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单词 romboyle
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romboylen.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare romboyle v. and see discussion at that entry.
cant. Obsolete.
A patrol of watchmen or constables; a watch.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel
wardOE
day watchOE
watch1377
watch and ward1390
wakingc1440
scout-watch1464
watching and warding1579
sentinel1585
day ward1597
romboyle1612
escouta1627
sentry1639
watchment1740
wardage1878
sentry-go1880
sentry-going1901
1612 T. Dekker O per se O sig. L2v They were Roagues taken in Romboyles (that is to say, in Watches or Wardes) by the Petty Harman Beck.
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. i. 34 Romboyle, a Ward or Watch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

romboylev.

Forms: 1600s rombole, 1600s rumboile, 1600s rumbole, 1600s 1800s romboyle.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare romboyle n.; although the verb and the homonymic noun are clearly connected, the exact relationship between them is unclear.Although the word was in later use sometimes associated with rumble v.2 (compare rumble v.2 6b) there is no evidence of any connection with that word.
cant. Obsolete.
(a) transitive. To seek after or pursue with a warrant; to apprehend, arrest. (b) intransitive. To make a hue and cry.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > seek after with a warrant or warrant-officer
romboyle1612
pursuivant1636
1612 T. Dekker Canting Song in O per se O sig. Ov Duds and Ruffe-pecke, rumboild [1620 rumbol'd] by Harman becke, and won by Mawnders feates.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 55 Sought after with a warrant, Romboyld.
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 153 The gentry cove will be romboyled by his dam.
1887 A. Barrère Argot & Slang at Morasse Battre [morasse], to make a hue and cry, ‘to romboyle’, in old cant, or ‘to whiddle beef’.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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