| 单词 | quartering knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquartering knife quartering knife n. ΚΠ 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 425 Why do they..resort to gags, dungeons, halters, axes, and quartering-knives? 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 321 He did not see the ghastly work of quartering knives and choppers. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 296 On a handsome mahogany table near him were neatly arranged the quartering knife, the various finely tempered disembowelling appliances. < as lemmas |
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