leaguern.¹

Brit.

/ˈliːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈliɡər/

Forms: Also 1500s legher, legar, 1500s–1600s leagure, 1600s leguer, leager, leagre, 1700s leiger.

Etymology: < Dutch leger camp, formally equivalent to Old English leger lair n.¹

a. A military camp, esp. one engaged in a siege; an investing force.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for siege or blockade

leaguer1577

blockade1821

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > camp > siege camp

leaguer1577

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 212/2 in Chron. I But when it was perceiued that theyr slender ranckes were not able to resiste the thycke leghers of the enimies.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 2 They [military men] will not vouchsafe..to use our antient termes belonging to matters of warre, but doo call a Campe by the Dutch name of Legar.

a1645 D. Featley tr. I. Wake in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 494 The leaguer is not yet broken up.

1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 100 When General Fairfax came into the Leaguer before Raglan.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 265 It would not at first be credited at the Leaguer, that the Earl of Essex could be in a condition to attempt such a work.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 127 I came into the Imperial Leager at the Siege of Leipsick.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 12 He temporised until the enemy had broken up their leaguer.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lii. 7 The holy house is still beset With leaguer of stern foes.

1865 F. Parkman Huguenots ii, in Pioneers of France in New World 20 Villegagnon with six followers..passed under cover of night through the infidel leaguer.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 17 He had dispersed the leaguer at Lincoln.

b. in leaguer: in camp; engaged in a siege.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adverb]

in leaguer1590

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. G2^v Our men of Barbary haue..laine in leagre fifteene moneths and more.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 446 Anniball now laie in leaguer, before the walls of Gerion.

1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 216 They were in Leaguer before a Town.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. i. 316 Where England's King in leaguer lay.

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 39 Now we sat in leaguer there achieving many adventures.

2. A military investment, siege.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > a siege

assiege1469

leaguer1601

setting-downa1616

obsess1694

wall-fight1850

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 It was the first, but the best leaugre that euer I beheld with these eyes.

1630 J. Taylor Praise, Antiqvitie, & Commoditie of Beggerie in Wks. i. 100/1 Two dangerous hurts hardly brought off from Bummill Leaguer.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 72 At the time of a Leagure he must expect often to change his Powder.

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. ii. vi. 81 The Waste which lay between the Houses in a Time of a Leaguer, was sown with Corn.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. ix. 487 During the infinite horrors of the Harlem siege, and in the more prosperous leaguer of Alkmaar.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) vii. 175 The leaguer of Lucknow.

1890 Athenæum 13 Dec. 811/1 The long leaguer of Miletus in the Ionic revolt.

3. This word has occasionally been substituted by confusion for leager, ledger n. and adj., in attributive use and in the phrase to lie leaguer.

ΚΠ

1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 50 Angels descend, and rule the sphere: Where heav'n lyes Leiguer.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A Leaguer Ambassador, (one that makes a continuance) Un Ambassadeur ordinaire.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. x. 260 He lies leaguer, as a sort of ambassador for his worthy masters.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

leaguer-proof n.

ΚΠ

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 9 There are some beauties so strong that they are leager-proof, they are so barricadoed that no battery..can doe good upon them.

C2.

† leaguer-basket n. Obsolete a fascine.

ΚΠ

1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 291 Engineres who lye behind Leagure-baskets [L. gerras].

leaguer-†lady n. = leaguer-laundress n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec.

grass widow1529

leaguer-laundress1630

leaguer-lady1702

leaguer-lass1822

garrison-hack1876

sing-song girl1934

groupie1966

1702 R. Steele Funeral ii. 36 I shall take care..to keep you from Lord Hardy—From being a Leiger Lady, From carrying a Knapsack.

leaguer-lass n. = leaguer-laundress n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec.

grass widow1529

leaguer-laundress1630

leaguer-lady1702

leaguer-lass1822

garrison-hack1876

sing-song girl1934

groupie1966

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. viii. 171 (motto) This were a leaguer-lass to love a soldier, To bind his wounds, and kiss his bloody brow.

1895 Q. Rev. Apr. 472 Her father had dreamed that Jeanne ‘went with the soldiers’, doubtless as a ‘leaguer-lass’.

† leaguer-laundress n. Obsolete euphemistic name for a woman attached to a camp.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec.

grass widow1529

leaguer-laundress1630

leaguer-lady1702

leaguer-lass1822

garrison-hack1876

sing-song girl1934

groupie1966

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. B2^v Were it not for my honesty I could wish now I were his leager landresse.

