted to Leeward of the French retreating Ships, was obliged to put away large to the Northward from them. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 15 Why are you blind? d——n you, steer large, You'll get aboard of that coal barge. 1886 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. (new ed.) I. 195 The Cæsar..defeated Lord Howe's plan, by steering large from the enemy's line. 1920 H. W. Lanier Bk. Bravery xxvi. 283 By keeping away large, her swiftness might enable her to double on the enemy and regain the company of the squadron. 1930 H. de Monfreid & I. Treat Pearls, Arms & Hashish ix. 125 Just as I prepared to try out my double charge of chain, the zaroug veered large—it had made the end of the reef. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > move or march > break off from course go large1833 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. Pl. 1, Fig. 1 Ride Formed Eyes Right 2 March 3 Leading File circle 4 Go large. 1866 A. W. Twyford Questions & Answers to Subalterns Brit. Cavalry (ed. 2) i. 24 ‘Go large’ is ordered, or ‘forward’ when the leading files are in the centre of the school, when they will lead straight down the centre. 7. With large steps or strides; so as to cover a large distance with each step. Also (and now chiefly) figurative.Recorded earliest in large-striding adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > with long step stridingly1548 large1642 long1705 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adverb] > with big or high steps high?1611 large1642 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. 254 Quick and large-striding minds loving to walk together. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3065/4 A black Gelding, above 14 hands,..Trotts large. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Enlarge, in the manege, is used for making a horse go large, that is, making him embrace more ground than he before covered. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xi. 269 Striding large, the spirit thence Withdrew of swift Æacides. 1811 E. Hoyt Pract. Instr. Mil. Officers viii. 175 The officers advance six paces, those in the centre moving outwards and stepping large to gain the ground before the centre of their platoons. 1870 Keepapitchinin 1 July 36/1 Trying to walk large like a real estate owner,..John fell suddenly and forcibly down. 1961 Eng. Jrnl. 50 1/1 Its humor should tickle, and its characters step large in any but the dullest imagination. 2011 A. W. Lee Dead Masters i. 38 Dryden strode large and was the premier writer of his day. C. n. (and int.) a. Generosity; liberal giving of gifts. Later also as int.: = largesse n. 2b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality freedomOE custinessOE largesse?c1225 freeshipa1250 franchisec1325 largitya1382 largenessa1387 liberalityc1390 bountya1400 honestya1400 freenessc1400 largec1400 liberalnessc1410 munificencec1425 plentyc1425 bounteousnessc1440 magnificencec1450 bountifulness1489 bountines1512 royalty1548 magnificency?c1550 munificency?c1550 free-heartedness1583 profuseness1584 bountihead1590 lavishness1590 frankness1591 ingenuousness1611 fruitfulnessa1616 generosity1634 open-handednessa1640 large-heartedness1640 communicativeness1653 unsparingness1818 free-handedness1860 big-heartedness1872 ungrudgingness1885 two-handedness1891 outgivingness1968 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 43 (MED) It bicometh to a Kynge to kepe and to defende, And conquerour of conquest his lawes & his large. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27861 Frenes of hert and large of gift. a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe) l. 16836 To be Conservyd ffro dampnacion vnder the large off thy Charyte. 1537 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. i. 3 When the prince was christened..Garter..proclaimed his name in the form following ‘God..grant good life and long to the..Prince Edward..Large, Large’. b. A person who is generous or liberal in expenditure. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 2045 Þeo large ȝeueþ, þe nyþyng louriþ. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii. f. lxxxxj And therfore more dispendeth the nygard than the large. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] greatness1381 measurea1382 quantitya1387 muchnessa1398 sizea1400 largec1400 micklec1400 moisonc1400 of suingc1400 bignessc1475 assize1481 proportions1481 bodya1500 dimension1529 measuring1529 wideness1535 bind1551 corporance1570 magnitude1570 mickledom1596 amplitude1599 breadth1609 extendure1613 extension1614 extent1623 extensure1631 dimense1632 dimensity1655 bulkiness1674 bulksomeness1674 admeasurement1754 calliper1819 acreage1846 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 314 (MED) And þus of lenþe and of large þat lome þou make; Þre hundred of cupydez þou holde to þe lenþe, Of fyfty fayre ouerþwert forme þe brede. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. avv The land wes likand in large and lufsum to call. 3. Early Music. A note equivalent in length to two longs in the imperfect rhythmical mode, and to three longs in the perfect; (also) a symbol representing such a note (? or ?). Cf. maxima n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > [noun] > long note largec1475 longc1475 longa1638 maxima1740 maxim1828 society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > character in notation > note > specific early note shapes streinantc1325 largec1475 strene note1550 maxima1740 c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) l. 2073 (MED) Dame Musyke gan on her craft to recorde..Whyche laarge, whyche long, whyche brefe, whyche semybrefe. a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 477 He..May not make his breuys to short nor his largs to longe. 1594 R. Barnfield Shepheard Content iii. sig. Eij My Prick-Song's alwayes full of Largues and Longs. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 39 A Large is a figure, whose length is thrise as much as his breadth, hauing on the part toward your right hand a small tayle. 1670 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (new ed.) i. 20 Those in the proportion of Time are eight, as Large, Long, Breve, Semibreve. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Note The Large..contains 8 Measures, tho Mersennus makes it 12. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 453 Franchinus..speaks of but five different characters by which Musicians measured time: these were the Maxima, or Large,..the Long,..Breve,..Semibreve,..and Minim. 1853 J. Hawkins's Gen. Hist. Music (new ed.) I. vi. l. 223/1 The word Mode was made to signify that kind of progression wherein the greater characters of time are measured by the next lesser, as larges by longs, or longs by breves. 1917 Proc. Musical Assoc. 43 100 The longer notes—i.e., the large, long, breve, semibreve, and minim—are sometimes filled up or printed black in order to diminish their value,—as for instance..when it is required to turn a perfect note into an imperfect one. 2000 R. Herissone Music Theory in 17th-cent. Eng. ii. 44 Only larges, longs, breves, and semibreves could be notated in ligature. ΚΠ a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Aiiiv So that welthe with measure shalbe conbyned And lyberte his large with measure shall make. Phrases P1. at large. [Compare Anglo-Norman a large, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French au large at liberty, unconfined (late 12th cent. in Old French), in an unsettled or unfixed state (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), widely, everywhere (14th cent. or earlier), post-classical Latin ad largum (also ad larga) at liberty (frequently from 14th cent. in British sources), at length, in full (1567 in a British source).] a. At liberty, free; without restraint or check. †at more large: at greater liberty (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] at largec1391 at one's largec1405 at libertyc1425 at one's largesse1487 at more large1523 c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 46* (MED) My liege lord..Out of my bot..bad me come in to his barge; And whan I was with him at large, Amonges othre thinges seid He hath this charge upon me leid. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 994 (MED) He..yaf hem charge That thei ne soffre noght at large His wif to go, bot kepe hire stille. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 11 Hye tyme [it] is to..walke at large out of thy prisoun. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 703 I woll sle the and ever I may gete the at large! 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxxix. 533 Thare king determyned to departe, and go and lye in garysons, to be at more large. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 40 Letting their sheepe runne at large. 1603 T. Winter tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Second Day of First Weeke 24 It seemes Proserpina hath some intent, To set at large her furious daughters three. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 213 Left him at large to his own dark designs. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋2 I always kept Company with those who lived most at large. 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 86 During your Suspension you are a Sort of Prisoner at large and do no Duty. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iv. 93 Whether appropriated, or left at large because they cannot be appropriated. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 353 They felt also that Hannibal was still at large, and it might not be well to drive him to despair. 1930 W. S. Churchill My Early Life xx. 273 I was at large again, hunted but free, in the vast sub-continent of South Africa. 1972 Daily Tel. 2 June 13/7 The outline story of a young girl who finds herself amorally and vaguely at large in Berlin between the wars. 2011 Guardian 29 July 9/1 In Britain, there are more than 2,000 terrapins still at large in waterways in the London area alone. b. In an unsettled or unfixed state; without limits or restrictions. Frequently (and now only) Law. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > in dispute, in question [phrase] at large1435 in suspensea1513 in issue1533 in suita1538 sub lite1766 at issue1768 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 314 (MED) If ony of the parties have not unresonabli absentid hem for to varie the seid arbiterment, thanne thei to lete the mater stonde at large. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. i. 1/2 Which as a matter meerely coniectural..I leaue at large. 