单词 | out of theats |
释义 | > as lemmasout of theats b. In figurative and allusive expressions: cf. traces. out of theats (also out of theet), out of bounds: see quot. 1710, and cf. ‘to kick over the traces’ (kick v.1 1c). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray scrithingOE sinister1526 aberrantc1536 strayed1544 straying1553 exorbitant1556 erroneous1595 wandering1606 devious1633 theat1682 1682 Peden in Life & Proph. (1868) 13 Good Lord, cut their theets, that their swingle-trees may fall to the ground. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Thetis Ye are out of theet, i.e. ye are extravagant or in the wrong. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) v. 51 They were going to call a new upstart, one that broke the thetes. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ii. 17 Keep baith laird an' tenan' straucht i' the theets. < as lemmas |
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