单词 | on the jar |
释义 | > as lemmason (upon) the jar In the phrases on (upon) the jar, †on (a) jar, †at jar, on the turn, partly open, ajar adv.1: cf. chare n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [phrase] > partly open (of doors, etc.) on (upon) the jar1674 off the latch1842 off the sneck1897 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 7 The fulfilledness or perfection of the will in the next life, will not be in a standing at jar, and wavering alike towards good and evil. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 45 Finding a Door upon the jar. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xiii. 19 The door was on the jar, and, gently opening it, I entered and stood behind her unperceived. 1794 A. M. Bennett Ellen II. 112 She found..the hall door on jar. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 46 She never absolutely shuts her mouth, but leaves it always on a jar, as it were,—thus. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiii. 361 ‘I see Mrs. Bardell's street door on the jar.’ ‘On the what?’ exclaimed the little Judge. ‘Partly open, my lord,’ said Sergeant Snubbin. < as lemmas |
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