† scopen.1
Obsolete. rare.
A leap or skip.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > leaping lightly or skipping > a skip
scope13..
skipc1440
skitter1905
13.. K. Alis. 5777 Tho hy seighe that folk, I wys, Hy plumten doune, as a doppe, In the water at on scoppe.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 184/1 Scop of an horse, is the distance of his treat vpon the ground from the fore~feete to the hinder feete, in his full speed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
scopen.2
/skəʊp/, U.S. /skoʊp/ a. A mark for shooting or aiming at. Chiefly in figurative context, and tending to coincide with sense 2 or 3a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target
markc1275
lodestarc1374
aimc1400
mete1402
pricka1450
butta1522
level1525
white marka1533
goal1540
Jack-a-Lent1553
blankc1557
scope1562
period1590
upshot1591
bird1592
golden goal1597
nick1602
quarry1615
North Star1639
huba1657
fair game1690
endgame1938
target1942
cockshot1995
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > mark or target
markc1275
aimc1400
whitea1475
prop1496
level1525
scope1562
shot-mark1610
target1756
1562 Aberd. Kirk Session Rec. (Spalding Club) 4 Seing also the haill scripture of God to tend and shote at this scope and mark.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 155 O!..slipper hope Of mortal men, that swincke and sweate for nought, And, shooting wide, doe misse the marked scope.
a1602 W. Perkins Cases of Consc. (1619) 24 The sinner makes an abberration from the scope or marke that is set before him.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 225 The Saxon Annalist..runs on a sudden into such extravagant fansies and metaphors, as bare him quite beside the scope of being understood.
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. vi. 49 From want of such a scope or marke it comes, that most men shoot under, employ their minds in litle by-businesses.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 170 This is the primary end of our life, unto which al our actions ought to collime, as arrows to their scope.
1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 54 He shall be a scope to envy in all future times.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > destination
scope?1611
stint1618
landing-place1727
Thule1771
destination1787
goal1788
ultimatum1862
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target > of a journey, etc.
scope?1611
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 301 He better skild, that rules worse horse, will all obseruance bend Right on the scope still of a Race [323 αἰεὶ τέρμ' ὁρόων].
a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1634) 182 Every step a man takes tends to some scope or other East or West or North or South.
2. † b. A person who is an object of desire or pursuit. Obsolete.† c. to scope: to the purpose. Obsolete.† d. Degree of excellence to be aimed at. Obsolete.
a. Something aimed at or desired; something which one wishes to effect or attain; an end in view; an object, purpose, aim. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object
willeOE
errand?c1225
purposec1300
endc1305
emprisec1330
intentc1340
use1340
conclusionc1374
studya1382
pointc1385
causec1386
gamea1393
term?c1400
businessc1405
finec1405
intentionc1410
object?a1425
obtent?a1475
drift1526
intend1526
respect1528
flight1530
finality?1541
stop1551
scope1559
butt?1571
bent1579
aiming point1587
pursuitc1592
aim1595
devotion1597
meaning1605
maina1610
attempt1610
design1615
purport1616
terminusa1617
intendment1635
pretence1649
ettle1790
big (also great) idea1846
objective1878
objective1882
the name of the game1910
the object of the exercise1958
thrust1968
1559 tr. T. Geminus Compendios a Totius Anat. (new ed.) 4/1 If there be 300 scopes or endes of the vse of the partes of the bodie.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 229 The seventh Counsell of Carthage and the Milevitane Counsell, which both tend to one end and scope, that there should be no appellations made out of Affricke.
1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 645 His Majestie hes thocht it maist convenient to mak manifest the cours and scope of the dangerous and indirect dealing pretendit.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xcvi. 383 A mortall Man, sinfull as ye, or worser is the Pope, Your Coyne of all his Practises and Pedlaries the scope.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 60 Gaine being the scope of all merchants.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. 95 One of the scopes I propos'd to my self in this experiment was to discover [etc.].
