单词 | to beat handsmooth |
释义 | > as lemmasto beat handsmooth 1. Level or flat as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand. Chiefly in to beat handsmooth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] smeethc725 unroughOE plaina1398 balghc1440 smoothc1440 glat1481 fair1486 handsmooth1530 terse1602 smooth-faced1647 sleekyc1725 smack-smooth1755 knotless1792 gleg1808 textureless1846 glabrous1860 unsculptured1891 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 452/2 I beate downe to the grounde, or I beate down hande smothe, je arrase. This castell was beate downe hande smothe with ordonaunce. 1567 P. Morwen tr. A. ben David ibn Daud Hist. Latter Tymes Iewes Common Weale (rev. ed.) 6 Iudas..spedely set upon them, beat them downe handsmoth. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F4 Let them once cut a helme for their hatchet, but of a braunch of you, and they will cut downe all the wood handsmooth. 1590 T. Watson Eglogue vpon Death Walsingham sig. Cv O heards and tender flocks, ô handsmooth plains. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 595 This Epistle..beateth it down as hand-smooth as it doth the sacrifices. < as lemmas |
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