单词 | poust |
释义 | poustn. Now Scottish. = poustie n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] i-waldeOE armOE craftOE mightOE poustiea1275 mound?a1300 powerc1300 force1303 mighta1325 wielda1325 mightiheada1382 mightinessc1390 mightheada1400 mightinga1400 puissance1420 mightfulnessa1425 vallente1475 potence1483 state1488 potencya1500 potestation?c1500 potent1512 puissantness1552 sinew1560 puissancy1562 potentness1581 powerableness1591 powerfulnessc1595 potestatea1600 pollency1623 potentiality1627 potentialness1668 poust1827 mana1843 magnum force1977 ?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 517 (MED) Þei wiþdrowen men fro sacrifise of God, taking by strengþe or violence þat part of þe sacrifise þat perteyned to þer post. a1450 York Plays (1885) 9 So I wille my post proue. c1450 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Arms) (1927) 597 (MED) Of al wymmen þow schalt [haue] post, & wer þat þow come, schalt haue loue most. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 216 Wi' great poust o' arm and leg. 1832–53 R. Inglis in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 115 The poust that's in Scottish kail-brose. 1846 Drummond's Muckomachy ii. xxxvii. 35 Wi' poust and pushing. 1876 W. Brockie Leaderside Legends 34 The victors staggered like men drunk, Their powst was near hand gane. 1931 J. Lorimer Red Sergeant xxix Wha cud hae tell't by the poust he pit intill't, that the life-bluid wis drainin' oot o' him? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1430 |
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