单词 | post-knight |
释义 | † post-knightn. Obsolete. = knight of the post n. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > perjury > perjurer manswareOE false swearerc1380 mansworna1400 forswearer1413 perjurera1500 perjured1526 perjurea1540 post-knight1576 knight of the post1580 perjurator1689 mounter1781 stag1823 straw-shoe1826 subornee1890 perjuress1898 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard 115 Frenos gott, a post knight of my name. 1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. D Why, I haue bene a poste knight in Westminster this xii. year. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 30 The sixt a post-Knight, that for fiue groats gaine Would sweare, and for foure groats forswear't againe. 1694 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1902) 8 229 Twenty pounds a piece..which in some parts of the kingdom..might perhaps have purchased a post-knight for every pound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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