单词 | of wing |
释义 | > as lemmasof (such-and-such) wing a. of (such-and-such) wing, used, like feather = kind or description of bird (usually figurative). Obsolete except in echoes of Ezekiel 17:23. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [phrase] > of a particular kind of (such-and-such) wing1598 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio i. v, in Terence in Eng. 406 All alike: all feathered of one wing [L. omnes congruont]: knowe one, and know all. 1601 W. Shakespeare Phoenix & Turtle in R. Chester Loves Martyr 170 From this Session interdict Euery foule of tyrant wing, Saue the Eagle feath'red King. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. D2 OF all the mad rascalls (that are of this wing) the Abraham-man is the most phantastick. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 90v A prying eye, a listning eare, and a prating tongue, are all birds of one wing. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xvii. 23 All foule of euery wing. 1630 Pathomachia iv. iii. 35 Here is another Bird of the same Wing I beleeue. < as lemmas |
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