单词 | outwring |
释义 | outwringv. Chiefly poetic. ΚΠ a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) 1772 (MED) Þe blod anon bi gon to springe, And þe watir anon hout wringe [v.r. out wryng]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16436 (MED) Fra the hefd vnto þe fote, Oueral þe blod vte-wrang [a1400 Gött. oute wrang]. 2. transitive. To force out (liquid) by or as by wringing. Frequently in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > twist, wring, or squeeze out twistc1374 press1381 expressc1400 outwringc1430 to wring upc1440 queasea1450 dow1481 strain1483 squash1599 crush1602 squeeze1602 squeeze1611 out-scruze1626 compel1657 c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2527 To moche trusted I..Upon your lynage and youre fayer tonge, And on Youre teres falsly out ywronge. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2858 I chaunge boþe hyde and hewe; Myn eyeledys waxyn al outewronge. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 619 (MED) Now let ws synge..A tenowr to yow bothe I brynge..And but a trebull I owtwrynge. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviiv But it the better be stamped, & the venomous ieuse out wrongen, it is lykely to enpoysonen al tho that therof tasten. 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C c iij Whan god from skies..His watry showres outwrings. a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. l. 145 Where by one hand light headed Bacchus hung, And with the other, wine from grapes out wrung. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies Poetresses Petition sig. A8v Instead of Scutcheons, let my Teares be hung, Which greife and sorrow from my eyes out wrung. a1849 H. Smith Rejected Addr. & Other Poems (1871) 97 Who..With rattling fingers grasps him by the throat, His breath out-wrings, And his corpse down flings. a1882 D. G. Rossetti Coll. Wks. (1886) II. 428 Already were three years outwrung, And still his torment o'er him hung. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1325 |
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