单词 | out-quench |
释义 | † out-quenchv. Obsolete. transitive. To put out, extinguish. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) aquenchc1000 quenchOE to do outa1425 extinct1483 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 dout1526 pop1530 extinguish1551 to put forth1598 snuff1688 douse1753 douse1780 smoor1808 to turn out1844 outen1877 to turn off1892 to black out1913 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] aquenchc1000 quenchc1175 sleckc1175 slockena1300 bleschea1325 sleckena1340 sleaka1400 asteyntea1450 stancha1450 mesec1480 slockc1480 extinct1483 redd1487 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 squench1535 extinguish1551 out1629 smoor1721 douse1842 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. v. 42 Observand weyll the gledis half owt quent. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii2 The candlelight Out quenched, leaues no skill nor difference of wight. View more context for this quotation 1837 C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. II. 1400/2 (citing Spenser) Out-quenched, extinguished.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.a1522 |
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