单词 | outsling |
释义 | † outslingv. Obsolete. transitive. To throw from, or as from, a sling. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > cast (missiles) by sling slingc1315 i-slinga1400 outslinga1425 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5987 If I may grype a riche man..I shal hym make his pens outslynge, But they in his gerner sprynge. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Eei Lo, yet again a smarter glydes, which he with force outslang. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 13 Tha within hes maid defence richt lang, Baith arrowis schot, and greit stonis outslang Attouir the wall. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. v 'Tis opinion That makes the..thundring engine murd'rous balls out-sling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.a1425 |
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