单词 | reaving |
释义 | reavingn. The action of reave v.1; robbery, plunder, depredation; an instance of this. Also figurative.In quot. 1613 with forth. ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. v. 48 Þeh þe Atheniensum se sige & seo reafung þæs Persiscan feos to maran sconde wurde, for þon, siþþan hie welegran wæron, hie eac bleaðran gewurdon. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1116 Se cyng..ferde ofer sæ into Normandig, & wurdon manega unrada & ræfunga & castelas genumene betwux France & Normandig. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 35 (MED) Ga to þine feder burinesse..and esca hine hwet he habbe biȝeten mid his wohe domas and mid his reuunge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 1324 Þes wes þe æreste king þe ferde vt to ræuing [c1300 Otho reuing]. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 50 (MED) The seuent comandement biddes us noght stele; In whilk is forboden robbyng and reuyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28797 (MED) Vr lauerd..wil na gift Of oker, reuing, ne o thift. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 432 Revynge of reste, inquietacio; Revynge, or dystruynge of pees, turbacio, perturbacio. c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 521 (MED) Thar was none harme also in the robbynge, rewynge, and spoylynge of the kynges peple and of his servauntes specyally? 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 101 For it a Friendly hart..In value doe not passe The Ring, you may reprooue The reauing of the same. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 273 Thair was nathing bot rwgging and raveing of the puir laubouraris. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 187 Trubling the west seyes in thift, ruging, and reiueng. 1613 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 119 In the violent refing furth of the offecer forsaid hous of ane clok. 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. p. xliv Rieving of prisoners or goods. 1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 426 It was..the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. viii. 684 They must help themselves..by robbing and reiving. 1920 Times 31 Aug. 13/3 A furious medley of hard knocks and reiving that old life seems, with an interminable mixing up of cattle. 1958 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 17 229/2 The reaving of the cattle of the sun, is attributed to the Corinthian Alcyoneus. 2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 2 Revelling replaces reiving as the ninth Borders Festival of Jazz and Blues takes over the streets, pubs, and even a bakery in Hawick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reavingadj. That robs, reaves, or plunders. Also: (of an animal) ravening, voracious. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > greedy or voracious yevereOE greedy971 reavingOE fretewil?c1225 ravissantc1300 ravishingc1350 ravenous?1387 raveningc1390 ravisablea1425 eating1483 yeverous1483 savourousa1492 yevery1531 vorax1535 gluttonisha1586 falconish1587 ravin1615 vulturous1623 ravened1627 gorb?1635 esurine1687 voracious1693 gastrolatrous1694 tigerantica1704 gutsy1803 bulimious1816 polyphagian1825 yevrisome1825 edacious1829 polyphagous1837 tigerocious1874 bulimic1886 hyperphagic1943 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 328 Lease witegan..cumað to eow on sceape gelicnysse, and hi synd wiþinnan reafigende wulfas. c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent l. 359 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 269 A rewand rawine come in hy. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 199 A refing sonne of rakyng Muris. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Ded. 2 The rauand sauuage volffis..that deuoris..scheip for ther pray. 1619 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 425 For calling Margaret Pharie ane revin witch carlein. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 70 The twa reiving loons drave the cow frae the gudewife. 1858–61 J. Brown Horæ Subs. (1882) III. 417 His ancestors were of the sturdy border stock, reiving pastoral lairds. 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde v. 89 A moss-trooping and reiving race. 1917 C. Murray Sough o' War 13 To clip the reivin' eagle's claws. 1990 J. Burke Traveller's Hist. Scotl. (BNC) 79 The Armstrong reiving, riding clan could put hundreds..of horsemen into the field for private raids as devastating as any military campaign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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