单词 | retraict |
释义 | † retraictn. Obsolete. 1. Military. = retreat n. 5a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to retreat retreat1483 retraict1538 retraite1825 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Canere receptui, to blowe the retraicte in battayle. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. xii. f. 21 When Eumenes had considered that he had wonne honour ynough in obtayning victory..he caused to sound the retraict. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiii. 500 Gracchus sounded the retraict, and caused his men to retire within the walles. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vii. v. 313 See, how the Spirit of Detraction begins to shrinke and to sound a retraict. 2. a. The action or an act of retreating (in various senses of retreat v.1). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating recoilc1330 retreata1393 subtraction?a1425 back-drawing1535 retirement1536 retiring1548 retraict1550 recess1561 retire1570 retiral1611 subducing1633 retiration1637 withdrawment1640 retirance1662 retreating1664 retraction1684 retreatment1721 withdrawal1824 back-pedalling1950 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War vii. iv. f. clxxix v Those amonge theyme that fledde awaye, through cause of the other vyctorie, had their retraicte moore easey. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 445 The Saxons..vsed them as receptacles, and places of secret retraict, for their wiues, children, and portable goodes. 1601 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. (new ed.) ii. x. 62 They were repulsed, and in their retraict [1596 retract]..one or two..of their captaines hurt. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 51 The Woods and places of fastnesse, whence they made eruptions and retraicts at pleasure. b. A place of retreat. ΚΠ 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. x. f. 98 It was a hard matter without some cautel and wyle to surprise such a people always liuing like sheepheardes, and hauing for their retraict places inaccessible and impregnable. 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 23 Their chiefest strengths and retraicts are in the Ilands scituate on the south side of the entrance..of the said river. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. ii. 301 The aboad of a Deity, was like to be turn'd into a retraict for theeves. c. Possibility of retreat. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > retiring, withdrawing, or retreating > possibility of retraict1622 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 33 The Earle of Lincolne..seeing the businesse past Retraict, resolued to make on where the King was. 3. That which is rejected; refuse. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance > that which is rejected or refused > person that is rejected offcasta1387 oversight1531 retraict1575 rejected1593 reject1917 unwanted1932 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 95v I am..the reproch, retraict, and shame of men, and the scorne of the people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † retraictv. Obsolete. intransitive. To retreat. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 faila1400 rere?a1400 give way1413 ruse?a1425 retreata1460 to leave place1487 wandis1487 settle1513 retire1533 retrace1539 dismarch1596 to come off1600 to fall back1602 retraicta1604 give grounda1616 recline1789 exfiltrate1980 a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 92 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) A Priests sonne..in the beginning of the battaile..perswaded him to retraict; saying further, that there was no hope of good successe. c1625 J. Smith Hist. Bermudaes (1882) 32 They continued their approaches, vntil findeinge the ordinance to speake more loud and hottly than they expected..they presently retraicted, and..tooke their leaue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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