| 单词 | between the bark and the wood or tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetween the bark and the wood or tree 16. Expressing the relation of motion or action to bodies or surfaces which it forces apart. between the bark and the wood or tree: see bark n.1 Π c1000 Ags. Ps. cv. 9 And [ðu] hi betweonum wætera weallas læddest. a1120 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1101 Þa heafod men heom betwenan foran. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 490 Let none of them come betweene barke and tree to defeat your faith. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. ii. vi. 131 Stand between them, keeping them well separate. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 81/2 The boots..(in which the torture was applied by driving in wedges with a hammer between the flesh and iron rings drawn tightly upon the legs). < as lemmas |
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