1665 G. Duncombe Tryals per Pais xiii. 166 A Special Verdict, or Verdict at large, is so called, because it findeth the special matter at large, and leaveth the Judgement of the Law thereupon, to the Court. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 183 Another point was fixed by the Act of Uniformity, which was more at large formerly. 1782 W. Cowper Friendship 136 On points which God has left at large, How fiercely will they meet and charge! 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 169 The tremendous doctrine of eternal perdition..will remain at large..to be drawn on this side or that as may best subserve the purposes of intimidation. 1863 Michigan Rep. 11 551 To leave the whole matter entirely at large with the jury, without any rule to govern their discretion. 1974 Times 18 Oct. 15/2 The penalty is entirely at large. 1991 L. Klar Tort Law xix. 512 As well, since the real damage suffered as a result of defamatory material cannot be ascertained, it has been held that damages in defamation cases are ‘at large’. c. With reference to speech or writing: at length; fully, expansively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 1450–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1450 §18. m. 8 As in oure letters patentes..is conteyned and more pleynly atte large apperith. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 158 There he shall finde written all things more at lardge. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 8 I..will explicat mair at lairge quhilkes to Scotland ar proper. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. ii. sig. B3v His prayer is conceited, and no man remembers his Colledge more at large. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love ii. 25 I'll wait on you some other time, to discourse more at large of Astrologie. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 259 I..told him the Story at large. 1772 E. Burke Let. 19 Nov. in Corr. (1960) II. 378 As I have stated this matter so much at large,..it is not necessary to say more by this unconfidential conveyance. 1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 527 As explained more at large in a former chapter. 1890 Spectator 1 Nov. 590/2 The Oxford speech, which Mr. Froude quotes at large. 1915 G. B. Brown Arts in Early Eng. III. xv. 793 The eloquent seventeenth century moralist writes at large on the subject of mortality. 1977 A. P. Thornton Imperialism in 20th Cent. iii. 115 British admirals and politicians..they spoke at large, particularly on gala occasions, of ‘the freedom of the seas’. 2013 M. Pinfari Peace Negotiations & Time ii. 17 The importance of ‘timed’ interventions in ongoing conflicts was discussed at large in one of the defining speeches of the Clinton era. d. In a general way; in a general sense; without particularizing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail in substancec1425 in gross1430 at large1533 generally speaking1549 in generality1563 in the general1584 as to the general1617 in general1621 by and large1707 in the vague1851 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xiv. f. lxxvii Some..wolde at the fyrste worde spoken by the ordynarye to hym at large, flyt oute of that place. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 293 And Studies themselues, doe giue forth Directions too much at Large, except they be bounded in by experience. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 191 Not to know at large of things remote From use,..but to know That which before us lies in daily life. View more context for this quotation a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 181 Whether these were of the Number of the Eleven, or only Disciples at large. 1896 Law Q. Rev. July 199 The Official Receiver must find fraud, not at large, but against the particular examinee. 1978 J. O. Freedman Crisis & Legitimacy xix. 250 These considerations could not be applied at large, but they could be applied on a particularized basis. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > away (of motion) [phrase] at large1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii If this nyghtes lodgyng and bordyng Maie ease the,..Than welcome, or els get the streyght at large. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > spread or diffused [phrase] > spread widely at large1579 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 44 There may thy Muse display her fluttryng wing, And stretch her selfe at large from East to West. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 300 The first thing hee doth is to stretch out his handes at large. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1029/3 We hear that he has quartered his Cavalry at large, for their better refreshment in several neighbouring Villages. c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture III. xxi. 35 Seeing that the..legions were so close and crowded.., he commanded them to set themselves more at large..so they might have room to handle their weapons. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 229 They would by their living so much at large, be much better prepar'd..than if the same Number of People lived close together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > full-size > in full size at large1592 full proportionc1710 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. B3v Lucanio if thou read well this booke (and with that hee reacht him Machiauels workes at large) thou shalt se. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 340 There is seene, The baby figure of the gyant masse, Of things to come at large . View more context for this quotation 1651 Abridgem. Ld. Coke's Comm. Littleton To Rdr. sig. A2 If thy leasure..will not permit thee to read that learned Work at large, know that thou mayest, for Twelve-pence, have this Compendium. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Megalography, a drawing of Pictures at large. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §128 The design for the Lighthouse..was subject to some change in entering on the detail of the work at large. 1824 J. Taylor in Sel. Wks. Baron de Humboldt p. iii The abridgement may now be useful to numbers who could not have availed themselves of the works at large. 1851 S. Noble in tr. E. Swedenborg Heaven & Hell (ed. 2) 24 (note) The man in whom the church is, is a heaven in miniature after the image of heaven at large. h. As a whole, as a body; altogether; in general. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse in generala1393 in gross1508 by the lump1522 in universal1532 at large1598 in the lump1624 in (the) massa1631 at the great1699 by or in (the) slump1795 en masse1802 in a slump1827 en bloc1861 in block1870 in (the) aggregate1973 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 153 So to the Lawes at large I write my name. View more context for this quotation 1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times i. xvii. 43 Not onely of the Commission at large, but so of the Quorum. 1648 S. H. Knaves & Fooles in Folio Contents sig. A2v Divers Quæries concerning Treason, Rebellion, and disobedience, in relation to the State at large, the Parliament, the Kings, and the Army. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 30 I now therefore was left once more upon the world at large. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 139 All punishments are for example towards the conservation of the people at large . View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 102 He would be serving me and society at large. 1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. i. §36. 130 Moral Philosophy and Political Philosophy, agree with Philosophy at large in the comprehensiveness of their reasonings and conclusions. 1911 H. James Let. 27 June in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iv. 180 I..unutterably yearn to get out of ‘American conditions’ at large. 1971 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 13/1 The population at large are as inwardly proud of their political rough-houses as they are of such image-makers as Ned Kelly. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Nov. 37/1 Most major new outlets breathlessly live-blogged the iPhone 4S launch as if it actually mattered to the world at large. i. As postmodifier. Appended to the name of a profession, etc., to indicate that the person concerned has no specific duties, or is not associated with a particular place, establishment, etc. Now chiefly U.S.ambassador at large, editor-at-large, gentleman-at-large, member-at-large: see the first element. ΚΠ a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 78 There is conveyed to Master Villiers an intimation of the Kings pleasure..to be..his Cup-bearer at large; and the Summer following he was admitted in Ordinary. 1680 Tryal Thomas Gascoyne 39 He is an Attorney at large, I know him very well. 1728 R. Hayes Estimate Places for Life 99 His Office is to examine any Person who is to be sworn an Entering Clerk, or Attorney at large, whether he is duly qualified, and present him to the Chief Justice. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 230 Mr. Godolphin was a Courtier at large, bred a Page of Honour. 1804 W. Herbert Antiq. Inns of Court 270 The rectory might have been held by any one who was a clerk at large. 1863 A. Gurowski Diary 18 Mar. (1864) II. 174 The ruling powers proffered to Schalk to make him captain at large, and this was proffered at a time when altogether unmilitary men became colonels, etc., at the head-quarters. 1914 Princeton Alumni Weekly 25 Nov. 213/3 Dr. Pupin, Consul General at large from Servia,..dealt with the subject, ‘The Serb in the Present War’. 2006 Philadelphia May 46/3 Philadelphia writer-at-large Jason Fagone weighs in on the world of competitive eating. ΚΠ 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §3 Who had rather venture at large their decayed bottome then bring her in to be new trim'd in the dock. View more context for this quotation k. Politics (originally and chiefly North American). Designating or with reference to an election or electoral system in which candidates represent the whole of a state, county, or city as opposed to a district or other area within it. (a) As postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [adjective] > type of U.S. elected representative at large1741 1741 B. Lynde Diary 28 May in B. Lynde & B. Lynde Diaries (1880) 161 I was again chose a Counsellor in ye 1st 18, and my Coz. Wm. Browne chose a Counsellor at Large. 1824 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 21 Oct. [The committee] have after full consideration agreed to recommend the Hon. William Reed, of Marblehead, as an Elector at large. