单词 | bludgeon |
释义 | bludgeonn. A short stout stick or club, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, used as a weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Bludgeon, an oaken stick or club. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 135/2 These villains..knocked him down with a bludgeon. 1798 in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 413 They were attacked by nine men..armed with swords and short bludgeons. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 141 Scarce any weapons but staves and bludgeons had been yet seen among them. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 103 Called by the annalists the parliament of bats or bludgeons. Compounds bludgeon-man n. one armed with a bludgeon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > club or stick cudgeller1580 club-man1597 billeter1643 clubster1727 polemana1750 bludgeon-man1797 bludgeonist1811 batman1833 bludgeoner1842 clubber1887 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 22 528 Assisted by the bludgeon-men of some powerful faction. bludgeon-work n. fighting with bludgeons, hand-to-hand fighting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [noun] staving1487 clubbing1593 swaddling1621 rib-basting1659 bludgeon-work1813 coshing1898 pistol-whipping1928 1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 5 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) X. 602 The battle of the 28th was fair bludgeon work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bludgeonv. a. transitive. To strike or fell with a bludgeon or similar weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)] mellc1440 wapper1481 bebat1565 rib-roast1570 batonc1580 flail1582 club1593 bastonate1596 cudgel1598 rib-baste1598 shrub1599 truncheon1600 cut1607 scutch1611 macea1634 batoon1683 towel1705 quarterstaff1709 pole1728 handspike1836 blackjack1847 bludgeon1868 sandbag1887 cosh1922 sap1926 pistol-whip1930 knuckle-dust1962 1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners I. 295 Such a preacher..would be bludgeoned into a mummy. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 3/1 To bludgeon an opponent who has a sharp tongue. b. figurative. To strike heavily, as with a bludgeon. With in: to drive in as with a bludgeon. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > cause mental pain or suffering to [verb (transitive)] heavyc897 pineeOE aileOE sorryeOE traya1000 sorrowOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE angerc1175 smarta1200 to work, bake, brew balec1200 derve?c1225 grieve?c1225 sitc1225 sweam?c1225 gnawc1230 sughc1230 troublec1230 aggrievea1325 to think sweama1325 unframea1325 anguish1340 teen1340 sowa1352 distrainc1374 to-troublea1382 strain1382 unglad1390 afflicta1393 paina1393 distressa1400 hita1400 sorea1400 assayc1400 remordc1400 temptc1400 to sit (or set) one sorec1420 overthrow?a1425 visit1424 labour1437 passionc1470 arraya1500 constraina1500 misgrievea1500 attempt1525 exagitate1532 to wring to the worse1542 toil1549 lament1580 adolorate1598 rankle1659 try1702 to pass over ——1790 upset1805 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 to put (a person) through it1855 bludgeon1888 to get to ——1904 to put through the hoop(s)1919 1888 [see bludgeoning n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xviii. 273 Repentance bludgeoned me. Derivatives ˈbludgeoning n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > driving in bludgeoning1888 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [adjective] bludgeoning1888 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.) clapc1330 buffetc1400 flaw1513 wipe?1545 bolt1577 blow1608 attaint1655 bludgeoning1888 1888 W. E. Henley Bk. Verses 56 Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. 1894 Athenæum 14 July 55/1 It is not..the artful bludgeoning that gets the praise. 1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New 238 The militant knifing and bludgeoning men. 1928 E. Blom Limitations Mus. 37 A truth that has no need of literal bludgeoning-in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1730v.1868 |
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