单词 | bird of game |
释义 | > as lemmasbird (also beast, fish, etc.) of game 15. Originally: †entertainment derived from the chase (obsolete). In later use: the sport of hunting and shooting (or otherwise catching or killing) animals, birds, etc., as a countryside pursuit. Now chiefly in bird (also beast, fish, etc.) of game. Now rare.dog of game: see dog n.1 Phrases 12. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > sport derived from game?a1300 sport?a1450 ?a1300 Maximian (Digby) l. 105 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 95 (MED) Ne gladieþ me no song, Ne gomen of haueke ne of hounde. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 8649 He..nolde no leng abide Þat he nolde to is game... He wende him vorþ an honteþ. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 2289 Þe kyng herd his messe, to gamen þan wild he go. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 402 He vent till hwnt, for till assay Quhat gammyn wes in that cuntre. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 10 Noble men..used and exercised the game of huntynge of the Hare. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E4 Tis best we follow now the game is faire. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 162 Fatly do they feede Mongst Beasts of chace and birds of game. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vi. 11 If about this houre he make this way, Vnder the colour of his vsuall game, He shall [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. iv. 111 The neighbouring Desert..affording the pleasure of the Game. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 342 Beasts of chase, or Fowl of game . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 31 This [lion] was Game indeed to us, but this was no Food. 1785 J. Pinkerton Lett. of Lit. xl. 355 It matters not the tossing up of a straw if there were not a bird of game in the three kingdoms, or beast of game, except the hunters. 1826 Westm. Rev. Jan. 10 To ascertain, whether it be possible to have the pleasures of game, without the evils of poaching. 1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman xi. 185 Of these beautiful birds of game the prairie grouse is the largest. 1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes xx. 338 His great size and immense strength alone give him value as a fish of game. 1920 E. P. Stebbing Diary of Sportsman Naturalist in India ii. xxiii. 294 The Sanctuary..should not be regarded merely as a harbour for animals of game or economic interest, but that it should be formed in the interests of the fauna as a whole. 1999 Jrnl. Study Relig. 12 i. 17 The killing of a large beast of game that had brought a rich supply of meat into the camp. < as lemmas |
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