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leaguern.²

Brit.

/ˈliːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈliɡər/

Etymology: < league n.² + -er suffix¹.

a. A member of a league; in reference to French History, a member or adherent of the League formed against the Huguenots in the reign of Henry III; in modern times, a member of the Anti-Corn-Law League, the Irish Land League, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > group associated for common purpose > member of

chorister1387

leaguer1591

combinator1611

associator1613

combinant1628

combiner1638

federate1650

federator1693

band-brother1742

leagueist1762

leaguite1841

belonger1931

panel member1937

society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > members of political associations

leaguer1591

Jacobin1790

federate1793

Marseillais1794

Cagoulard1937

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Anti-Corn-Law League > member of

leaguer1844

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of

hougher1712

white boys1762

Steel boy1772

defender1788

United Irishman1791

Orangeman1796

marksman1800

Thresher1806

marchman1814

Orangist1822

Rockite1824

Brunswicker1828

Terry Alt1831

whitefoot1831

Repeal Warden1841

Young Irelander1844

Fenian1864

Land-leaguer1878

invincible1883

leaguer1892

Provie1972

1591 A. Colynet (title) True History of the Ciuill Warres of France, between the French King Henry 4. and the Leaguers.

1683 Apol. Protestants France iii. 8 The Liguers..did well to cry, To your Quarters White Scarfs, this is none of your quarrel.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 177 Here was no Leaguers in the Field, as at the Story of Noremberg.

1729 N. Tindal in tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. IX. xvii. 103 (note) After the Death of the Duke of Guise Henry III was accused by the Leaguers of having caused the Queen of Scots to be put to Death.

1844 R. Cobden Speeches 11 Dec., Speeches 1870 I. 229 One Leaguer in Manchester who has given more money..than [etc.].

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 23 Aug. This last dirty move of the Loyal Leaguers to spite the Copperheads in view of the Chicago Convention.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 136 The incendiary speeches of the Land Leaguers.

1892 H. Le Caron Twenty-five Years in Secret Service (1893) 181 O'Rorke and Andrew Kettle, both Leaguers.

1943 M. Ward G. K. Chesterton (1944) xxvi. 435 Many leaguers..felt..that the spirit of criticism of others was too fully developed.

1949 M. L. Darling At Freedom's Door i. ii. 52 In this year's election he stood as a Unionist, and like most Unionists was defeated by a Leaguer.

1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 26/2 There are few American major leaguers earning less than $30,000 a year.

b. attributive, as leaguer-town.

ΚΠ

1591 Art. conc. Admiralty 21 July §51 All those, that..haue had trafficke with the Leaguers in France, or shipped..any victuals..for Spaine, the Islands, or any leaguer towne in Fraunce.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. v. 93 Sir John Meldrum arrived suddenly at a Leaguer-town called Aulby.

†2. ? A term of reproach.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvii. 285 This same victles Leager, This bane of banquets; this most nasty begger.

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leaguern.³

Brit.

/ˈliːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈliɡər/

Forms: Also 1700s leagre, 1700s–1800s leager, 1800s legar.

Etymology: ? < Dutch ligger a tun, < liggen to lie v.¹ Compare German leger (also legger, wasserlegger) a measure for arrack, (plural) freshwater casks on board ship.

?Obsolete.

a. A certain measure of arrack.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > specific quantity of

dramc1590

leaguer1712

finger1820

glassful1841

four1869

nip1869

half1888

two1894

snifter1910

treble1968

balloon1973

triple1981

peg2003

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > of arrack

leaguer1712

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 398 Half a Leaguer of Spelman's Neep, or the best sort of Arrack.

1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 15 Aug. Started 3 Leagers of Arrack belonging to the Ships Crew, into 3 Butts and a small Cask.