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 494 Thy coming hither, though I know thy scope, I bid not or forbid. View more context for this quotation
1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 422 Plato..even maintains religion..to be the chief aim and scope of human life.
1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 16 Alas, poor Dean! his only Scope Was, to be held a Misanthrope.
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 171 Truth was the scope, at which they aimed.
1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 211 O Life unlike to ours! Who fluctuate idly without term or scope.
1869 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1876) i. 8 These societies have two distinct scopes and ends.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire > person
scope1590
fish1723
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff7 He..Cursed night, that reft from him so goodly scope.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 10 God, who is the scope, which we desire and shal one day attaine vnto.
1624 J. Davies Psalm xxxix Of my desires Thou art the only scope.
1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 646 Being impatient to see the Princess, who was the only Scope of his Hopes and Desires.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > appositely
feelinglya1382
pertinentlyc1425
happily?1504
aptlya1529
punctually1570
pat1578
to scopea1616
appositely1633
apropos1668
felicitously1828
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 73 'Tis conceyu'd, to scope . View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > degree of excellence
qualitya1398
scope1664
1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A2v Musick..hath been the study of Millions of Men for many thousands of years; Yet none ever attained the full Scope and perfection thereof.
3. † c. A person who is a subject or theme of discourse. (Cf. 2b) Obsolete.
a. The object which a writer or speaker has in view, that which he wishes to express or enforce; the main purpose, intention, or drift of a writer, a book, etc.; †the subject, theme, argument chosen for treatment. Now rare: cf. sense 6b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun]
thingeOE
evenOE
questionc1225
purposec1350
themec1380
mattera1387
reasonc1390
substancea1393
chapter1393
occasion1426
titlec1450
intentc1460
article1531
place1532
scope1549
subject1563
argumenta1568
string1583
matter subject1586
subject matter1587
qu.1608
haunt1622
seat1628
object matter1653
business1655
topic1728
locus1753
sub1779
ground1796
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun]
sentence?c1225
intent1303
tenora1387
intendment1390
strengthc1390
porta1393
meaningc1395
process1395
continencea1398
purposec1400
substance1415
purport1422
matterc1450
storyc1450
containing1477
contenu1477
retinue1484
fecka1500
content1513
drift1526
intention1532
vein1543
importing1548
scope1549
importance1552
course1553
force1555
sense?1556
file1560
intelliment?1562
proporta1578
preport1583
import1588
importment1602
carriage1604
morala1616
significancy1641
amount1678
purview1688
sentiment1713
capacity1720
spirit1742
message1828
thrust1968
messaging1977
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie (new ed.) 5th Serm. sig. Oviiv, (margin) The scope or state of the boke, tendes to dysuade the kinge from hys supremycye.
1552 H. Latimer Serm. Septuagesima (1584) 323 Euery parable hath certum statum, a certayne scope,..it is enough for vs when we haue the meaning of the principall scope, and more needeth not.
a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 26 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) III. 24 The scope and effecte of both my sermons stode in three thyngs.
1581 R. Goade in Confer. (1584) ii. sig. I iiij Out of the whole scope and drift of the place, it is euident to be spoken onely of the Apostles.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1594) 127 The scope of the Euangelist is this: First, that Christ would not hinder his doctrine for mother, or brethren, or any kinsman.
1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. x. 156 To consider well the scope and drift of the Author.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 5 This is the scope of all I say: That by this course the good become best, the bad prove worst.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark xii. 8 The design and scope of the Parable is to discover to the Jews..their obstinate impenitency under all the means of Grace.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 9 Know well each Ancient's proper Character, His Fable, Subject, Scope in ev'ry Page.
1776 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1778) vii. 322 It has been the main scope and principal end of this discourse to demonstrate [etc.].
