单词 | poison-maker |
释义 | > as lemmaspoison-maker poison-maker n. ΚΠ a1400 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Caius) (1961) 200 (MED) Poysun makers [v.r. poisouneres; c1350 Harl. 874 þe hunters þat poyson oþere & þe foule homicides & hij þat seruen to Maumetrye]. 1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xii. 245 Certain of the Poyson-makers in the time of a Plague, did take the Earth and Dust from the Graves of those that had been buried, and did so prepare it with their Magical Art. 1998 Econ. Rev. (Nexis) Aug. 33 Animals that do not have ears, such as frogs, or are poison-makers such as copperheads and rattlesnakes, are also forbidden. < as lemmas |
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