单词 | out of case |
释义 | > as lemmasout of case P8. out of case: in poor condition. Now only with reference to tobacco (see sense 5b).In quot. 1593: not in a condition or position to do something; unprepared. ΚΠ 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iv. sig. I4v Iudge in what temper aud state hys body standeth, and howe farre he is eyther out of case or in case, for the running of a course. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. ii. 9 Thou art so leane and out of case. 1673 A. Behn Dutch Lover ii. iii. 42 This replenishing of our spirits, as you call it, Sir, may put us out of case. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 240 Their Horses large, but extreamly out of Case. 1745 D. Giddings Jrnl. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1912) XLVIII. 299 9 [May]. A little better this morning... 10. I was still out of case but keept about. 1835 W. Brigham Addr. before Inhabitants of Grafton 11 The gun missing fire, (probably the moist rainy weather had put it out of case,) they all came out. 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 461 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI When put in winnows this way, it [sc. tobacco] frequently goes out of case. 1909 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 343. 26 If tobacco is going out of case when bulked, it will continue to go out. 2013 A. K. Ferrell Burley i. ii. 78 When it is out of case, it is brittle and crumbles at the touch. < as lemmas |
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