单词 | scout-watch |
释义 | † scout-watchn. Obsolete. 1. A sentinel, spy; one that keeps guard. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher or look-out showerOE tootera1382 waiter1382 night watcha1400 scout-watcha1400 looker-out1562 night-watcher1569 watcher1572 scout1585 bishop1592 speculator1607 lookout1662 speculatory1775 lookout man1787 stagger1859 dog1870 eye1874 a1400 Morte Arth. 2468 Skayres thaire skottefers, and theire skowtte-waches. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 838 In grete flokkez of folk, þay fallen to his ȝatez, As a scowte-wach scarred, so þe asscry rysed. 1442 Beckington's Jrnl. (1828) 97 Whan they were approched nigh the same towne there comme upon theym the skoulk wache, and there a showte was made of St. George d'Angleterre. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xiii But the scoute watche by her hoost cryed lordes att armes for here be your enemyes at your hand. 1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Bv The word Episcopus is Greke, and signifies a Scoutwatche, an ouerloker or Spie. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Kings xiii. 34 And the servant that was the scoutewatch, lifted up his eies, and looked: and behold much people came by a byway. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Scouts or Scout-Watches, Sentinels that keep Guard in the advanced Posts. 2. The action of keeping watch and guard. 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 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 161 Item, my mastyre payd the same day to ix. men that made scotewache on horse bakke, vj. s. viij. d. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1768) 75 It is best to kepe watches and scoutwatches both by nyght and by daye. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxiv. 2 Being in scoutwatch: a spider spiyng me, In the head spiders name: wild me speedilie, To tell this to you all. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 357 Make skowt-watch, inrodes, gett intelligence. 3. A body of men told off for the purposes of watching and keeping guard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > body of wardc1000 watchc1380 guarda1513 scout-watch1523 satellitium1616 vigilance1667 wait1704 picket1847 honour guard1851 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvi. 17 If theyr Scoutwatche hard any noyse, or mouyng of people drawyng to the cite warde, than incontynent they shulde gyue them knowledge. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xix. 723/1 Neither durst he for the Kings Scout-watch demand direction to Tamworth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400 |
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