单词 | pight |
释义 | † pightadj. Obsolete. 1. a. Set with jewels. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [adjective] > studded with or abounding in gemmeda1240 pightc1400 gemmyc1420 jewelled1563 inset1588 enjewelled1648 bejewelled1848 jewelly1861 begemmed1927 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 205 (MED) A pyȝt coroune ȝet wer þat gyrle. b. Fixed to the ground, fastened, pegged, staked. Cf. pitched adj.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > in the ground or a surface earthfastOE well-planted?1531 pitched1549 pight1584 yirdfasta1783 planted1806 1584 Order Sept. in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 63 Rowte Wears, Pight Wears, Foot Wears. 2. Of a military encounter: fought at a predetermined time and place; planned, organized. Cf. pitched adj.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter openeOE set battle1487 unbloody1544 pight1562 pitched1569 round1601 steadfast1623 strucka1625 running1651 stationary1737 stricken field1820 close quarters1871 1562 T. Sternhold et al. Whole Bk. Psalmes xxvii. 56 In battell pight if they will trye, I trust in God for ayde. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 85 The soldier which neuer saw a pight field. 1607 S. Hieron Mariage-blessing in Wks. (1620) I. 412 Fitly is the life of man compared vnto a pight battell. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 832 The martiall prowesse of this Earle in the pight field. 3. figurative. Determined, resolved. rare. Cf. pitched adj.2 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] stallc1275 unflichinga1340 adviseda1393 affirmed1440 constant1481 resolved1518 resolute1522 well-settled?1532 ratified1533 unbashed1536 bent1548 well-resolved1565 unabashed1571 determinate1587 undaunted1587 peremptory1589 confirmed1594 decretal1608 pight1608 intent1610 definitivea1616 unshrinkinga1616 naylessa1618 pitched1642 decisive1658 martyrly1659 certain1667 fell1667 decretory1674 martyrial1678 decretorian1679 invariable1696 unflinching1728 hell-bent1731 decided1767 determined1773 iron-headed1787 adamantine1788 unwincing1802 stick-at-nothing1805 adamant1816 hard-set1818 rock-like1833 bound1844 do-or-die1851 unbased1860 focused1888 capable de tout1899 purposive1903 go-for-broke1946 hard rock1947 take-no-shit1992 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vi. 64 When I disswaded him from his intent, and found him pight to doe it. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † pightv. Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use). transitive. = pitch v.2; to set up; to fix. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place and make fast plant1381 tight1382 affixc1448 pitch1533 pight1586 1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 348/2 It was nygh evyn or ye..raunged youre Batailles, pighted youre Tentes. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Uv Who looseth Loue, and conquers care in lieu, who pightes his paines, and pines for want of food. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. vii. 23 And hauing in their sight the threatned Citie of the Foe, his Tents did Affer pight. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus vi. sig. D4v Two most beautiful places to pight tapers one. c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 108 The same instructeth thé..how to pichte thy campt. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Pórro To put, to set, to lay, to place, to pight. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 48 There doth he pight his net and pitch his snare. DerivativesΚΠ 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 325 Behold the pighted foe and battle-field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1400v.1459 |
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