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 227 In its scope and substance the argument of Demosthenes may be compared [etc.].
b. The intention or tendency of a law; the drift or meaning of a proposal.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > [noun] > a law > intention, tendency, or provisions of
purview1461
purvey1553
purveyance1632
scope1647
enactments1839
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iii. vi. 155 No sooner did the General satisfie himself in the scope of these Overtures from the Prince and the Lord Goring; but [etc.].
1674 W. Allen Danger of Enthusiasm 32 According to those plain Precepts of the Gospel which answer the Spirit and Scope of the Law.
1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 14 The scope and tendency of the Law it self is always mine and every man's advantage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of discourse > person as subject of
scope1659
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 134 All which had respect unto the Messias, as the scope of all the prophets, and the complement of their prophecies.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > plan or method of treatment
intentionc1400
method?a1425
scope1583
cure1842
pathy1842
modality1932
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xvii. 242 By this cataplasme you shall verie well accomplish the second intention or scope of curing herpes.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines Pref. sig. Aivv Afterwards also were set downe diuerse scopes and indications requisite for the cure of the disease.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xviii. xiv. 709 The Palliative cure of that Gout..is performed by foure scopes.
1690 S. Blankaart Lexicon Novum Medicum 234 Endeixis est morborum indicatio, qua demonstratur, quid sit faciendum... A[ngl.] A scope.
5. † a. ? Skill in aiming. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [noun] > giving direction towards a mark > aim or aiming > excellence of aim or skill in aiming
scope1594
aim1719
aimworthiness1869
1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xxii. sig. H4v With great scope thronging his lance forward iust vpward vppon the Turkes face.
b. The range of a missile weapon; also figurative. Cf. sense 8.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot
shot1455
shoot1545
level1548
reach1572
range1588
scope1830
carry1851
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > range of missile > range of missile weapon
range1588
scope1830
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxv He knewe that he was nether free from disdain nor yet deliuered from the scope of malice.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. i. i. 6 My infirmity..led me to ettle at butts far beyond the scope of the spring that was thought to be in my bow.
6. † d. to have the right scope of: ? to take the right view of. Obsolete.
a. The distance to which the mind reaches in its workings or purpose; reach or range of mental activity; extent of view, outlook, or survey.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > range
reach1542
eyeshot1600
scope1609
area1829
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxix. sig. C3 Desiring this mans art, and that mans skope . View more context for this quotation
1775 W. Mason Mem. in T. Gray Poems 5 These papers..will ascertain, not only the scope and turn of their genius, but of their temper.
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 46 With wishes of still bolder scope On you we look, with dearest hope.
1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xvi. 404 He is..a man of very limited scope of mind.
1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. v. ii. 205 No one doubted his patriotism: the question was of its scope and enlightenment.
1861 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilization Eng. II. i. 46 In the progress of civilization, the scope of the intellect is widened; its horizon is enlarged.
1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. vii. 207 Her intellect was rather limited in its scope.
b. The sphere or area over which any activity operates or is effective; range of application or of subjects embraced; the reach or tendency of an argument, etc.; the field covered by a branch of knowledge, an inquiry, concept, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > [noun] > sphere or scope of operation
circuity1542
circuit1597
orb1598
range1622
sphere1661
circle1664
random1667
purview1688
domain1764
purvey1813
preserve1829
scope1830
demesne1851
coverage1930
space1976
society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > sphere of work, business, or activity
field1340
vineyardc1380
orb1598
spherea1616
province1616
work field1684
purview1688
scope1830
coverage1930
shtick1965
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > area of study
field1340
spherea1616
scope1830
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 305 Like particular theorems in geometry, which..have..their several scopes and ranges of extensive application.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. vi. 247 An arrangement of a more deliberate and comprehensive scope was at the same time adopted.
1855 T. T. Lynch Rivulet lxxx. 117 And teach how great our treasure, How great salvation's scope.
1857 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. July 251 He may accuse us of incapacity even to measure the scope of our own arguments.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §4. 304 Art, if it lost much in purity and propriety, gained in scope.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 53 The deliberations of the parliament almost immediately took a much wider scope.
