单词 | plevin |
释义 | plevinn. Law. Now historical and rare. A pledge, assurance, or warrant; surety. Also through plevin: on bail. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] sickerness?c1225 caution1297 plevina1325 suretyc1330 assurec1374 sickerty1405 baila1593 assinat1652 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xii. 66 Schirreues..þoru pleuine bileueden hoem, aȝen þe forme of oure statut. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 1253 Þare wedded Ywaine in plevyne Þe riche lady Alundyne. 1543 tr. Act 3 Edward I c. 17 in Statutes Henry III vnto Henry VIII I. sig. Ciiii The same shyryffe or baylyffe..do assay to make pleuyn of the beastes from him that toke them. 1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria 60 Sheriffs and others have..let out by plevin such as were not replevisable. 1752 E. Chambers Cycl. Plevin, in Law, a Warrant, or Assurance. 1902 Eng. Hist. Rev. 17 723 He was put under the same plevin till the next pleas of the crown, lest any in the interim should prosecute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † plevinadj. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Of good or proven quality. ΚΠ 1536 Linlithgow Burgh Court 6 Oct. It is statut and ordanit that nane pect of atis be sauld derrar thane v d. of plewand corne and that wther small corne be sauld for iiij d. the pect. 1549 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 267 Xviij vnces weycht of guid fyne and plewan [printed pleway] breid of quhit for tua penneis. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 140 And pleven plait with mony riall rufe, With courtlie cast of cot-armour abufe. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 402 And pansis proude of plaven plait of pryde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1325adj.1536 |
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