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 166 The additional member or members are elected by the voters of the whole State on a general ticket, and are called ‘representatives at large’. 1933 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 27 59 The secretary of state began to accept filings for nominations from the new districts, and refused to accept filings from candidates at large. 2008 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 15 Apr. a4 As a candidate at-large for Saint John Common Council, I wish to make it known that I will be boycotting the candidates' debate. (b) In adverbial use. ΚΠ 1868 Elections in Georgia, N. & S. Carolina 10 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 300) XIX The following named persons have received a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors of the state voting at large, and are duly elected to the offices herein specified. 1915 F. C. Howe Mod. City & its Probl. vii. 79 Plan C..provides for a mayor and four or six councilmen, depending upon the size of the town, all elected at large. 1983 B. Powe Aberhart Summer xvi. 173 In our city there were six members of the legislature elected at large in a complex method of proportional representation. 2004 C. Fried Saying what Law Is (2005) vii. 232 The voters of the city, which was not separated into districts, voted at large for each member of the commission. (c) attributive. ΚΠ 1925 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 19 333 To get men of larger caliber in the council, a smaller body and at-large election seemed necessary. 1945 Mich. Law Rev. 43 1101 In such a situation the electors are likely to vote straight party tickets, with the result that one party may receive all the at-large seats although it has scarcely more than a majority of the electorate. 1986 J. L. Dietz Econ. Hist. Puerto Rico iv. 182 The PPD won all but three seats in both houses and lost those only because it did not run enough at-large candidates. 2013 Whittier (Calif.) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Aug. The mayor would be elected in an at-large vote of all city voters. ΚΠ 1757 Capt. Randall Jrnl. in Naval Chron. (1805) 14 98 We..tried them before the Wind—then at large. m. Law. Of (the right to) property: not appendant to another possession or tenure. Chiefly in in gross or at large (see gross n.4 2e).Now only with reference to intellectual property. ΚΠ 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. iii. 34 Common in gross or at large, is such as is neither appendant nor appurtenant to land, but is annexed to a man's person; being granted to him and to his heirs by deed; or [etc.]. 1792 R. Burn & J. Burn New Law Dict. I. 23 Where the property of the advowson hath been once separated from the property of the manor, by legal conveyance, it is called an advowson in gross, or at large, and can never be appendant any more. 1846 G. Crabb Law Real Prop. I. i. iii. 290 There is no such thing as a right to a pew in gross or at large; it is a right which can only be held as appurtenant to a messuage, and enjoyed by a person only so long as he continues to inhabit such messuage. 1919 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 248 97 The asserted doctrine is based upon the fundamental error of supposing that a trade-mark is a right in gross or at large, like a statutory copyright or patent for an invention. 2008 M. Barrett Intellect. Prop. (ed. 2) vi. 255 There are no ‘rights in gross’ or ‘rights at large’ in a word or symbol that serves as a mark. ΚΠ 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. xi. 569 The pleadings are at large..and do not tend to definite issues. 1891 Edinb. Rev. July (Tales R. Kipling) He knows that a single stroke well aimed returns a better result than a score which are delivered at large. P2. In other phrases with at. (a) At liberty. Obsolete. rare. Cf. at large at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxviii. 1230 Bytwene wilde asses and tame asses ben ygendred most swyfte asses. And..a fre beste at þe large [L. liberum] and nought ytamed. (b) At the most. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 447 Seuen dayes to Sandewyche I sette at the large, Sexty myle on a daye. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] at largec1391 at one's largec1405 at libertyc1425 at one's largesse1487 at more large1523 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 434 Sith thow art at thy large, of prisoun free And art a lord, greet is thyn auantage. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 745 While eche of hem is at his large lyght thinge vpwarde and dounwarde charge. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1176 Þan myght we leue all at oure large. c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Tiber.) l. 18471 (MED) Whanne that I was at my large, And thought I wolde discharge, ffrom alle daunger to go ffre, ffrom Auaryce at lyberte. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 395 He had leuer haiff had him at his large, Fre till our croun, than off fyne gold to carge. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xli/2 Thei..may..at ther large and libartie..goo and come. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 34 I will that ye suffer him to be at his larg without longer enpresonment. P3. With other prepositions. a. in large. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] largec1405 sensibly?a1425 eloquently1471 fectuallyc1485 in largea1500 pithily1533 enforcingly1571 emphatically1577 nervously1641 sensible1659 nervosely1678 forcefullya1774 cogentlya1797 accentedly1856 tersely1874 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 212 Neuertheles, son, yit shuld thou lett Herfor to speke in large. (b) On a large scale. Frequently contrasted with in little, in small, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > in operation [phrase] > on a large scale in large?1601 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > large [phrase] > on a large scale in folio1590 in large?1601 in great1635 ?1601 J. Speed Descr. Ciuill Warres Eng. (single sheet) To further so good a worke: which being finished in large with the liking of the motioners. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 765 To doo, in Little, what in Large was done. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 36 The..Plates represent, in large, the same Designs..as those described in little. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §219 (note) I have made trial of this method, both in small and in large. 1837 J. Prinsep in A. Cunningham Archaeol. Surv. India 1862–5 (1871) I. p. ix Very legible inscriptions, which are done in large on the next plate. 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxi Where the strong and the weak, this world's congeries, Repeat in large what they practised in small. 1939 S. A. Ionides & M. L. Ionides Stars & Men xvii. 409 The ancient peoples did not know the implication of their ordinary statement that the Earth reflects in miniature what the heavens show in large. 2008 G. McCracken Transformations 211 The..transformation failed in small and in large. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > to or into state of freedom [phrase] to the (or one's) largea1425 in a person's fingers1469 a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl.) (1907) 1032 How that he wan oway ffro presoune vnto þe large. c1500 Melusine (1895) 255 He was out of the lane & came to his large. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 167 Philmen the fre kyng..He lete to þe large. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxviii. [cxiv.] 339 They..payed euery thynge with the largeste [Fr. bien & largement], so that euery man was contente. d. in the large: = Phrases 3a(b); (also) in general, as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > on a large scale in large?1601 largely1617 in the large1813 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail > as a whole one or other?1544 upon the whole matter1612 on the whole1624 in the (whole) complex1661 in the large1943 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. ii. Comm. 34 That which is correct in miniature will be true in the large. 1840 T. Arnold Let. in Life & Corr. (1844) II. ix. 200 Viewed in the large, as they are seen in India. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xi. 269 He held the letter out to seize it in the large, entire. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Aug. 2/6 In the large, there is something else to be said for this recent destruction of more than one hundred of the enemy's fighter planes. 1968 Times 15 Oct. 16/7 Much of the information needed to produce a uniformly precise map therefore will be missing. However, it is only the picture in the large that will suffer. 2009 Nature 7 May 39/3 As I have said, I take a pretty Tolstoyan view of history in the large. P4. a. to live large: to live in a luxurious or extravagant manner; (hence) to be very successful, popular, or wealthy, esp. ostentatiously so. Now chiefly U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 63 Mair bountiful and large thay lyue, than evin thair. 1698 W. Penn Def. Paper 66 It will not Excuse his less exact Friends, that any of ours live larger, than they profess. 1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty v. 171 My head, my heart, Live large on high; where kindred thrones await T' reward the toil. 1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. viii. 102 He was always buying, and living large—but that can't last for ever. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 185 Let him share the mat with the mastiff, he Who lived large and kept open house so long. 1914 P. MacGill Children of Dead End xv. 102 When money was plentiful he lived large and drank between drinks as long as he was able to stand on his feet. 1975 D. Pendleton St. Louis Showdown 32 If that's what you call living large, Sergeant Bolan, then it's been nothing but small for me. 1988 S. Lee Do the Right Thing (film script, 2nd draft) in S. Lee & L. Jones Do the Right Thing (1989) 237 Buggin' Out. How you be? Radio Raheem. I be. I'm living large. 2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never xviii. 299 I was full of delusional expectations. I foresaw a new car and living large in a downtown loft while my photographs racked up..accolades. b. British slang (esp. among young people). to give it large. (a) to live it up, to have a good time, esp. at a nightclub; to throw oneself into enjoying a night out (often implying the consumption of recreational drugs or large amounts of alcohol); also to have it large; cf. to large it (up) at large v. 4. ΚΠ 1993 Times 18 Dec. (Mag.) 19/4 A comic is warming up the élite night-lifers, exhorting them to ‘give it large’. 