单词 | at sword and buckler |
释义 | > as lemmasat sword and buckler ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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