1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands viii. 83 They also discovered a cask of Arrack..it was half a Leaguer.

b. A cask of wine or oil, ? of a particular size.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for wine

wine-barrelc950

wine-bottlec950

wine-bowlc950

wine boxc950

wine-buttc950

wine-canc950

wine-caskc950

wine-cupc950

wine-decanterc950

wine-flaskc950

wine-jarc950

wine jugc950

wine-tunc950

wine-vesselc950

pipe1314

lake1382

ampullaa1398

wine-pot14..

butt1418

stick1433

vinagerc1440

rumneya1475

fust1481

pece1594

sack-butt1599

fudder1679

Shaftesbury1699

wine glass1709

quarter pipe?1763

leaguer1773

porron1845

solera1863

octave1864

wine fountain1889

yu1904

lei1929

papsak1999

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for liquids > of specific size

hogshead1390

snout1725

leaguer1773

1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. xvi. 793 The provisions for which the French contracted this year..1,200 leagers of wine.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 348 [article Oilmen] Both parties require roomy outskirt premises for their stores; the former for his casks and his ‘leagers’.

1881 F. R. Statham Blacks, Boers, & British iv. 61 You want to see what can be done with South African wine?.. Visit a great airy shed not far from the Cape Town docks,..the rough and ready wine has become—what? Look at it and see it as it is drawn from the huge casks—leaguers they call them here.

1959 Cape Times 14 Mar. 2/6 Two lorries, one carrying a 5-leaguer tank of wine (some 800 gallons) collided here yesterday.

1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 20/3 (advt.) A wine quota of 320 leaguers.

c. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit

pipe1352

tunc1400

piece1423

hogshead1427

ton mascull1432

tierce1531

leaguer1683

tonneau1794

1683 in Hacke's Collect. Voy. (1699) I. 37 We had gotten in 36 Liggers of Water already.

1800 Naval Chron. 3 66 The largest casks are called leagers, and are of the following dimensions: Length..4 ft. 6 in., Diameter of Bouge..3 ft., Diameter of Chine..2 ft. 5 in.

1802 Naval Chron. 8 82 His object was to purchase 200 legars, to be filled with water..for the use of the cattle.

1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 169 Butts and Leaguers.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Leaguers, the longest water-casks, stowed near the kelson, of 159 English imperial gallons each. Before the invention of water-tanks, leaguers composed the whole ground tier of casks in men-of-war.

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leaguerv.

Brit.

/ˈliːɡə/, U.S.

/ˈliɡər/

Etymology: < leaguer n.¹

†1.

a. reflexive and intransitive. To set one's leaguer, to encamp. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (intransitive)] > encamp

camp1543

encamp1579

leaguer1629

laager1879

harbour1935

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (reflexive)] > encamp

encamp1549

leaguer1629

1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 15 Leaguering himself on the East side of the Towne.

a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 161 Where the army had leaguered the year preceding.

†b. To ‘lie’, lodge. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)]

liec1000

harbourc1200

sojournc1290

layc1300

sojourc1330

to make, take (up) one's lodging1362

pilgrimagea1382

bield?a1400

lodgec1400

tarryc1400

to make (one's) residence1433

harbingec1475

harbry1513

stay1554

roost?1555

embower1591

quarter1591

leaguer1596

allodge1601

tenta1616

visit1626

billet1628

to lie abroad1650

tabernacle1653

sojourney1657

canton1697

stop1797

to shake down1858

to hole up1875

perendinate1886

shack1935

cotch1950

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V4 When I legerd by him in the Dolphin.

2. transitive. To besiege, beleaguer. Chiefly in ˈleaguered adj., ˈleaguering adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)]

belieOE

besita1100

beset?c1225

assiege1297

besiege1297

belayc1320

umsiegea1325

ensiegec1380

environa1382

to set before1382

siege1390

forset?a1400

foldc1400

setc1400

to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449

oppugn?a1475

pursue1488

obsess1503

ferma1522

gird1548

begird1589

beleaguer1590

block1591

invest1591

intermure1606

blockade1684

to lay blockade to1713

leaguer1720

to form the siege1776

cerne1857

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieged or blockaded

assieged1383

besiegedc1440

ysegede?a1475

sieged1567

invested1582

beleaguered1644

leaguered1720

blockaded1747

society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieging or blockading

blockading1735

beleaguering1753

investing1780

besieging1813

leaguering1816

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 593 Two mighty Hosts a leaguer'd Town embrace.

1794 S. T. Coleridge Fall of Robespierre ii. i That the voice of truth..though leagured round By envy and her hateful brood of hell, Be heard.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth ii. 8 The crescent shines Along the Moslem's leaguering lines.

