单词 | atry |
释义 | † atryv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To try, as a judge. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] hearc1160 atry1330 tryc1330 to know upon ——1458 cognosce1607 advise1609 knowledge1609 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 80 Chefe justise he satte, þe sothe to atrie. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 245 Þe rightes he did attrie of þo þat wrong had nomen. 2. intransitive. To try, test, as with a touch-stone. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > test [verb (intransitive)] atryc1485 test1961 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 983 With many a temtacyon we tochyd hym to atrey to know whether he was god or non. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : a-tryadv. > as lemmasa-try ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adverb] > bows to sea or well-balanced in gale at try1558 a-try1611 α. β. 1558–89 A. Jenkinson Voy. & Trav. (1886) I. 96 There arose another great storme..and we lay a trie, being driuen farre into the sea.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Cappéer A ship to lye a-try.a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 86 We tooke in our fore course and lay a trie with our maine course.1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 173 We lay a try under a Main-sail.1729 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 22 Dec. At 5 Reefed our Courses, furled the Fore Sail, brought to, and lay a try under Main Sail.a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 316 Sometimes a-try and sometimes a-hull we busked it out.1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 98 All the night [wee] laye at trie with much raine and foule weather. a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 12 We are forced to lye at trye with our maine Course and Missen. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 40 A storme, let vs lie at Trie with our maine course, that is, to hale the tacke aboord, the sheat close aft, the boling set vp, and the helme tied close aboord. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xviii. 80 Let us go and lye at Trie with our main Course. < v.1330 see also as lemmas |
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