单词 | maraud |
释义 | maraudn. Now rare. The action of raiding or plundering; a raid. on the maraud: intent on plundering. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > going about with intention of raveninga1398 forage1481 foraging1481 outriding?c1500 marauding1684 maraud1804 1804 Sydney Gaz. 1 Apr. 2/3 Fifteen [fugitives]..were then on the maraud about the exterior limits of the settlement. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 151 It was the hour for Indian maraud. 1855 W. Irving Wolfert's Roost & Other Papers 18 He had an Indian's sagacity in discovering when the enemy was on the maraud. 1884 St. Nicholas 11 534 Certain neighboring tribes that make maraud upon them. 1993 Guardian 5 Nov. i. 23/3 We set off to walk the Wansbeck river bank to its first mill at Kirkwhelpington, an impossible maraud in summer when a deep gorge is clothed in bracken and rosebay willowherb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). maraudv. 1. a. intransitive. To make a raid for the purpose of plundering. Also (rarely) with on, upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (intransitive)] harryc893 skeckc1330 skicka1400 cry havoc1419 foray1487 raven1570 booty1580 rapine1580 pillage1593 boot-hale1598 to make boota1599 ravage1604 scummer1633 maraud1684 loot1842 raid1848 1684 [implied in: T. Otway Atheist v. 63 Peace you Rogue; no Moroding now: we'll burn, rob, demolish and murder another time together. (at marauding n.)]. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 165. ¶5 They met with a Party of French that had been Marauding. 1711 S. Centlivre Mar-plot i. i. 8 Ask your Brother Don Lopez, who will have it that you send your Eyes a merroding for English Forage. 1788 Indian Vocab. 19 Bindarra,..who receive no pay, but..give a certain monthly sum to the commander in chief, for permission to maraud or plunder under the sanction of his banners. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. i. 53 The Saxon stern, the pagan Dane, Maraud on Britain's shores again. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iv. ii. §5. 229 He [sc. the Arab] will no longer maraud, because..he is placing himself in danger of being marauded upon. 1931 P. S. Buck Good Earth xxiii. 239 Now these things..were sign and symbol of a band of robbers who lived and marauded toward the north-west. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart vi. 368 Catahecassa..forbade any war parties crossing the river to the Kentucky side to maraud. 2011 P. Anthony Well-tempered Clavicle 292 I will marry the monster. He won't maraud after that. b. intransitive. In extended use: to go about in a menacing or predatory manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (intransitive)] pelfa1400 picka1555 befilch1566 filch1567 pilch1573 lurch1593 purloin1611 nim1622 shirk1709 pilfer1729 maraud1770 souvenir1897 1770 Monthly Rev. 132 A flea..Upon a taylor's neck was taken Marauding for a dinner. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xv. 297 I dare say it will cure him of coming marauding about the house for one while. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. v. 112 Juno,—who, though formally banished from the parlour, failed not to maraud about the out-settlements. 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel I. v. 138 He was an old offender, probably come from Marseilles to maraud at the Candlemas fair of Nismes. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 57/1 Rourke also boxes semiprofessionally and marauds with a motorcycle pack in southern California. 1996 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Sept. 120/3 He spends 99.9 per cent of his time boozing and marauding with the boys. 2. transitive. To plunder (a place); to harry; to ravage. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conquest Granada I. xii. 112 The tract of country they intended to maraud was far in the Moorish territories. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters 321 One is always marauding the other's territory. 1937 S. MacManus Bold Blades of Donegal 34 Your..cow-bastes that you've let morode and destroy my wee patch of kail. 1953 Cape Times 3 Apr. 2 Bredasdorp... Mr Hennie Geldenhuys has..killed two lynx which marauded farms in the strandveld area of the district in the summer. 1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers iii. 35 The rapacious bluefish no longer maraud crab pots. 1983 G. Swift Waterland (1984) xxxii. 222 Louring summer rain clouds are marauding the horizon. 2006 J. M. Francis Iberia & Americas I. 1064/2 English and Dutch naval forces marauded the Spanish coast, seizing Gibraltar in August 1704. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804v.1684 |
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