1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 362 His..defence of Detroit against Pontiac and his leaguering hordes.

1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 19 The watchfires round Troy's leaguer'd wall.

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n.¹1577

n.²1591

n.³1683

v.1596

单词	leaguer
释义	leaguern.¹ Brit. /ˈliːɡə/, U.S. /ˈliɡər/ Forms: Also 1500s legher, legar, 1500s–1600s leagure, 1600s leguer, leager, leagre, 1700s leiger. Etymology: < Dutch leger camp, formally equivalent to Old English leger lair n.¹ 1. a. A military camp, esp. one engaged in a siege; an investing force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for siege or blockade leaguer1577 blockade1821 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > camp > siege camp leaguer1577 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 212/2 in Chron. I But when it was perceiued that theyr slender ranckes were not able to resiste the thycke leghers of the enimies. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 2 They [military men] will not vouchsafe..to use our antient termes belonging to matters of warre, but doo call a Campe by the Dutch name of Legar. a1645 D. Featley tr. I. Wake in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 494 The leaguer is not yet broken up. 1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 100 When General Fairfax came into the Leaguer before Raglan. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 265 It would not at first be credited at the Leaguer, that the Earl of Essex could be in a condition to attempt such a work. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 127 I came into the Imperial Leager at the Siege of Leipsick. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 12 He temporised until the enemy had broken up their leaguer. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lii. 7 The holy house is still beset With leaguer of stern foes. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots ii, in Pioneers of France in New World 20 Villegagnon with six followers..passed under cover of night through the infidel leaguer. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 17 He had dispersed the leaguer at Lincoln. b. in leaguer: in camp; engaged in a siege. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adverb] in leaguer1590 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. G2^v Our men of Barbary haue..laine in leagre fifteene moneths and more. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 446 Anniball now laie in leaguer, before the walls of Gerion. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 216 They were in Leaguer before a Town. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. i. 316 Where England's King in leaguer lay. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 39 Now we sat in leaguer there achieving many adventures. 2. A military investment, siege. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] > a siege assiege1469 leaguer1601 setting-downa1616 obsess1694 wall-fight1850 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 It was the first, but the best leaugre that euer I beheld with these eyes. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Praise, Antiqvitie, & Commoditie of Beggerie in Wks. i. 100/1 Two dangerous hurts hardly brought off from Bummill Leaguer. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 72 At the time of a Leagure he must expect often to change his Powder. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. ii. vi. 81 The Waste which lay between the Houses in a Time of a Leaguer, was sown with Corn. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. ix. 487 During the infinite horrors of the Harlem siege, and in the more prosperous leaguer of Alkmaar. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) vii. 175 The leaguer of Lucknow. 1890 Athenæum 13 Dec. 811/1 The long leaguer of Miletus in the Ionic revolt. 3. This word has occasionally been substituted by confusion for leager, ledger n. and adj., in attributive use and in the phrase to lie leaguer. ΚΠ 1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 50 Angels descend, and rule the sphere: Where heav'n lyes Leiguer. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) A Leaguer Ambassador, (one that makes a continuance) Un Ambassadeur ordinaire. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. x. 260 He lies leaguer, as a sort of ambassador for his worthy masters. Compounds C1. General attributive. leaguer-proof n. ΚΠ 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 9 There are some beauties so strong that they are leager-proof, they are so barricadoed that no battery..can doe good upon them. C2. † leaguer-basket n. Obsolete a fascine. ΚΠ 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 291 Engineres who lye behind Leagure-baskets [L. gerras]. leaguer-†lady n. = leaguer-laundress n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec. grass widow1529 leaguer-laundress1630 leaguer-lady1702 leaguer-lass1822 garrison-hack1876 sing-song girl1934 groupie1966 1702 R. Steele Funeral ii. 36 I shall take care..to keep you from Lord Hardy—From being a Leiger Lady, From carrying a Knapsack. leaguer-lass n. = leaguer-laundress n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec. grass widow1529 leaguer-laundress1630 leaguer-lady1702 leaguer-lass1822 garrison-hack1876 sing-song girl1934 groupie1966 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. viii. 171 (motto) This were a leaguer-lass to love a soldier, To bind his wounds, and kiss his bloody brow. 1895 Q. Rev. Apr. 472 Her father had dreamed that Jeanne ‘went with the soldiers’, doubtless as a ‘leaguer-lass’. † leaguer-laundress n. Obsolete euphemistic name for a woman attached to a camp. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > other spec. grass widow1529 leaguer-laundress1630 leaguer-lady1702 leaguer-lass1822 garrison-hack1876 sing-song girl1934 groupie1966 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. B2^v Were it not for my honesty I could wish now I were his leager landresse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). leaguern.² Brit. /ˈliːɡə/, U.S. /ˈliɡər/ Etymology: < league n.² + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A member of a league; in reference to French History, a member or adherent of the League formed against the Huguenots in the reign of Henry III; in modern times, a member of the Anti-Corn-Law League, the Irish Land League, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > group associated for common purpose > member of chorister1387 leaguer1591 combinator1611 associator1613 combinant1628 combiner1638 federate1650 federator1693 band-brother1742 leagueist1762 leaguite1841 belonger1931 panel member1937 society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > members of political associations leaguer1591 Jacobin1790 federate1793 Marseillais1794 Cagoulard1937 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Anti-Corn-Law League > member of leaguer1844 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of hougher1712 white boys1762 Steel boy1772 defender1788 United Irishman1791 Orangeman1796 marksman1800 Thresher1806 marchman1814 Orangist1822 Rockite1824 Brunswicker1828 Terry Alt1831 whitefoot1831 Repeal Warden1841 Young Irelander1844 Fenian1864 Land-leaguer1878 invincible1883 leaguer1892 Provie1972 1591 A. Colynet (title) True History of the Ciuill Warres of France, between the French King Henry 4. and the Leaguers. 1683 Apol. Protestants France iii. 8 The Liguers..did well to cry, To your Quarters White Scarfs, this is none of your quarrel. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 177 Here was no Leaguers in the Field, as at the Story of Noremberg. 1729 N. Tindal in tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. IX. xvii. 103 (note) After the Death of the Duke of Guise Henry III was accused by the Leaguers of having caused the Queen of Scots to be put to Death. 1844 R. Cobden Speeches 11 Dec., Speeches 1870 I. 229 One Leaguer in Manchester who has given more money..than [etc.]. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 23 Aug. This last dirty move of the Loyal Leaguers to spite the Copperheads in view of the Chicago Convention. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 136 The incendiary speeches of the Land Leaguers. 1892 H. Le Caron Twenty-five Years in Secret Service (1893) 181 O'Rorke and Andrew Kettle, both Leaguers. 1943 M. Ward G. K. Chesterton (1944) xxvi. 435 Many leaguers..felt..that the spirit of criticism of others was too fully developed. 1949 M. L. Darling At Freedom's Door i. ii. 52 In this year's election he stood as a Unionist, and like most Unionists was defeated by a Leaguer. 1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 26/2 There are few American major leaguers earning less than $30,000 a year. b. attributive, as leaguer-town. ΚΠ 1591 Art. conc. Admiralty 21 July §51 All those, that..haue had trafficke with the Leaguers in France, or shipped..any victuals..for Spaine, the Islands, or any leaguer towne in Fraunce. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. v. 93 Sir John Meldrum arrived suddenly at a Leaguer-town called Aulby. †2. ? A term of reproach.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvii. 285 This same victles Leager, This bane of banquets; this most nasty begger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). leaguern.³ Brit. /ˈliːɡə/, U.S. /ˈliɡər/ Forms: Also 1700s leagre, 1700s–1800s leager, 1800s legar. Etymology: ? < Dutch ligger a tun, < liggen to lie v.¹ Compare German leger (also legger, wasserlegger) a measure for arrack, (plural) freshwater casks on board ship. ?Obsolete. a. A certain measure of arrack. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > specific quantity of dramc1590 leaguer1712 finger1820 glassful1841 four1869 nip1869 half1888 two1894 snifter1910 treble1968 balloon1973 triple1981 peg2003 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > of arrack leaguer1712 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 398 Half a Leaguer of Spelman's Neep, or the best sort of Arrack. 