1895 Bookman Oct. 25/2 This history..is not dissimilar in scope to Bright's well-known History of England.
c. In phrases, as within, beyond (one's) scope.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > included [phrase]
within, beyond (one's) scope1661
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > beyond the range of
within, beyond (one's) scope1789
ultra1876
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xii. 107 Every thing that falls within the scope of our enquiry.
1789 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 105 Things, indeed, have already happened so much beyond the scope of all speculation.
1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) IV. 169 They did not come regularly within the scope of a military dispatch.
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) xi. 103 [He] soon saw that the questions were within his scope, and that he could answer most of them.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 14 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 474 We were above the scope of many of the showery clouds that haunt a hill-country.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 121 An historical enquiry into what Oxford was is beyond the scope of this memoir.
1884 Law Times Rep. 50 367/2 At the time of the accident, Moore clearly was not acting within the scope of his employment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > be right [verb (intransitive)]
to reckon righta1400
to read right?a1425
to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546
to get (also have) something right1565
to have the right scope of1570
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2034/1 Well sayd the king, I well perceiue that you haue the right scope of this matter.
7. † b. An instance of liberty or licence. Obsolete.
a. Room for exercise, opportunity or liberty to act; free course or play. Often in phrases, to give scope (to a person or thing); to have or take scope. Also followed by defining infinitive, or by for.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity
roomeOE
leisure1303
libertyc1425
free chase1467
scope1534
roomtha1540
swinge1542
swing1584
blank charter1593
freedom1623
field1639
play1641
free agencya1646
range1793
expatiationa1848
leaveway1890
open slather1919
headroom1932
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 13 (§1) To great a scope of vnreasonable libertie should be giuen to all cankarde and traiterous hartes.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 17 Wherein we might take a large scope if we would fully speake of all thynges that are comprehended vnder honestie.
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. vii. sig. Siiiv The dames of Myllan haue a more skoape of libertie then the reste of the Ladies in any part in Italie.
1576 E. Waterhouse Let. to Sir H. Sidney in Collins Lett. State (1746) I. 147 Because I wold give free Scope to all Men to utter their Opinions concerning my Behaviour.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. B1 Giue not such cruell scope vnto your hart.
1610 J. Robinson Justif. Separation from Church of Eng. 171 With their transcendent jurisdiction in their..Diocesan Churches [they] take their scope without orb, or order.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 162 Be angry when you will, it shall haue scope . View more context for this quotation
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 29 So that no man can be secret, except he giue himselfe a little Scope of Dissimulation.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 200 Which is much safer then that they should be allowed scop, to break out into the extreams of either cruelty, or cowardliness.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 47 As his Person and Parts were such as are before mention'd, so he gave them full scope, without restraint.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 43 Here the inferior legislature has scope and opportunity to interpose.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 29 I gave full scope to my imagination.
1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 188 On this, he pitched on Bristol, where..there appeared to be full scope for an honourable and successful career.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. i. 3 The more adventurous found a scope for their prowess in European wars.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 72 Perhaps you have too much common sense, Naomi. You will not give your fancies scope.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > lack of restraint or excessive liberty > instance of
scopea1616
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity > instance of
scopea1616
largeness1625
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 119 As surfet is the father of much fast, So euery Scope by the immoderate vse Turnes to restraint. View more context for this quotation
8.
a. (With more reference to literal space or motion). Room to move in; space or range for free movement or activity. (Phrases as in preceding sense.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > room to live, move, or work
elbow roomc1540
scope1555
play1659
foot-gang1814
living space1852
living room1935
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 121 The sea is here verye large, so that the waters haue their full scoope.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 7 Walking at free skope emong the wanderyng beastes of the fielde.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 128 To haue an open passage and free scope to shoote out.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xx. xii. 365 Then through his hoast, that tooke so large a scope, He road.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxi. 119 They be very fierce, and in that respect they are not accustomed to haue either so much scope or light as other birdes.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 122 In no place plants may take larger scope to spread their branches..then in this countrie.
