单词 | before the hand |
释义 | > as lemmasbefore the hand ΚΠ c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 107 (MED) I wolle haue..sume people..that wolle take wages, and I wolle pay theym..before the honde. a1599 R. Rollock Fiue & Twentie Lect. (1619) viii. 76 These things I tolde you before the hand, that ye should belieue. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. xix. 385 There is a kind of tacite Relocation, by taking the Rent before the hand, during which time..the setter cannot remove the Defuncts Successor for the years ensuing. 1700 J. Gordon Observ. Fables of Æsop 9 He might have added that other Diverb, That few are wise before the hand like Prometheus, but too many resemble his Brother Epimetheus, in being wise behind the hand. < as lemmas |
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