straw-breadthstraw's breadthn.

Now rare.

The breadth of a straw. Formerly often referred to as a typically small distance.

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the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance

wurpc950

stepc1000

footc1300

furlong wayc1384

stone-casta1387

straw brede14..

tinec1420

weec1420

field-breadth1535

field-broad1535

pair of butts1545

straw-breadth1577

stone's throw1581

way-bit?1589

space1609

piece1612

littlea1616

spirt1670

a spit and a stride1676

hair's breadth1706

rope's length1777

biscuit throw1796

a whoop and a holler1815

biscuit toss1836

biscuit cast1843

stone-shot1847

pieceway1886

stone-put1896

pitch-and-putt1925

pieceways1932

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1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Siv Yet I truste yee will accepte of me for my well meanyng, who am not therein a strawe bredth incomparable to Cleanthes.

1596 J. Harington Anat. Metamorph. Aiax sig. Liiij This skrew must..appeare through the planke not aboue a straw-breadth on the right hand.

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 60 Leaving about a Straw~bredth or two betwixt Paper and Paper.

1722 T. Tickell Kensington Gardens 310 More tall he seems to rise, And struts a straw-breadth nearer to the skies.

a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 157 There was a spit sticking in the wall of the house, with the small end of it outmost. I rushed inadvertently my face on it, and the wound I got was about a straw-breadth beneath the eye.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 82 Awaiting till the sword destined to slay him crept out of the scabbard gradually, and as it were by straw-breadths.

β. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. vii. sig. Jjj.viij/2 Christians..do not..goe a strawes breadth from the diuine scriptures.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	straw-breadth
释义	straw-breadthstraw's breadthn. Now rare. The breadth of a straw. Formerly often referred to as a typically small distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. tinec1420 weec1420 field-breadth1535 field-broad1535 pair of butts1545 straw-breadth1577 stone's throw1581 way-bit?1589 space1609 piece1612 littlea1616 spirt1670 a spit and a stride1676 hair's breadth1706 rope's length1777 biscuit throw1796 a whoop and a holler1815 biscuit toss1836 biscuit cast1843 stone-shot1847 pieceway1886 stone-put1896 pitch-and-putt1925 pieceways1932 α. 1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Siv Yet I truste yee will accepte of me for my well meanyng, who am not therein a strawe bredth incomparable to Cleanthes. 1596 J. Harington Anat. Metamorph. Aiax sig. Liiij This skrew must..appeare through the planke not aboue a straw-breadth on the right hand. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 60 Leaving about a Straw~bredth or two betwixt Paper and Paper. 1722 T. Tickell Kensington Gardens 310 More tall he seems to rise, And struts a straw-breadth nearer to the skies. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 157 There was a spit sticking in the wall of the house, with the small end of it outmost. I rushed inadvertently my face on it, and the wound I got was about a straw-breadth beneath the eye. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 82 Awaiting till the sword destined to slay him crept out of the scabbard gradually, and as it were by straw-breadths. β. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. vii. sig. Jjj.viij/2 Christians..do not..goe a strawes breadth from the diuine scriptures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1577
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