1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 786 And to their Wives Men give such narrow scopes, As if they meant to make them walke on Ropes.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. i. §9. 229 Amraphel, who held Babylonia it selfe, seemeth at this time to haue had no great scope or large dominion.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 368 The heat when it hath too much scope or roomth..is easily dissipated and vanisheth.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xlviii. 215 To give the ordnance leave to play, and range with the larger scope [Fr. pour mieux donner lieu à l'artillerie].
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 329 Public virtue..requires abundant scope and room, and cannot spread and grow under confinement. View more context for this quotation
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming ii. ii Yet wanted not the eye far scope to muse, Nor vistas open'd by the wand'ring stream.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxviii. 67 He in a closed field gave scope of liberal entry.
b. The ability of a horse to extend its stride or jump. The semantic resemblance to scope v.1 must be coincidental in view of the chronologies of the words.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > stride > length of stride > lengthening of stride > ability to extend stride or jump
scope1970
1970 A. Fielder Vibart & Friends xiv. 115 Britain has got to produce horses of scope over big courses..if we want to bring home more Olympic medals.
1971 Broome & Murphy Jump-off x. 79 Sunsherpa..had a big jump in him..but, unfortunately, he was nothing like his half-brother as far as style and scope were concerned.
1975 B. Froud Better Show Jumping viii. 63 The average horse with reasonable scope can clear a low fence of say three feet high from two feet or twelve feet away from the base.
1980 Times 11 July 11/1 The final Liverpool fence of sloping poles at 6ft required more scope than most of the contenders possessed.
9. Extent in space, spaciousness; a (large) space, extent, tract, or area.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > [noun]
roomOE
compassc1386
spacea1387
scope1590
place1616
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll7v So huge a scope at first him seemed best, To be the compasse of his kingdomes seat.
1600 F. Vere Comm. 93 They would the rather attend the growing of the tide..that the scope of the sands might be less spacious and serviceable for horsmen.
?1601 F. Bacon Let. in Spedding Life (1862) II. 369 The land is good land, and well countenanced by scope of acres, woods and royalties.
1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick ii. v. 97 Of adamant That mighty reservoir; its scope secure Might screen a navy.
1904 A. L. Salmon Pop. Guide to Devon 59 The moormen may fish and dig turf, and use the infinite scope for pasturing their cattle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > privately or individually owned land
severalc1460
scope1569
severalty1570
propriety1661
proprietorship1788
1569 Irish Act Eliz. (1621) 313 The whole North of Ireland..wherein he had a scope of a hundred and twentie miles long, and a hundred and odd miles broade to runne and roome himself.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The paroche was meared from the Crane castle, to the fishambles, called the cockehil with Preston hys Innes, and the lane thereto adioyning, which scope is now vnited to S. Iohn hys paroche.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 133 The Scopes of Land which were graunted to the first Aduenturers, were too Large.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 470 3. That he had gotten vast sums of money and scopes of land, by fraud.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) i. 11 Shall not much more time be spared if they [1000 men] lived all upon a Thousand Acres, then if they were forced to live upon ten times as large a Scope of Land.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 164 The Czar's chief physician confirmed to me..that in the year 1664, or 65, extraordinary dry and great scopes of land were set on fire, and miserably wasted by the great heat of the sun.
11. Nautical. The length of cable at which a ship rides when at anchor. Also riding-scope.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > length of
scope1697
riding scope1841
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 437 This obliged us to let go our Sheet Anchor, veering out a good scope of Cable.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 265 Having our yaul in tow, and having but a short scope of boat rope for her.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 84 Paying out chain as she drops astern, until double your riding scope is out.