1995 Time Out 9 Aug. 55/3 The wild and crazy caperers are havin it large on Oxford Street as DJs..cut loose in search of chunky, underground US grooves. 1997 Mirror (Nexis) 25 Sept. 3 If you want to go round giving it large with a big bottle of champagne and three blondes wrapped round you, then you're going to get a lot of trouble. 2000 R. Topping Kevin & Perry go Large xiii. 120 Talk about 'avin it large! (b) to speak loudly, boastfully, or in an opinionated manner; to make a lot of noise. ΚΠ 1999 Independent 23 Apr. i. 8/1 The Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, before whom Tony Banks, one of the House's most reliable entertainers, would be giving it large with the verbals. 2002 Independent 8 Mar. (Friday Review section) 1/4 With 400 or 500 West Ham all at the back of Chelsea's end, we couldn't help but give it large, singing, ‘C'mon, get your end back.’ P5. law of large numbers [after French loi des grands nombres (S. D. Poisson 1835, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 1 478)] (Statistics): A law expressing the fact that if a trial in which all outcomes are independent of each other and equally likely is repeated, then the relative frequency of each outcome approximates its probability with increasing accuracy as the number of repetitions becomes sufficiently large. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > probability > theoretical approach to law of large numbers1837 Bayes' theorem1865 law of averages1875 probability theory1908 renewal theory1915 Bayesianism1976 1837 London Med. Gaz. 3 June 362/1 The universal law of large numbers, is the rule and the foundation of all calculations of probabilities. 1889 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 52 539 The advantage of what has been called the law of large numbers may equally be enjoyed by a theory which deals with markets and combinations. 1937 J. V. Uspensky Introd. Math. Probability x. 182 A far reaching generalization of Bernoulli's theorem, known under the name of the ‘law of large numbers’. 1970 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 1 May 25 Insurance companies can protect people because they follow a rule known as the law of large numbers. 2003 Isis 94 550/1 To Chebyshev we owe proofs of the law of large numbers..of probability/statistics in general form. Compounds C1. a. Parasynthetic. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 4647 (MED) Neptolonius..was..Large brestid, wiþ a risyng bak, And in speche stamered whan he spak. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iii. f. 4 Tone of them cald Jollyboy, a great And large flewd hound. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 21 She must be strong and short armed, large footed, with the seare of the foote softe. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 42 The large-bay'd Barne. 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. i. 88/2 Men that are fleshy, large-dug'd, and cold of constitution. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 15 H——te himself, and such large-acred Men. 1753 Dialogue Swift & Prior St. Patrick's Church, Dublin 88 That generous large thoughted Nation. 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 254 Large rooted Roman Cyclamen. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. ii. 28 The large-jointed heavy horses,..which..might have passed for a personification of substance. 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar xvi. 436 A large bulbed plant. 1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem viii. 139 Large-thoughted policy. 1916 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 19 Aug. 122/3 One would be apt to find more reliance on ranching among the large-capitaled men of the territory. 1965 Science 12 Mar. 1251/1 Large-seeded wild legumes like lentil, vetch, vetchling, chick pea, and Prosopis. 1992 A. D. Harvey Collision of Empires 460 An indefatigible [sic] administrator but perhaps not as original or as large-viewed as he himself and his fan club supposed. 2013 Guardian 4 May 34/1 Apple will not release a large-screened ‘phablet’ phone to compete with archrival Samsung this year. b. large-berried adj. ΚΠ 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 140 Large-berried Lycian Juniper. 1831 Gardener's Mag. June 331 Almost all his trees were of the large-berried kinds. 1914 Amer. Brewers' Rev. Aug. 388/1 In the far West,..large berried barleys..are normal. 2009 G. L. Creasy & L. L. Creasy Grapes ii. 27 A small example of a large-berried table grape could still be far larger than a large-berried wine grape. large-billed adj. ΚΠ 1824 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4 38 We review the regular gradation of relative magnitude in the bills of species that intervene between the large billed F. coccothraustes and the slender billed F. carduelis. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. iii. 123 Many of the birds are..named in accordance with their notes... ‘Piln-piln’ the large-billed shore plover. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands xi. 117 The beak of the Scottish crossbill is especially large... These large-billed races are known as parrot crossbills. 2007 Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 23/1 The large-billed reed-warbler, not seen since 1867, recently reappeared at a sewage works in Thailand. large-bodied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad massya1382 stout1390 burlyc1400 corporalc1475 massive1485 poisy1538 big-made1566 chopping1566 grossa1578 large-bodied1577 weighty1581 burly-boned1590 mastya1593 lumbering1593 giantisha1635 gigantic1651 mastiff1668 large-made1725 lusty1777 bowerly1794 squelching1854 beef to the heel(s)1867 hefty1867 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 125 He that wyll haue a breede of Asses, must haue the male & the female both of reasonable age, large bodyed, sounde, and of a good kind. 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida v. 123 A strait in which small troops had oft distrest Large bodied Armies. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3849/4 A roan Gelding,..large Body'd. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 320 A tall, large-bodied, small-headed man. 1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) IV. 371/2 A large-bodied boat will be faster in light winds than a vessel designed on a hollow midship section. 2008 S. P. Malhotra World Edible Nuts Econ. 510 The flowers can only be entered by large-bodied bees. large-boned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [adjective] > having well-bonedc1325 big-bonedc1487 bonya1500 boneish1530 bigbone1610 large-boned1614 large-framed1811 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry 65 A large boned Sheepe, of the best shape and deepest Staple. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 220 A Giant of a Man..large-bon'd, and scraggy. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 3 A large-boned muscular man nearly six feet high. 1954 H. Green in W. Stegner & R. Scowcroft Stanford Short Stories 45 She..curled the fingers of her large-boned hands over the edge. 2010 O. Byrd Miss Hildreth wore Brown 35 She was a very tall, large-boned woman (that is not a euphemism for fat). large-bosomed adj. ΚΠ 1648 E. Sherburne in tr. Seneca Medea 108 Bacchylides saies, she was..Daughter of Torch-bearing, large bosom'd Night [Gk. Νυκτὸς μεγαλoκόλπου]. 1848 O. S. Fowler Maternity 67 Not that the largest-bosomed women will bear the best children, or the smaller the breasts the more inferior the offspring. 1934 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Northwestern 14 Dec. 24 He gave an excellent description of ‘Hilda’—a ‘buxom, large-bosomed young woman’. 2011 A. Lethbridge Lady Rosabella's Ruse (2012) 160 Another woman walked on stage.., a large-bosomed woman in a sumptuous red silk gown and flashing jewels. large-brained adj. ΚΠ 1836 H. C. Watson Statistics of Phrenology iv. 194 A large-brained person may be dull, but he can hardly be frivolous. 1950 Life 3 Apr. 85/2 Heretofore most of them believed that some large-brained apes descended from trees to live on the ground. 2000 New Scientist 25 Mar. 19/2 The 1.5-metre-high Bryonosaurus, a member of a group of large-eyed, large-brained dinosaurs called troodonts. large-breasted adj. ΚΠ c1425 [see Compounds 1a]. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde sig. D.ijv Shee had a small heade, and Pineapple like, a necke comely formed, large breasted, seemelye armes. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica x. sig. Z2v Broad shoulder'd, and big-arm'd, large brested, strong His match in Armes, liu'd not the Greekes among. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry viii. 342 Let such of them [sc. fowls] as are set apart for breeding be of a right good colour, of a strong body, square, large-breasted, with great heads, straight, bright-red and small crests, white ears. 1888 Blackburn Standard 23 June 2/6 It is the figure of a large-breasted,..long-nosed, retreating-chinned, and high-browed woman. 1973 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Feb. 9/3 Do you realize how difficult it is for a large breasted woman to find a bra that fits? 2014 R. Lowe Love Life 124 He smiled, heading off to a very large-breasted woman nearby, probably for some sort of inspection or warranty check. large-browed adj. ΚΠ 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 121 Og, in Welsh, has also both uses: ailiog, large browed. 1922 E. Wharton Glimpses of Moon vii. 70 Seated between a quiet-looking professor of archaeology and a large-browed composer. 2009 Times (Nexis) 9 May 2 Plain, large-browed women with unexpectedly barnstorming voices. large-celled adj. ΚΠ 1806 Ann. Bot. 2 577 The sap enters into the elongated cellular texture, when part of it is again conveyed into the loose or large-celled texture. 1907 Bot. Gaz. 43 181 The cortex consists only of two layers, the innermost of which is large-celled. 2007 G. A. Knox Biol. Southern Ocean (ed. 2) ii. 23/2 The microphytoplankton that form the Southern Ocean blooms consist of large-celled and colonial diatoms. large-featured adj. ΚΠ 1701 New Misc. Orig. Poems 122 If large featur'd, or too fat or lean, There you exceed, to make the likeness seen. 1847 H. D. Thoreau Let. 29 Dec. in Corr. (1958) 200 He is..large featured. 1963 J. Fountain in B. James Austral. Short Stories 269 His face, large-featured, serious and brown. 