单词 | sennight space |
释义 | > as lemmassennight space ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. K2 It is a receiued opinion, that vse of Hares fleshe procureth beautie, fresh colour, and cheerfull countenance, for a seuenight space. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlvi. 226 And this is one thing to be wondred at, That in that seven-night space there is not one that taketh hurt by Crocodiles. a1633 A. Munday John a Kent (1923) 23 Wee'le promise that they shall enioy the Ladyes with our consent, if but a sennight space they will adiorne the day of mariage. < as lemmas |
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