单词 | lotted |
释义 | lottedadj. 1. a. Allocated, appointed, allotted; assigned by lot or as a person's lot. Now rare (in later use archaic or colloquial). lotted span = allotted span n. at allotted adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted admeasured1340 assignedc1374 allocate1533 allotted?1567 lotted1567 allocated?1713 warded1894 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 39v In Libie lande to lodge and loyter so in loue, And not to seeke the lotted lande, that was for his behoue. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 14v Of bodies two, one corps is made, so linckt in lotted loue. ?1570 T. Howell Newe Sonets sig. E The litle Byrde..doth then..greet oft his lotted feare. 1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 131 Though the other Tribes might not marry one with another, for avoyding confusion of Lotted inheritance: yet might Levi..marrie with other Tribes. 1604 W. Herbert Prophesie of Cadwallader To Rdr. sig. I2v The lotted seruant to thy Infant age. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. xiv And so of life they'll want their 'lotted fee. 1737 London Mag. Sept. 514/1 Far off my husband's gone With gold rich laden, nor will yet return, But stay his lotted time. 1763 R. Rugeley Misc. Poems 229 Give me in content to pass, And careless ease, Life's 'lotted space, Above contempt, too low for pride. 1771 R. Holloway Let. to John Wilkes 27 Lock-up houses..were..a kind of interlocutionary residence or respite from a prison, which gave to the former a lotted time to procure sureties for his appearance. 1777 J. Auther Poems 87 Content, I willingly could bear, Of Poverty, my lotted Share. 1887 G. Rowe Thoughts in Verse 90 The 'lotted span of three score years and ten, Equivalent to ages would be then. 1893 Californian June 242 Now, his lotted toil of love fulfilled, Adolph stood hale and free. 1908 Philistine Dec. 1 The sinner, saint and seer; With some who saved and some who slew Each in his lotted sphere. 1953 G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin iv. 80 'Tisn't many as linger on so long after the 'lotted span. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adjective] > relating to compulsory enlistment > compelled to enlist compelled1541 impressed1608 conscribed1654 pressed1705 lotted1758 conscript1804 conscripted1807 press-ganged1882 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 25 That the master of the merchant-ship, from which they were taken by lot, be obliged..to make up such lotted seaman's accounts. 1762 G. Savile Argument conc. Militia 14 Let me ask the Militia officer..if he wishes for a greater proportion than he has, of lotted men. 1793 R. Burn & J. Burn Justice of Peace (ed. 17) IV. App. sig. Tt 3 The families of any such corporals, drummers, and fifers, lotted men, substitutes, hired men, or volunteers. 2. Originally North American. Of land: divided into sections or lots; divided and allotted; spec. (Scottish) leased by an estate in sections to individual householders (now historical). Also in extended use. Cf. lot v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > real or immovable > consisting of landed property > types of landed property unquit-out1496 relict1584 prime1634 lotted1678 non-resident1747 jointured1818 undedicated1881 1678 in Southold (N.Y.) Town Rec. (1882) 231 He laying downe to the Townes use so much of his lotted lands nere to the Towne, which is done according to appoyntment as expressed in the Towns grant to Mr Wells. 1700 in Copy Old Rec. Duxbury, Mass. (1893) 71 Bounded by said path and Plymouth road, and by said road to the lotted land of said Joseph Chandler. 1785 Resolves Gen. Court Mass. 150 Each settler to have his choice of either half of the lotted share, the same having been first divided, as was practised in the first settlement of the said township. 1806 ‘D. Hughson’ London III. 324 Even at the low prices for which the lotted ground was let..the person who took the three first lots of ground, petitioned to be released from his bargain. 1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze v. 11 Thy [sc. Poland's] lotted people and extinguished name. 1830 S. Wells Hist. Drainage Great Level of Fens I. ix. 201 Another highway of 40 feet wide..along by Delphe's Dike and the lotted high grounds of Ramsey, called Michwood. 1893 H. Rutherfurd & G. R. Gillespie Royal Comm. Labour: Agric. Labourer III. i. 123/1 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C.6894-XV) XXXVI. 203 The feus and the lots are not kept together; the feuar lets his lotted lands, and a farmer takes them. 1908 Law Jrnl. Rep. 77 625/1 These restrictions, though differing in detail as to particular lots, are consistent..with a general scheme for the development of the lotted portion of the estate. 1961 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 209 These lands, except those within the burgh of Macduff and a small area immediately outside its boundary known as the ‘lotted lands’. 2012 Bristol Post (Nexis) 1 Nov. 2 With the launch of a lotted farm around Thorverton in the summer, we marketed three cottages at attractive and very sensible guide prices. 3. With modifying word, as hard-lotted, well-lotted, etc.: having a specified fate or lot in life. rare. ΚΠ 1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 52 Some Parts, and more Estate, kind Heav'n To this Well-Lotted Peer has given. 1857 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 143/1 How gladly does the merchant resort..to the very locality where, gentlemen, you happily-lotted farmers, pursue your calling. You are placed for your business where they nearly all choose to go for enjoyment. 1906 Christian Reg. (Boston) 1 Nov. 1208/1 We do not overlook the hard-lotted ones, nor forget those fated to do the heavier hand tasks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1567 |
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