2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Apr. 70/2 Across from me is a large-featured blonde. large-finned adj. ΚΠ a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) vi. 91 The fair trout and larg-fin'd barbel. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 494 (heading) Large-finned labrus. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. xvi. 295 Small fishes which hug the bottom—large-finned, swift of movement, with speckled coloration, and with the air-bladder reduced in size. 2005 A. J. Tobin & J. Dusheck Asking about Life (ed. 3) xlv. 876/2 Like a fish, a tadpole propels itself with a large-finned tail and absorbs oxygen from water through gills. large-flowered adj. ΚΠ 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. cclxiv. 761 (caption) Large floured Wolfes bane. 1757 J. Hill Eden 52/1 It belongs, as the common Jasmine, and that large flowered Kind we have described before, to the second Class. 1846 D. J. Browne Trees Amer. 2 The Large-flowered Magnolia is most remarkable. 1957 H. L. Mason Flora Marshes Calif. 799 In general, B[idens] laevis is large-flowered, whereas the flowers of B. cernua are small or of medium size. 2008 Org. Gardening Apr. 54/2 Among the large-flowered clematis are many overbred, fragile varieties that look stunning but can be difficult to grow. large-framed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [adjective] > having well-bonedc1325 big-bonedc1487 bonya1500 boneish1530 bigbone1610 large-boned1614 large-framed1811 1811 Times 14 Dec. 4/2 The valuable live stock, which includes..seven large-framed and very fat oxen. 1869 R. F. Burton Explor. Highlands Brazil I. 350 A large-framed man. 1940 F. R. Marshall & D. A. Spencer Breeds of Sheep for Farm (Farmers' Bull. No. 576) (rev. ed.) 6 In appearance the Hampshire is large framed, rather tall, heavy boned, rugged, and somewhat coarse looking. 1978 R. J. Shephard Human Phsyiol. Work Capacity vi. 125 A mesomorph is much more likely to be the offspring of large-framed parents. 2006 Vibe June 82/1 (caption) Brown large-framed sunglasses by Chanel. large-fronded adj. ΚΠ 1842 London Jrnl. Bot. 4 157 A group of species..similar in habit to some of the large-fronded species of Polypodium. 1944 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 34 3 Large-fronded epiphytes and minute mosslike filmy ferns cover the lower branches and the trunks of the canopy-forming trees. 2004 C. Page in Gardening Edge ix. 197/1 Other large-fronded relatives that may have some hardy members include Culcita, and possibly some Cibotium. large-fruited adj. ΚΠ 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Capparis Capparis; non-spinosa, fructu majore... The large-fruited Caper, without Thorns. 1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 48 Large fruited Hawthorn. 1904 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 198. 11 Many sorts [of strawberry] belonging to this class bear profusely and are large-fruited. 2006 A. Swithinbank Greenhouse Gardener iv. 70/2 The large-fruited types take longer to ripen and you should give these first priority when it comes to sowing. large-grained adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > fine or coarse fine-graineda1552 rough-grained1597 large-grained1670 coarse-graineda1774 fine-grain1794 1670 H. Stubbe Legends No Hist. 119 The large grained powder, called Cannon-powder is not so serviceable for small pieces, as that which is..in smaller grains. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. vii. 7 The corn of this country is of a most excellent quality, large grained and very fine. 1883 Sunday Mag. Aug. 510/2 Another bed [of sand].., rough and large-grained, called ‘rice-sand’. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. viii. 228 Istrian marble..is a large-grained, buff marble that compares favorably with the Greek marbles. 1990 Woodworker July 691/1 He won't touch the large-grained ash or elm which are too insistent and overpowering for carved characters. large-headed adj. ΚΠ 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. cdxcvii. 1192 (caption) Lagopus maior spicalongiore. Great large headed Hares foot. 1753 J. Burton Let. W. Smellie 149 Those..who have died after a very hard Labour, when a large headed Child has been born. 1855 F. I. Duberly Jrnl. 22 Aug. in Mrs Duberly's War (2007) 227 Large-headed nails adhering to the shrivelled hoof. 1935 F. V. Dickey Familiar Birds Pacific Southwest 114 Kingbirds..appear rather large-headed and pigeon-chested, tapering to slimness toward the tail. 2005 Women & Golf Jan. 28/1 Odyssey's 2-Ball and other brands' large-headed mallets have made a big impact on tour. large-limbed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > having limbedc1320 membereda1425 well-limbedc1425 large-limbed?1440 dolichomorphic1930 the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or having branch(es) > of particular type, shape, or size large-limbed?1440 well-branched1572 vimineous1664 cany1831 frondose-branched1831 flagellate1882 proleptic1937 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 912 A staloun asse..brawny..large ylimed, stronge, & steyth. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. sig. K4 That large-limd Almaine of the Gyants race. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion v. 80 Where once the portly Oke, and large-limb'd Popler stood. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 392/2 He is..muscular, but not corpulent; and large limbed. 1880 A. G. Shiell Year in India iii. 65 A large-limbed, great-breasted woman, with full lips and heavy eyelids. 1905 Rep. Chief of Bureau of Forestry Philippine Islands 17 The saplings and poles have been damaged to quite an extent by the large-limbed trees, when felled. 2013 New Statesman (Nexis) 12 Apr. In the 1930s, Picasso's paintings are pastiches of monumental classical sculpture, with large-limbed subjects clad in pleated tunics. large-natured adj. ΚΠ 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 131 They are large-natured, and not so easily amused as the southerners. 1963 Financial Times 5 Dec. 22/4 She..knows the nature of the evil that surrounds her Dove, but is large-natured enough to face it. 1994 H. Arkes Return of George Sutherland 81 They were not credited with a humane sensitivity, or a large-natured sense of justice, as they moved to the rescue. large-quartered adj. now rare ΚΠ 1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bk. (1984) 29 Dodded tuppes are thought to bee the best, especially such are hunge tuppes, large quartered and of good stapple. 1882 W. Joss in J. MacDonald & J. Sinclair Hist. Polled Aberdeen or Angus Cattle vii. 129 One cow, Lady Agnes, a big, rough, large-quartered beast, was the mother of the celebrated ox, Black Prince. 1961 P. Johnson Horse Fever iii. 39 Breeders frequently introduce more Thoroughbred blood into the strain to keep the heads of these large-quartered horses small and beautiful. large-scaled adj. ΚΠ 1783 J. Barbut Genera Vermium I. 43/1 (heading) The large scaled Aphrodite. 1869 G. Krefft Snakes Austral. 55 The large-scaled snake..is confounded, in Victoria in particular, with the Tiger or Brown-banded Snake (Hoplocephalus curtus). 2004 ‘S. Rybaak’ Fishing Eastern N.Y. 19 A large-scaled, cylindrically shaped fish, its back and sides are olive-brown and it has a white belly. large-sized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 24 Plowmen in graves so old Such large-siz'd bones shall wonder to behold. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum II. 197 The necks of extraordinary large sized rockets are forced, with strong cords, over screws, and round-necked irons. 1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) v. 271 Two or three large-sized pickaxes. 1955 ‘P. Dennis’ Auntie Mame iii. 47 It was a shop of medium-sized proportions devoted to a clientele of large-sized income. 2008 New Yorker 14 Jan. 49/2 This type of machine..is standard equipment these days in any medium- to large-sized yard. large-souled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] deepc1175 profoundc1300 ingenious1483 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 deep-seen1598 gulf-breasted1598 large-souled1638 large-minded1696 bright1707 strongheaded1789 genial1825 dungeonable1855 superintelligent1857 1638 F. Wyatt in G. Sandys Paraphr. Divine Poems sig. (**4) His large soul'd Son from Heaven full Light receives. 1715 T. Tickell tr. Homer Iliad 10 The Large-soul'd Greeks consent. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 108 How much we owe still to that large-souled Augustine. 1915 Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engin. 76 1463 He was large-souled, generous, and helpful. 2011 D. R. Mason Something that Matters ix. 132 The great or large-souled persons..never attempt to establish their own absolute power. large-wheeled adj. ΚΠ 1831 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 30 June Large wheeled dray. 1915 Better Roads & Streets Apr. 49 (advt.) Littleford Tar Heaters..are large wheeled and with low center of gravity. 2013 K. Shand Boy xv. 62 Their old-fashioned large-wheeled prams were overflowing with babies with pale faces, snotty noses and red hair. C2. With nouns, forming compounds used attributively. Cf. big adj. and adv. Compounds 1d. large-amplitude adj. ΚΠ 1907 Rep. Select Comm. Radiotelegraphic Convent. 200/2 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 246) VIII. 1 The big wave, the large amplitude wave would give a great deal of energy in one oscillation, while the small amplitude wave will have to give a great number of oscillations to give the same amount of energy out. 2000 C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. vii. 87 A rotor cloud is a stratocumulus or altocumulus cloud that forms downwind of a mountain barrier in the crest of a large-amplitude atmospheric wave. large-angle adj. ΚΠ 1875 Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 231/1 The addition of a small diaphragm at the back of a large angle objective will considerably increase its penetrating power. 2004 J. L. Crassidis & J. L. Junkins Optimal Estimation Dynamic Syst. viii. 511 The control of spacecraft for large angle slewing maneuvers poses a difficult problem. large-aperture adj. ΚΠ 1857 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 803/1 Owing to the larger size of the lenses in the large-aperture lenses, the rays must pass through a much greater thickness of glass. 2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean viii. 166 At one end of the tube is a large-aperture lens which focuses light on to the small area of retina at the other end of the tube. large-area adj. ΚΠ 1864 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. The use of large-area solid plates [in ship-building], in combination with through bolts. 