| 单词 | swing douglas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swing Douglas An axe. Frequently personified, esp. in to swing Douglas: to wield an axe; spec. to chop wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] axec1000 belta1325 Douglas1900 1900 Sunday Times (Sydney) 16 Sept. 5/5 You will have to ‘swing Douglas’ (chop wood) for this man. 1907 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Sept. 6/9 Each able-bodied applicant shall..perform for an hour at the wood-heap the operation known in the back-blocks as ‘swinging Douglas’. 1915 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 27 May 3/3 Several gentlemen..are to be seen on the course wielding a ‘douglas’ until blisters appear. 1929 C. H. Winter Story of 'Bidgee Queen 106 An' you graft at ‘Swinging Douglas’ an' you chop the limbs away. 1941 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 15 Mar. (Mag. section) 9/3 Down came ‘Douglas’ straight through my chopping-block. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 160 Exhibitions of axemanship..were given; right and wrong way to swing Douglas. to swing Kelly (or Douglas) 4. transitive †To draw out (a sword) with a vigorous movement (obsolete); to flourish, brandish, wave about; in later use with mixture of sense 7a and sense 12a: to wield (a weapon or implement), or move (a body held or grasped) with an oscillating or rotatory movement; also (Australian slang.), to swing Kelly (or Douglas), to wield an axe, to do axework. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > flourish or brandish shakec1000 stirc1275 wagc1300 brandisha1340 flourishc1384 swinga1400 swinglec1450 ruffle?1562 sweak1567 vambrash1577 sway1590 swinge1605 to fetch about1609 wave1609 wheel1617 evibrate1654 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 806 Alexander..Swythe swyngis out his swerde. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. 161 He..thame stoutly assalit,..And euer his schynand swerd about him swang. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7275 He..swynget out a sword, swappit at þat other. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10390 Þen he swange out a sword swicly with þat. 1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches f. 27v I tooke hym by the hornes, and swinged him about, and finally killed him. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 108 The fierie Tybalt, with his sword preparde, Which..He swoong about his head. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 393 An emptie helme, That then he swong about his head, and cast among his friends. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §310 Take Bottles, and Swing them. 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xl, in Steps to Temple 64 Swinging a huge sith stands impartiall Death. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 xcvii. 25 If some one approach to dare his force, He swings his tail. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1240 Go baffl'd coward, lest I..swing thee in the Air. View more context for this quotation 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sallet Lettice, Cresses, Radish, &c. must..be..swing'd and shaken gently. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xx. 321 He..swung his arms like the sails of a wind-mill. 1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 24 For sideways up he swung his arms. 1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 107 Each swung a lasso. 1909 Stacpoole Pools of Silence xxx Adams had swung the man aloft and dashed him against the wall. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. i v. 78 Kelly and douglas, an axe (from the names of makers), with their derivatives to swing kelly or douglas, to do axework. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 98 The scholars..could have passed with honours in such subjects as milking, swinging Douglas, panning off. < as lemmas |
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