单词 | bow-case |
释义 | bow-casen. A case in which a bow is kept. In 16–17th centuries applied humorously to a lean starveling, a ‘bag of bones’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > case for bow bow-case1464 bow-chest1515 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 267 Item, for a bowcas, viijd. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 9 A bowecase of ledder, is not the best. 1599 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie (new ed.) iii. Satyra Nova sig. H Poore Budgeface, bowcase sleeue, but let him passe. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2v Bowyer a Captayne? a Capon..a Yellow hammer, a bow case. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ii. 34 The bow of the Greek hero, when in the field, was carried in a bow-case. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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