1962 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 52 1237/1 Large-area photodiodes have been in use for a number of years as solar cells for the conversion of solar radiation to electrical power. 1997 Nature 5 June 573/1 One of the goals of the large-area survey is to remedy this situation by searching for larger (brighter) trans-neptunian objects. large-bore adj. ΚΠ 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 114 The large-bore pipe-tile is equally subject to stopping up or choking. 1898 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/4 The old large bore pistols. 2008 Field & Stream Aug. 30 In the late 19th century..most dangerous-game hunters favored large-bore side-by-side rifles in the bush. large-calibre adj. ΚΠ 1824 J. Ashmun in R. R. Gurley Life J. Ashmun (1835) App. 60 (table) Cheap large calibre guns. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 7/2 Nine large-calibre cannon. 2011 M. Pegler Out of Nowhere (rev. ed.) xiii. 272 Large calibre rifles have proven very useful particularly in situations where a sniper is fighting in built up areas. large-capacity adj. ΚΠ 1896 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 141 470 It very rarely occurs that the large-capacity fuses blow. 2013 N.Y. Times 10 Jan. (Late ed.) a22/4 My..reaction..was to take a large-capacity ammo clip and pound it down with a hammer. My ranch rifle works fine without it. large-denomination adj. ΚΠ 1873 Daily Albany (N.Y.6 Argus) 7 Nov. 4/2 The money, he alleges, was in large denomination bills, one five hundred and four one hundred dollar bills. 1881 Washington Post 11 June 1/5 The officers of several of our banks have had their curiosity excited by the frequent calls made upon them..for five hundred dollar and other large denomination bills. 1973 P. Evans Bodyguard Man ii. 19 A wallet thick with large-denomination banknotes. 2005 Independent 12 Mar. (Mag.) 24/2 Anytime you had a large-denomination winning chip showing up on a casino layout, without being announced beforehand by the dealer, you had steam. large-diameter adj. ΚΠ 1875 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 99 347 A horizontal large diameter revolving-drum..received its motion from the screw-shaft through worm-wheels and worms. 2000 P. Scherz Pract. Electronics for Inventors iii. 59 When currents are expected to be large, smaller-gauge wires (large-diameter wires) should be used. large-format adj. ΚΠ 1945 Gastonia Daily Gaz. 21 Apr. 10/2 The contents of the large-format reference defy a review in the usual sense of the word. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Mar. d4/1 Several new, high-profile breweries are putting their product only in so-called large-format bottles. large-screen adj. ΚΠ 1928 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. 15/2 Engineers who have produced such a large screen television picture know very well the enormous intricacies of the device required for producing it at the present time. 1932 J. L. Baird in Television Feb. 456/2 A further development anticipated lies in large-screen television. Some eighteen months ago we showed a large screen at the London Coliseum. 1981 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 22 June 111 A large-screen display of real-time video imagery at frame rates of 100/sec. 2010 N.Y. Mag. 19 July 104 (advt.) Amenities include a sky deck, a fitness center, a fireplaced lounge with a large-screen TV. large-signal adj. ΚΠ 1931 Electr. Engin. (U.S.) 50 925/3 Detection of small signals; ideal detection; limited theory of large signal detection; [etc.]. 1955 A. Coblenz & H. L. Owens Transistors xi. 146 No truly large-signal theory for transistors exists today that can be applied directly by the design engineer. 2003 R. Gilmore & L. Besser Pract. RF Circuit Design II. i. 29 The magnitude of noise rapidly increases and eventually forces the active device into its large-signal mode. large-size adj. ΚΠ ?1780 W. Moore Art of Hair-dressing 39 The large size Bottles are lately found to draw the Breast much easier than the Mouth. 1845 E. Thomason Mem. I. 176 To copy the principal part of them on large size medals would materially improve my die engravers in anatomical precision. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 2/1 A reason for utilising the gas-engine as a large-size power unit for central engine work. 2004 Managem. Today Dec. 77/1 Large-size jackpots are of concern because they are likely to facilitate ‘chasing’ behaviour. large-volume adj. ΚΠ 1916 Boston Sunday Globe 30 Apr. 66/7 Large volume production of quality cars is the intention. 1945 B. Nash Developing Marketable Products ii. 23 This relationship between the large-volume manufacturer, the many different users, and the mechanisms of mass marketing. 2008 Reading (Pa.) Eagle (Nexis) 14 June The mayor of New York proposes a partial ban on large-volume, high-calorie drinks. C3. Complementary. ΚΠ 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary ii. 112 The great willow, her lattice before, Large-drawn in the moon, lieth calm on the floor. 1880 R. L. Stevenson Let. 26 Dec. (1911) II. 25 Persons speak so much in large-drawn, theological similitudes, and won't say out what they mean..in fair and square human language. large-grown adj. ΚΠ 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. xxviii. 131 The tree..Whose large growne body doth repulse the wind. 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 317 Probably the best swine-market in the kingdom... Most of them large grown hogs. 1839 Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 87 A large grown male from the tip of the nose to the extremity of the tail is 6 feet 9 inches. 1902 Electr. Engineer 10 Jan. 43/1 The Hœvia..were the produce of large-grown trees in the forest covering the broad plateaux dividing the Tapajos from the Madeira rivers. 2005 E. B. Thorstad et al. in M. T. Spedicato & G. Lembo Aquatic Telemetry 119/1 Large-grown salmon and sea trout may enter small rivers. large-made adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad massya1382 stout1390 burlyc1400 corporalc1475 massive1485 poisy1538 big-made1566 chopping1566 grossa1578 large-bodied1577 weighty1581 burly-boned1590 mastya1593 lumbering1593 giantisha1635 gigantic1651 mastiff1668 large-made1725 lusty1777 bowerly1794 squelching1854 beef to the heel(s)1867 hefty1867 1725 tr. R. de Bussy-Rabutin Amorous Hist. Gauls 147 He [sc. Charles King of England] was large made, and had a fine shape. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 221 A large-made though meagre woman. 1903 Golf Illustr. 10 Apr. 37/1 The sixteenth [hole] consists of a long drive over a large quantity of rough ground and a large-made bunker. 1997 J. Banville Untouchable i. 31 Surprising lightness of tread for such a large-made man. C4. Large Black n. (more fully Large Black pig) a breed of large pig developed in south-west England in the 19th cent., entirely black in colour; a pig of this breed; formerly called Devonshire Black. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds purr?1577 Hampshirea1661 Shropshire1768 tun-back1776 Berkshire1810 Suffolk1831 China hog1838 Essex pig1838 Narragansett1852 Cumberland1860 Neapolitan1860 Tamworth1860 hazel splitter1866 Poland China1869 Duroc1872 Large Black1906 Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917 saddleback1919 landrace1935 micropig1985 1882 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 17 May 3/4 The large blacks are represented by six first class pens. 1906 J. Long Bk. Pig (ed. 2) xii. 156 The Large Blacks are regarded as being of gentle disposition... The chief counties in which the Large Black pig is bred are Cornwall and Devon. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 26 The Large Black's exceptional meat means it's once again bred for its eating qualities. large blue n. (more fully large blue butterfly) a Eurasian lycaenid butterfly, Maculinea arion, having blue wings marked with black spots, whose larvae first feed on wild thyme or marjoram and then enter the nests of red ants of the genus Myrmica (esp. M. sabuleti) to prey on the ant larvae.The large blue became extinct in Britain in 1979 but has since been successfully reintroduced. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Lycaenidae > member of blue1764 large blue1795 lycaenid1892 1795 W. Lewin Papilios Great Brit. 78 Large Blue... Arion. Linnæus. This species of butterfly is but rarely met with in England. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 259/1 Large Blue..Large Copper. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 309 The large blue butterfly (Lycaena arion )..is not uncommon in the south of England. 2008 National Trust Mag. Autumn 80/1 Collard Hill is the only publicly accessible site for our rarest British butterfly, the large blue. large bowel n. (also in plural) = large intestine n. ΚΠ 1769 Compend. Physic & Surg. xxxv. 197 After the large bowels are emptied, let two ounces of the common purging salt, be dissolved in a quart of common, or mint water; of which, a quarter of a pint, may be taken every quarter, or half hour. 1812 B. Travers Inq. Process Nature repairing Injuries Intestines vi. 227 The remainder of the large bowel was contracted and empty. 1855 J. Annesley Researches Dis. India (ed. 3) iii. 335 The functional disorders of the large bowels are chiefly characterised by a deficient tone or action. 1967 Oneonta (N.Y.) Star 23 Jan. 8/2 Non-cancerous conditions of the large bowel may have symptoms similar to the warning signals of cancer. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Nov. 28/2 Initially, Lane devised operations to bypass the large bowel, and he then moved on to perform total colectomies. large calorie n. = calorie n. (a); contrasted with small calorie.The large calorie (approx. equal to 4,200 joules) is the calorie used in nutrition. Also called kilocalorie, kilogram-calorie. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > unit of heat thermal unit1853 calorie1863 British thermal unit1865 joule1882 large calorie1884 therm1888 kilogram calorie1892 B.T.U.- 1884 S. Lupton Numerical Tables & Constants Elem. Sci. 70 The heat evolved or absorbed (−) is expressed in ‘large’ calories. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xvi. 111 Heats of formation are measured in calories per gram-molecule, or since the calorie is a small unit, the results are frequently expressed in kilogram-calories (large calories). 