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单词 the marches
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the Marches
a. spec. That part of England which borders on Wales (now usually in plural as the Marches); †Mercia (obsolete). Also: the part of England bordering on Scotland (now historical). Cf. Warden of the Marches at warden n.1 4b. Court of (the) Marches n. now historical a court dealing with minor civil actions in the Welsh Marches (see quot. 1848).
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threap-land1259
marchc1300
the Border1535
debatable1551
debatable land1587
threap-ground1825
c1300 St. Kenelm (Laud) 2 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 345 (MED) Seint Kenelm..was kyng in Engelonde of þe Marche of Walis.
c1300 St. Kenelm (Laud) 21 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 346 Þe kyng þat was of þe March..Muche del he hadde of Engelond þat on half al-bi weste.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 110 Þe kyng of þe march..hadde..Wircestressire..warewik..herefordssire..&al walis ȝvt þer to..Al þis was ȝwile icluped þe march of walis.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 61 Glowcetre..stondeþ vppon Seuarn in þe marche of Engelond and of Wales.
1398 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 38 The Erle of the Marche, wardain of the est marche of Scotland.
1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 276/2 Wardeyns of oure Est and West Marches.
1448 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 350/2 It is..statut be law of merche..that na..persoun..sal intercomoun with ony Inglis man..without special licence of the wardane.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 7 (MED) That cite [sc. Dorchester] longede from that tyme to the bischoppes of the marches [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. of Mercia; L. Merciorum] unto the tymes of William conqueroure.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 358 Of the marchis than had he The gouernal.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxxxvii. 165 The quene of Englande..was as thanne in the marchesse of the Northe, about Yorke.
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 12 §2 Any personne..resiaunte..within any the Kinges saide Dominions or Marches of the same.
1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 357 Williame Creychtoun..absentit himself fra the dayis of trew kepit at the west marche.
1583 J. Whitgift Let. in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 157 Sure I am it is most usuall in the Court of the Marches (Arches rather) whereof I have the best experience.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 355 The Pictes..then occupying those parts which we now call the middle Marches, betwixt the English & Scots.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vii. 101 The Herefordian floods..with their superfluous waste, Manure the batfull March.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 183 This Oath..is usually tendered in Chancery, Court of Requests, Councel of Marches, and Councel in the North.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation 21 Now the English forces were revoked from the marches of Scotland.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Approvers In the Marches of Wales.
1820 J. Johnstone Poems 128 Ye were younger than me I could swear, When ye ran o'er the march wi' my father.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon (at cited word) Court of Marches, an abolished tribunal in Wales, where pleas of debt or damages, not above the value of 50l., were tried and determined.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 345 Hugh came into collision with..the rest of the rival lords of the marches.
1987 N. Tranter Flowers of Chivalry (BNC) 78 Ramsay..did not know this Ettrick Forest area so well as the main Middle and East Marches.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 163/2 Wimberry tarts and pies are sold in pubs around Shropshire and the Marches.
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