| 单词 | reaping day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreaping day reaping day n. a day on which crops are harvested; spec. = reap day n. at reap n.2 Compounds.Earliest in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > specific service bedrip1226 needbedripc1284 sorren1289 penny-eartha1300 corvée1340 plough-boon1388 timber-lodec1400 carriage1423 sickle-boon1438 foreign servicea1475 average1489 castle-guard1576 boonage1610 reaping day1657 reap day1663 archery1691 boon-work1883 bene-rip- 1657 T. Brooks String of Pearles 144 The Saints dying day is their reaping day; now they shall reap the fruit of all the prayers that ever they have made. 1674 R. Alleine Godly-fear 43 Know it in time, and through-out thy Sowing, think of thy Reaping-Day. 1741 J. Parry True Anti-Pamela 356 Our reaping Day is nigh, and the Moment we have done, then I..will fly into thy dear Arms with Pleasure. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 539/1 Precariae or Preces, day-works, which the tenants of certain manors are bound to give their lords in harvest time. Magna precaria was a great or general reaping-day. 1995 B. W. Higman Slave Populations Brit. Caribbean (new ed.) vi. 178 When the reaping day came,..a gun was fired early in the morning and the slaves rushed forward to gather as much as they could for their owners. < as lemmas |
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