2009 R. R. Stickney Aquaculture (ed. 2) viii. 251/2 The energy contained in the food aquaculture animals consume is measured in calories, which for our purposes involves the large calorie or kilocalorie. large-eyed adj. having a large eye or large eyes; (also) characterized by wide open eyes (cf. wide-eyed adj. at wide adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > types of needle eyeless1497 large-eyed1575 blinda1800 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > having goggle-eyedc1384 well-eyed1483 pink-eyed1519 hollow-eyeda1529 small-eyed1555 great-eyed1558 bird-eyed1564 out-eyed1570 large-eyed1575 full-eyed1581 bright-eyed1590 wall-eyed1590 beetle-eyed1594 fire-eyed?1594 young-eyed1600 open-eyed1601 soft-eyed1606 narrow-eyed1607 broad-eyed?1611 saucer-eyed1612 ox-eyed1621 pig-eyed1655 glare-eyed1683 pit-eyed1696 dove-eyed1717 laughing-eyed1784 almond1786 wide-eyed1789 moon-eyed1790 big-eyed1792 gooseberry-eyed1796 red-eyed1800 unsealed1800 screw-eyed1810 starry-eyed1818 pinkie-eyed1824 pop-eyed1830 bead-eyed1835 fishy-eyed1836 almond-eyed1849 boopic1854 sharp-set1865 bug-eyed1872 beady-eyed1873 bias-eyed1877 blank-eyed1881 gape-eyed1889 glass-eyed1889 stone-eyed1890 pie-eyed1900 slitty-eyed1908 steely-eyed1964 megalopic1985 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. > expression pinked1566 large-eyed1575 fishy1836 saucered1920 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 47 Their [sc. lanners'] heades are white, & flat aloft, blacke, and large eyed. 1692 Advice to Painter 14 The great Prophet in his Heaven of Love, Amongst his large-ey'd Montespaigns above. 1750 M. Clancy Memoirs I. 88 Metellus had fairer and larger Eyes than large-eyed Juno. 1861 J. Brent in Archaeologia Cantiana 4 28 A large-eyed needle or bodkin. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxix. 234 A large-eyed gravity. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain I. iv. 169 She had been a charming person,..though too large-eyed and asthenic-looking. 1993 Arctic Circle Summer 27/2 Young ringed seals..stare in large-eyed wonder at the humans. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 626/1 Luzon fruit bat,..Large-eyed bat first discovered in northern Luzon, Philippines. ΚΠ 1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 255 These Large Grieved Tortoises line the shallow water in great rows. 1903 Nature 14 May 42/2 The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens during the past week include..two Large Greaved Tortoises (Podocnemis expansa) from the Amazons. large gut n. = large intestine n. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlii. 253 And he seiþ þere þat þe wombe of a serpent is streit and ilich to a large gutte [L. intestino amplo]. 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. x. 24/1 All the Guts are commonly divided, into the thin, or small, and the thick, or large [L. crassa seu ampla] Guts. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 89 He..supposes it to be absorbed by the large gut. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. viii. 309 Andouilles were the large guts stuffed with the chopped entrails and well seasoned. 2009 S. Miseer I Never Knew That 166 That [gas] which goes out the back passage is produced by bacteria responsible for fermentation (within the large gut) of certain types of carbohydrates. large hadron collider n. Particle Physics a hadron collider of large size (cf. hadron collider n. at hadron n. Compounds); spec. (with capital initials) the one built at the laboratory of CERN near Geneva which became operational in 2008 and where the Higgs boson was later discovered; abbreviated LHC.On its completion the CERN collider was the largest ever built, designed ultimately to achieve energies of 14 TeV. ΚΠ 1983 R. A. Jameson New Linac Technol.: for SSC, & Beyond (Los Alamos National Laboratory) 1/1 At last year's Snowmass and Oxford meetings, attention focused on a next-generation very large hadron collider.] 1984 Zeitschr. f. Physik C: Particles & Fields 26 487/2 (title) Jets at the large hadron collider. CERN preprint CERN-EP/84-77. 1985 B. Autin in B. Nicolescu & J. Tran Thanh Van Elastic & Diffractive Scattering 14 This new source will be used in conjunction with LEAR, SPS and may be a large hadron collider (LHC) in a more remote future. 2008 Independent 10 Sept. 28/1 Scientists at..CERN, will switch on the Large Hadron Collider and we, fingers crossed, will gain a breakthrough insight into how our world was formed. 2013 Daily Tel. 11 June 20/5 The scientists at Cern..who use the Large Hadron Collider to conduct super-clever experiments on the very beginning of time, keep less than 1 per cent of the data they produce. large hand n. cursive handwriting of large size; cf. small hand n. 1, text-hand n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > large text-hand1542 text1598 large hand1688 1688 J. Dryden tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Francis Xavier iv. 377 Foreseeing, that you cannot have Copies enow for so many People, I advise you, to that Practice written out in a fair large hand [Fr. en gros caracteres]..expose it in some publick Place. 1766 R. Boote Hist. Treat. Action at Law 132 They first ingross in large Hand a Title. 1836 Amer. Ann. Educ. Apr. 180 The fact is, that the idea of teaching writing without the use of large hand, is preposterous in the extreme. 1907 A. H. Garlick New Man. Method (ed. 7) x. 216 Write as a large hand copy the words ‘Geometrical Drawing’ and point out which of the letters are likely to present special difficulties to a young scholar. 2001 Victorian Stud. 43 361 One sees that Robert's poem is a fair copy in large hand starting at the top of the verso. large intestine n. Anatomy the part of the digestive tract consisting of the caecum, colon, and rectum (also in plural); (in later use) spec. the colon. ΚΠ 1724 E. Dunn Compendious & New Meth. Performing Chirurg. Operations v. 31 We meet with few of the vasa Lactea in the large Intestines. 1742 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic I. 320 The Fæces of the large Intestines are regurgitated even by the Mouth, which filthy and terrible Disorder, is from its own Nature called Miserere mei. 1869 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 3) vi. §21 The rectum..is that part of the large intestine which opens externally. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) x. 121 In the rabbit the small intestine..ends in a chamber called the sacculus rotundus, with which the caecum and the large intestine connect. 2008 N. Draper & C. Hodgson Adventure Sport Physiol. ii. 62/2 The GI tract begins with the mouth, continues with the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum), large intestine (colon), rectum and ends at the anus. large leaf adj. [compare earlier large-leaved adj.] = large-leaved adj. ΚΠ 1821 Mr. McCullock Lett. 15 Aug. in R. M. Martin Tea Trade Eng. (1832) xv. 154 You will not, however, upon any account, revert to purchases of the large leaf coarse bohea, of which our importations of former times principally consisted. 1943 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 30 337/2 Broadleaf trees recorded are alder and largeleaf maple. 2010 Brides Sept. 38 The Chairback. Garland of plumosus with a large leaf white variegated pittosporum, £5 per foot. large-leaved adj. [originally after classical Latin lātifolius (see latifolious adj. at lati- comb. form )] (esp. in the names of plants) having large leaves. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxix. 361 The seuenth kinde is called..in Latine Tithymalus latifolius, or Lactaria latifolia, that is to say, Large leaued Tithymall or Spourge. 1690 Compleat Planter & Cyderist i. 5 Stones of..any other black or red Plum, whose Tree is of free growth, and large leaved, will yeild you excellent Stocks for Peaches, Nectarines, Apricocks, and Plums. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 93 Large-leaved Virginian Mulberry Tree. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxvii. 78 The large-leaved rhubarb and cabbage plants. 1974 Country Life 28 Nov. 1639/3 The large-leaved rhododendrons..will grow only on acid soils. 2003 Org. Gardening Sept. 39/1 Horseradish is a large-leaved plant, not particularly outstanding in its plain form. large-lung adj. Medicine rare = large-lunged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > disorders of lungs > other lung disorders empyemic?a1425 empyic?a1425 empyical1615 empyematous1661 empyematic1684 emphysematous1722 emphysematose1761 vesicular1829 pneumopericardial1876 large-lung1882 1882 W. Jenner in R. Quain Dict. Med. 332/2 Large-lung emphysema, in which disease there is occasionally distension of that part of the cavity of the thorax which lies above the level of the clavicle. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xv. 372 Hypertrophic, or ‘large lung’ emphysema, is seen at autopsy as voluminous lungs which do not collapse when the pleural cavities are opened. large-lunged adj. Medicine (now rare) (of emphysema) characterized by permanent overinflation of the lungs. ΚΠ 1869 W. Jenner in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Jan. 3/2 Large-lunged emphysema is a very common cause of a moderate degree of displacement. 1907 W. Osler & T. McCrae Mod. Med. III. xix. 757 From the very nature of this process it does not appear that it can be held accountable for the production of the great majority of the cases of large-lunged emphysema. 1958 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 25 14/1 Jenner did point out that small lunged emphysema was less devastating to the patient than its large lunged counterpart. largemouth n. North American (more fully largemouth bass, largemouth black bass) the large-mouthed bass, Micropterus salmoides (see large-mouthed adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1856 Ohio Farmer 17 May 77/4 Grystes Megastoma, or Large-Mouth Black Bass. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 401 The Large-mouth is known in the Great Lake region..as the ‘Oswego Bass’. 1922 F. E. Pond Fishcraft 62 Popular local names for the large-mouth bass are Oswego Bass, Moss Bass, Welshman, Green Perch. 1989 Outdoor Life Dec. 78/2 Brunson [is] a confirmed lunker hunter with several other big Panhandle largemouths to his credit, including a 16-pounder. 2004 D. Dalton Rough Guide Philippines 130 A good area for trekking, biking, fishing for largemouth black bass or straightforward relaxation. large paper n. a size of paper used for a special or limited edition of a book, having wider margins than is usual; (also) a book printed on this paper; cf. small paper n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adjective] > large of the largest volume1538 large paper1714 omnibus-sized1931 society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > large book > large-paper large paper1714 1646 Gen. Note Prises for Binding All Sortes Bks. (single sheet) (table) All Latine bookes 4 if large paper... 