1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 691 At long scope, Rodgers' [anchor] dragged 7 feet 8½ inches.
1885 Law Times Rep. 53 53/2 A tow which is being towed with a long scope of hawser by night.
1893 W. C. Russell Ida Noble 98 We'll..ride to a short scope.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
scopen.3
/skəʊp/, U.S. /skoʊp/ colloquial.
a. A shortened form of many words terminating in -scope comb. form, as cystoscope, horoscope, microscope, periscope, telescope, etc.
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1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. i. 383 Casting the Scope of mens Natiuities. View more context for this quotation
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table v. 123 I hope you won't lose any patients by my making a little fun of your meters and scopes.
1914 Dial. Notes 4 131 Scope, from microscope. Student slang. ‘Have you a slide in your scope?’
1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. iii. 190 Scope, the cystoscope, an instrument used for examining the bladder.
1937 V. Woolf Let. 17 Aug. (1980) VI. 159 Now I must..have out the scope and see if I can pry into your bedroom.
1968 C. Helmericks Down Wild River North i. ii. 32 I selected a good four-power scope and a carrying sling.
1976 J. F. Panish in G. Berci Endoscopy xxi. 296/2 We lubricate the scope with mineral oil. If examination is going to include the right side of the colon, we begin with the longer colonoscope.
1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xxi. 206 They can peer into the bowels of the scope all they want to.
b. Also scope sight. A telescopic sight for a gun.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight > types of
dispart1578
telescopic sight1674
plain sight1686
aim-frontlet1745
hausse1787
foresight1806
gloaming sight1817
night-sight1822
bead1831
leaf1832
backsight1847
globe sight1847
pendulum hausse1850
hindsight1851
tangent scale1859
tangent1861
tangent backsight1862
training pendulum1862
training level1863
peep sight1866
dispart-sight1867
notch sight1867
buck-horn1877
orthoptic1881
aperturea1884
pinball-sighta1884
dispart patch1884
sight bar1884
flap-sight1887
barley-corn1896
ring sight1901
riflescope1902
spotting scope1904
tangent sight1908
Aldis sight1918
wind-sight1923
scope sight1934
gyro-sight1942
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1966 ‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive x. 96 The dealer had sent it [sc. a rifle]..with the scope-sight already mounted.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 93 All he had to do was put on the 'scope off the ·303.
1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 16 Dec. 7 (advt.) The BSA Scorpion is a super accurate air pistol even without its 'scope sight.
1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xxxi. 366 Automatic repeating rifle and scope are sewn into the mattress of the bed nearest the window.
c. An oscilloscope or visual display unit; spec. a radar screen.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments for projecting image > [noun] > visual display units
screen1925
plan position indicator1942
scope1945
1945 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 18 Aug. 1534/1 In using the PPI, the operator knows that the plane is the center of the circular scope and that the map which forms shows by the intensity of its light the terrain below and buildings or other targets.
1948 M. H. Nicolson Voy. to Moon 3 Two and one-half seconds later a returning pulse was clearly detected on a radar scope.
1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 106 Goldsmith peered closely at his scope.
1960 Pract. Wireless 36 401/1 (advt.) Compact portable 'scope ideal for servicing and general work.
1964 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 115 659 There are two distinct display channels which may be connected either to the display scope..or else to remote standard oscilloscopes.
1965 Wireless World July 359/1 The oscilloscope (or ‘scope’ as it is now commonly called) is an instrument that lets you see what is going on inside an electrical circuit.
1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 72/1 Editing will be done on-line with a display scope and keyboard. Information from the central file will be retrieved, displayed on the scope, edited, and then stored in a new file which will go directly to a printer for publication.
1970 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 821/3 With his text stored on magnetic tape, the linguist can..have printed out on paper or displayed on a visual display unit (a ‘scope’), the parts of the text that he wants to inspect.
