单词 | over-wheel |
释义 | † over-wheelv. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To overturn; to turn upside down. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] > excessively over-wheel1599 overwork1645 overheat1648 overboil1687 fanaticize1812 over-excite1817 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 59 Yea..whisprings soft of men or falling floud, Doth so their harts and senses ouerwheele That often headlong from the boord they reel. 2. Military. a. intransitive. Of a marching formation of troops: to wheel too far or beyond the proper point. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > wheel wheel1579 over-wheel1832 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 98 The Troops must rather over-wheel at the commencement of the movement. b. transitive. To cause (a marching formation of troops) to wheel too far or beyond the proper point. ΚΠ 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 99 They will thus be somewhat over-wheeled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1599 |
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