0 1 0. 1714 London Gaz. No. 5225/3 The Price of the few large Paper that are printed [will be] 40s. per Book in Sheets. 1802 T. F. Dibdin Introd. Knowl. Rare Ed. Classics 11 (note) The large paper edition of this work is chiefly sought after. 1928 G. Keynes Bibliogr. W. Harvey 26 A hundred numbered copies were printed on large paper. 2009 M. Santini Impetus of Amateur Scholarship iv. 180 The editor claims..the book has been printed in two hundred copies (one hundred and seventy-five on small paper and twenty-five on large paper). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > gifted or talented > very well gifted1621 large-parteda1659 ace1927 bionic1976 whizzy1979 a1659 R. Brownrig 25 Serm. (1664) 322 Quick and large-parted men. large print n. a larger typeface than is usual, esp. one designed to enhance readability for partially-sighted people; frequently attributive in later use; cf. large-type adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > large large print1672 sand-letter1843 society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [adjective] > large, esp. for enhanced readability large print1672 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica Pref. sig. A3v A large Print which some Publisher of Books call Ornamental. 1773 S. Johnson Let. 5 July (1992) II. 41 I can now write without trouble, and can read large prints. 1841 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 2 5/1 Read, in the presence of several professional friends, the large print of a public journal. 1923 C. Matson (title) Books for tired eyes: a list of books in large print. 1968 ALA Bull. 62 738/1 Reader response..would seem to indicate strong interest in large-print book library service. 2012 Whitefish (Montana) Pilot (Nexis) 8 Aug. The library's staff helped provide large-print editions and other special material's for Glanville's mother when her eyesight began to fail. large-spaced adj. (a) having or characterized by a large space or wide-open spaces; (b) set at a large distance or at large distances apart; widely spaced. ΚΠ 1835 J. Merrett in 1st Rep. Select Comm. Present State Gaols App. 93 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 438) XI. 1 They are kept walking at a slow Pace circular round under a large spaced Shed attached to the Building in front of the Wheel. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 9 The large-spaced, slow-moving life of homesteads and far-away cottages. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Nov. 10/1 The large-spaced type ‘now’ being his own. 1910 H. Traubel Optimos 319 Do not look for me on the ground—I am here in the large spaced skies. 1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 13 Sept. 3/3 (advt.) Six correlated patterns, including large spaced florals,..all-over florals,..and plain stripes. 2012 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 2 Sept. 37 Morgans also have a refined head with large-spaced eyes;..powerful hind quarters and sturdy legs. large tithe n. now historical a predial tithe paid on agricultural products produced in large quantities, such as grain, hay, and wood, and typically due to the rector of the parish; = great tithe n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e; cf. tithe n.2 1a. ΚΠ 1644 C. Blackwood Storming of Antichrist 57 This parochiall constitution, and the large tithes that doe accompany it. 1783 J. Rayner Cases at Large conc. Tithes II. 394 When potatoes are sown in gardens, they are a small tithe, and when in fields a large tithe. 1856 London Q. Rev. Apr. 132 There are eighty other such livings, of which the large tithes are impropriated. 1992 T. Dunlap tr. P. Blickle Communal Reformation ii. 41 The tithe, in the form of the large tithe of grain, loomed largest among all the charges exacted from the peasant. large-type adj. printed in a larger typeface than is usual; cf. large print n. ΚΠ 1840 London Sat. Jrnl. 18 Jan. 35/1 All these large-type columns are diligently perused by..barristers. 1920 Primary Educ. Sept. 467/1 (advt.) A new large-type word builder, printed on heavy manila cards. 2000 A. Maupin Night Listener (2001) xiii. 172 As usual, he had read me like a large-type book. large white n. (a) (more fully Large White pig) a breed of heavy bacon pig developed in northern England in the 19th cent; a pig of this breed; formerly called Yorkshire pig; (b) (more fully large white butterfly) a common Eurasian pierid butterfly, Pieris brassicae, which can be a pest of brassicas. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds > Yorkshire large white1786 Middle White1893 Yorkshire1902 1773 B. Wilkes Copper Plates Eng. Moths & Butterflies 49 The Large White Garden-Butterfly.] 1786 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock 151 There was a breed of large white pigs, with very large ears hanging over their eyes, which a few years ago were very common in many parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 315 Suddenly a large white Butterfly, Papilio Brassicæ, flew past. 1896 W. J. Malden Pig Keeping for Profit i. 12 The Large White started with a strong frame. 1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects viii. 195 The common ‘Large White’ or ‘Cabbage’ Butterfly (Pieris brassicæ ) is an excellent example. 1967 Oxf. Times 27 Oct. 11/6 A Large White pig from Burford Grammar School's farm was very highly commended. 2009 Independent 2 Oct. 15/4 Thousands of red admirals, clouded yellows and large whites migrating into southern England. large-yield adj. producing a good yield, highly productive; (of a nuclear weapon) having a high explosive force; = high-yield adj. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > producing > high-yield superfetatious1668 high-yield1912 large-yield1921 1921 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks. Assoc. 8 392 Tested by the author in pumping a large yield well of 22,500,000 foot-pounds per 1000 of steam. 1954 Michigan Law Rev. 52 1127 Some questioned the military worth of large-yield thermonuclear devices. 1979 B. L. Foxworthy Summary Appraisals Nation's Ground-water Resources: Pacific Northwest 34/1 One large-yield well pumping into long supply lines or inefficient distribution ditches. 2012 P. J. Bracken Second Nucl. Age vi. 175 Pakistan could leak secret plans indicating that it had large-yield weapons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). largev. a. transitive. To enlarge, to increase; to widen, to expand; to extend. Obsolete.In quot. c1410: to extend (something) to someone. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 1 Chron. xviii. 3 Whanne he wente for to largen [L. dilataret] his empyre vnto the flode of Eufraten. c1410 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 451 (MED) Þerfore þank thi god, and specialliche that he hath largid to synful men his mercy aboue his wrathe. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 248 For his propre or pryvy avauntage shulde not man lette to large þis love. a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 241 (MED) Yf ther be ony man that..largeth his oune grounde and streyteth the kynges grounde. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 71 (MED) It largiþ ech streit wounde and openeþ a blynd puncture. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 499 Largid is my mouth abouen my enmys. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxlii. §6. 474 I largid my willys and my werkis. ?1528 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Bk. Distyllacyon (new ed.) clxi. sig. L.i/1 The same water dronke and gorgwoled softeth the trothe, and largeth the brest. ?1586 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Third Pt. First Bk. Mirrour of Knighthood xv. f. 73v With an irefull semblance he larged his pace towards them for to worke his furie on them. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. i. viii To large their spirit By vaster cups of Bacchus. b. intransitive. To increase (in something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in some specific respect increase1388 largec1475 c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 341 Þus we largen in sacramentis, for iche good sensible dede þat we don, or þat springiþ of mannes charite, may be callid a sacrament. 1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. xiv, in Bulwarke of Defence Augmentyng is knowen in that it [sc. an apostumacion] largeth, and groweth to bignes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep at a distance from something overboweOE forbowa1000 large1511 cleara1616 to keep awaya1616 to steer clear of1723 to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to1753 keep a wide berth of1855 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xliiij With meruaylous dyffycultye we larged frome the shore. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail with wind abaft the beam goOE large1582 to go (sail, etc.) large1615 lask1622 (to go) fluking1840 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > be favourable > become favourable to come abouta1513 large1582 present1653 1582 R. Madox Diary 15 July in E. S. Donno Elizabethan in 1582 (1976) 152 The wynd somwhat larged toward the sowthwest. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxi. 76 Thwart Cape Froward, the wind larged with vs. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 18 The winde larged, and wee stowed away S.S.W. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services iv. 284 This term is used to the Main and Fore-sail, when the Wind largeth (that is groweth fairer) upon them. 1890 H. Caine Bondman III. xxiv. 4 Suddenly the wind larged again, and before long it blew with violence. 4. transitive. British slang (esp. among young people). to large it (up): = to give it large at large adj., adv., and n. Phrases 4b(a). ΚΠ 1995 (title of posting) in uk.music.rave (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Nov. Largin' it in North Yorkshire! 1996 Independent on Sunday 24 Mar. (Real Lives section) 3/6 In Leeds currently someone especially enjoying themselves might be said to be ‘large salad’ or ‘larging it up’. 1999 S. Stewart Sharking iii. 47 Sometimes I'd try to large it, chipping to a club and reckoning I was cool. 2001 In at Deep End: Cherwell Fresher's Guide 3/1 Largin' it up big style. 2006 Independent 8 Apr. (Mag.) 55/1 Scale too is important. Most of us are timid when it comes to larging-it in a small space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.int.a1225v.a1382 |
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