1971 R. Sale Man who raised Hell i. i. 16 A big fat green carnation popped up on the scope where the blip had been.
1974 Sci. Amer. Sept. 18/2 (advt.) Its flexible controls allow the cardiologist to keep a waveform on the scope for as long as 40 seconds.
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† scopev.1
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To leap, skip. In later use only of horses.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > lightly or skip
skipa1300
scopea1400
skipper1845
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance
tripc1386
prancea1398
brank?1400
leapc1405
gambol?1507
curvet1584
jet1587
jaunt1605
scope1607
stilt1786
caracol1813
prank1842
cavort1843–4
tittup1862
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23569 (MED) Mani thinges mai we do, þat forto do war littel fro, Als forto schope [Coll. Phys. stop, Vesp. skip, Fairf. 14 lepe] and forto rin, Quen it war better for to blin.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 19080 Þe propheci was þan fild sua, þat said þe halt suld scope [Coll. Phys. scop] as ra.
1483 Cath. Angl. 323/2 To Scope, vbi to rynne or lepe.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eiiijv Yet th'itherwarde assuredlye My harte, and mynde is bente. And burnes, and burnes to braste the bondes Which doe inclose it so, That it ne can goe scope abrode Where it woulde gladly goe.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 140 Wer not thir thingis that maks me leif in hope, At libertie to se this Lyoun scope, One day to Rore and Ramp vpon his fois.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 2 That your Mares and Colts may not bee throng'd vp,..wanting libertie to scope and runne vp and downe at pleasure.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 5 That a Foale may..by scoping or galloping vp and downe the hill, come to a purenes of winde, and a nimblenes of bodie.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman i. ii. 5 Grounds..are very profitable for your Colts, to scope, run, and play in.
2. transitive. To make (a horse) leap for exercise.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) leap > for exercise
scope1607
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 29 Then you shall gallop and scope him gently vp and down to keep him warme.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 184/2 Termes used about dressing and feeding of horses... Scop or aire him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
scopev.2
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the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object
followeOE
studylOE
turna1200
pursuea1382
purposec1384
to shoot atc1407
ensue1483
proponea1500
studyc1503
prick1545
tread1551
suit1560
to go for ——1568
to set (up) one's rest1572
expect1578
propose1584
propound1596
aima1616
scope1668
to set up1691
aim1821
to go in for1835
to be out for1887
to be flat out for1930
target1966
shoot1967
1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xv. 267 And the word [σκοπούντων 2 Cor. iv. 18] here rendred (look)..doth not import..a taking notice, or assenting onely, that there is such things, but a designing or scoping at them (which is the very word) with an appropriative eye.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > estimate range of
scope1807
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 194 Lincoln..Scoped the whole war and measured well the foes.
3. to scope out: to investigate or assess (a person or a state of affairs); to examine; to check out. U.S. slang.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > evaluate quality of
revalue1894
appraise1913
assess1934
to scope out1977
1977 Amer. Speech 1975 50 65 Scope out vt, investigate. ‘Let's scope out the situation.’
1984 J. McInerney Bright Lights 33 You have scoped out and fixed a number of colossal blunders.
1986 R. B. Parker Taming Sea-Horse (1987) xv. 91 I..leaned against the front wall..and scoped things out.
1988 Analog Feb. 74/2 They'd scoped-out their market and created a product that customers wanted to buy at a price they were willing to pay.
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- to run upon the foil
- to run upon the pikes
- to run waste
- to run wild
- to run wild-cat
- to run wildcat
- to run with
- to run with hare and hounds
- to run with the ball
- to run with the hare and hold with the hound
- to run with the hare and hold with the hounds
- to run with the hare and hunt with the hound
- to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to run with the herd
- to run, go, act counter
- to run, go, act counter to
- to rupture a gut
- to rush a person off her feet
- to rush a person off her legs
- to rush a person off his feet
- to rush a person off his legs
- to rush about
- to rush around
- to rush in where angels fear to tread
- to rush off