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单词 at sword and buckler
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at sword and buckler
5. Phrases (sense 1): to play at bucklers, at sword and buckler: to fence; see also sword n. to take up the bucklers: to enter the lists, present oneself as a champion. to deserve to carry the buckler: (with negative expressed or implied) to be worthy to be remotely compared with, = modern ‘to be fit to hold a candle to’. to carry away the bucklers: to come off winner. to give, lay down, yield the bucklers: to own oneself beaten. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)]
playeOE
skirmisha1387
to play at bucklersa1500
swash1556
fencea1616
tilt1699
wrench1771
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > confess oneself beaten
to cry creak?1562
to give, lay down, yield the bucklers1592
to cry cravena1634
holler1845
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win
win1297
obtain1441
to go away with it1489
triumph1508
to carry (also get, lose, win, etc.) the day1557
to bear it1602
carry1602
to carry away the bucklers1608
to carry one's point1654
to carry it off1828
to ring the bell1900
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (intransitive)] > admit of comparison
parec1450
comparea1500
march1567
to deserve to carry the buckler1642
nick1887
to side up with1895
stack1896
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage on behalf of or against something
stickle1625
to take up the bucklers1647
to take up the cudgels1654
a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 83 iiij and xxte. oxon playing at the sword and bokeler.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C Giuing you the bucklers at this weapon, let me haue a blow at you with an other.
1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 30 That could play at bucklers So soone as she was past her cradell.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 74 Seuerus side carried away the bucklers.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. §11. 48 When he can..prove it not Apostolike..we shall give him the Bucklers.
1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 47 One that deserves to carry the Buckler unto Sampson.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lix. 175 The Clergy tooke up the Bucklers and beate both King and Commons to a retreat.
1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 3 I shal herein willinglie yeeld him the bucklers;..I confess, he hath the better of me.
1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 45 After much bandying on every side, the Jesuite was fain to lay down the Bucklers.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 61 John dying before he could make a reply..Dr. Franc. White took up the bucklers.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋3 They fought at Sword and Buckler.
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