| 单词 | overthwart and endlong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoverthwart and endlong b. overthwart and endlong, (also) endlong and overthwart: crosswise and lengthwise, in breadth and length, transversely and longitudinally. Also figurative: all over, throughout. Cf. endlong adv. 2. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > transversely and longitudinally overthwart and endlongc1385 the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] high and low1397 every (also ilk, ilka) stick?a1400 root and rind?a1400 hair and hide?c1450 stout and routc1450 bane and routc1480 overthwart and endlonga1500 (in) hide and hairc1575 right out1578 horse and footc1600 flesh and fella1616 root and branch1640 stab and stow1680 stoop and roop1728 stick, stock, stone dead1796 rump and stump1824 stump and rump1825 rump and rig1843 good and1885 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1991 The dore was al of athamant eterne Yclenched ouerthwart [v.rr. ouer thward, ouertwert, ouereþwart] and endelong With iren togh. 1417 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 13 (MED) We..awarde..that the same Thomas Bernard hafe all the alde stuffe of lede that lay thare before, endelang and overthwart. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 718 Sir Helyus..drove sir Palomydes ovirtwarte and endelonge all the fylde. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 108 He saue you and me, Ouertwhart and endlang. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 85 (MED) Ioseph conuerted this kyng Aruigarus..And gaue hym then a shelde of siluer white, A crosse endlong and ouertwhart full perfect. 1865 W. S. Banks List Provinc. Words Wakefield Owerthwart, across. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 24 118 Mr. Paul Macey, in a communication..describes the results of his two years' exploration, endlong and overthwart, in the Indo-Chinese peninsula. 1896 W. Morris Well at World's End xxi The wall..was some seven feet high, and the pound within the wall of forty feet space endlong and overthwart. < as lemmas |
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