| 单词 | penny-stone cast |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny-stone cast penny-stone cast n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) the distance to which a penny-stone is or can be thrown; cf. stone's throw n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be thrown cast1387 a quoit's castc1425 penny-stone cast1487 throw1553 a quoit's distance1644 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 383 The vay Wes nocht a penny-stane cast of breid. 1602 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 451 Within a pennystane cast to his majesteis palice. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 336/2 Being..about two pennystone-cast before the said Mungo. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 52 That's but a penny stonecast from Rankeillor's house. < as lemmas |
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