| 单词 | bow of vice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbow (etc.) of vice a. A device of the nature of a screw or winch for bending a crossbow or catapult. Hence bow (etc.) of vice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow brakec1380 vicea1400 windas1443 tyllole1489 gaffle1497 rack1513 goat's footc1515 bending1530 crick1530 bender1684 garrot1824 moulinet1846 1371–3 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 397/10 m. 3 ij. vicz ad tendendum balistas.] a1400 Coer de L. 3970 Richard bent an arweblast off vys, And schotte it to a tour. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2424 Thane they beneyde [read bendyde] in burghe bowes of vyse. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. 4227 Awblasteris, and bowis of wise, And al thynge þat mycht mak serwice. < as lemmas |
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