1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 15 Aug. Started 3 Leagers of Arrack belonging to the Ships Crew, into 3 Butts and a small Cask. 1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands viii. 83 They also discovered a cask of Arrack..it was half a Leaguer. b. A cask of wine or oil, ? of a particular size. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for wine wine-barrelc950 wine-bottlec950 wine-bowlc950 wine boxc950 wine-buttc950 wine-canc950 wine-caskc950 wine-cupc950 wine-decanterc950 wine-flaskc950 wine-jarc950 wine jugc950 wine-tunc950 wine-vesselc950 pipe1314 lake1382 ampullaa1398 wine-pot14.. butt1418 stick1433 vinagerc1440 rumneya1475 fust1481 pece1594 sack-butt1599 fudder1679 Shaftesbury1699 wine glass1709 quarter pipe?1763 leaguer1773 porron1845 solera1863 octave1864 wine fountain1889 yu1904 lei1929 papsak1999 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for liquids > of specific size hogshead1390 snout1725 leaguer1773 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. xvi. 793 The provisions for which the French contracted this year..1,200 leagers of wine. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 348 [article Oilmen] Both parties require roomy outskirt premises for their stores; the former for his casks and his ‘leagers’. 1881 F. R. Statham Blacks, Boers, & British iv. 61 You want to see what can be done with South African wine?.. Visit a great airy shed not far from the Cape Town docks,..the rough and ready wine has become—what? Look at it and see it as it is drawn from the huge casks—leaguers they call them here. 1959 Cape Times 14 Mar. 2/6 Two lorries, one carrying a 5-leaguer tank of wine (some 800 gallons) collided here yesterday. 1970 Cape Times 28 Oct. 20/3 (advt.) A wine quota of 320 leaguers. c. Nautical. (See quot. 1867.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit pipe1352 tunc1400 piece1423 hogshead1427 ton mascull1432 tierce1531 leaguer1683 tonneau1794 1683 in Hacke's Collect. Voy. (1699) I. 37 We had gotten in 36 Liggers of Water already. 1800 Naval Chron. 3 66 The largest casks are called leagers, and are of the following dimensions: Length..4 ft. 6 in., Diameter of Bouge..3 ft., Diameter of Chine..2 ft. 5 in. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 82 His object was to purchase 200 legars, to be filled with water..for the use of the cattle. 1821 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (ed. 2) ii. 169 Butts and Leaguers. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Leaguers, the longest water-casks, stowed near the kelson, of 159 English imperial gallons each. Before the invention of water-tanks, leaguers composed the whole ground tier of casks in men-of-war. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). leaguerv. Brit. /ˈliːɡə/, U.S. /ˈliɡər/ Etymology: < leaguer n.¹ †1. a. reflexive and intransitive. To set one's leaguer, to encamp. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (intransitive)] > encamp camp1543 encamp1579 leaguer1629 laager1879 harbour1935 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (reflexive)] > encamp encamp1549 leaguer1629 1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 15 Leaguering himself on the East side of the Towne. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 161 Where the army had leaguered the year preceding. †b. To ‘lie’, lodge. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] liec1000 harbourc1200 sojournc1290 layc1300 sojourc1330 to make, take (up) one's lodging1362 pilgrimagea1382 bield?a1400 lodgec1400 tarryc1400 to make (one's) residence1433 harbingec1475 harbry1513 stay1554 roost?1555 embower1591 quarter1591 leaguer1596 allodge1601 tenta1616 visit1626 billet1628 to lie abroad1650 tabernacle1653 sojourney1657 canton1697 stop1797 to shake down1858 to hole up1875 perendinate1886 shack1935 cotch1950 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V4 When I legerd by him in the Dolphin. 2. transitive. To besiege, beleaguer. Chiefly in ˈleaguered adj., ˈleaguering adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieged or blockaded assieged1383 besiegedc1440 ysegede?a1475 sieged1567 invested1582 beleaguered1644 leaguered1720 blockaded1747 society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [adjective] > besieging or blockading blockading1735 beleaguering1753 investing1780 besieging1813 leaguering1816 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 593 Two mighty Hosts a leaguer'd Town embrace. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Fall of Robespierre ii. i That the voice of truth..though leagured round By envy and her hateful brood of hell, Be heard. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth ii. 8 The crescent shines Along the Moslem's leaguering lines. 1855 W. Sargent Braddock's Exped. 362 His..defence of Detroit against Pontiac and his leaguering hordes. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 19 The watchfires round Troy's leaguer'd wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1577n.²1591n.³1683v.1596
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