单词 | romboyle |
释义 | † romboylen. cant. Obsolete. A patrol of watchmen or constables; a watch. ΘΚΠ 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. cant. Obsolete. (a) transitive. To seek after or pursue with a warrant; to apprehend, arrest. (b) intransitive. To make a hue and cry. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1612v.1612 |
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