| 单词 | to be in fitters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in fitters With plural agreement. Fragments, pieces, atoms. In various obvious phrases, as to tear to fitters, to break in(to fitters, etc. to be in fitters: figurative to be broken up into small parties. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments fardel1508 flinders1508 fitters1532 brockle1552 shells1578 frush1582 flitters1620 shattersa1640 spillikin1857 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 374/2 Whiche the deuil hath by ye blast of his mouth..frushed al to fitters. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vii. §4. 346 Which Image..was with fire from heauen broken into fitters. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxii. 225 They were in fitters about prosecuting their titles to this city. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. i. 273 That Sarsaparilla is to be chosen which is..hard to be broken but when it falls into Fitters. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Fitters, very small pieces, fragments. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. < as lemmas |
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