| 单词 | to beat the knave out of doors |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat the knave out of doors P1. to beat the bounds: to trace out the boundaries of a parish, striking certain points with rods, etc., by way of a sensible sign patent to witnesses. to beat goose, or (Nautical) the booby: to strike the hands under the armpits to warm them. †to beat the hoof, beat it on the hoof: to go on foot (obsolete). to beat the knave out of doors, name of an obsolete game of cards. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] treadc897 stepc900 goeOE gangOE walka1375 wanderc1380 foota1425 to take to footc1440 awalkc1540 trade1547 beat it on the hoof1570 pad1610 to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616 trample1624 to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683 ambulate1724 shank1773 stump it1803 pedestrianize1811 pedestrianate1845 tramp it1862 ankle1916 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > form continuous boundary [verb (intransitive)] > determine boundary ride1455 to rid (the) marches1466 to redd the marchesa1500 butt1523 to beat the bounds1570 to run the line or lines1639 procession1724 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > warm a person or the body > by striking one's own sides to beat goose1570 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others laugh and lie down1522 mack1548 decoyc1555 pinionc1557 to beat the knave out of doors1570 imperial1577 prima vista1587 loadum1591 flush1598 prime1598 thirty-perforce1599 gresco1605 hole1621 my sow's pigged1621 slam1621 fox-mine-host1622 whipperginnie1622 crimpa1637 hundred1636 pinache1641 sequence1653 lady's hole1658 quebas1668 art of memory1674 costly colours1674 penneech1674 plain dealing1674 wit and reason1680 comet1685 lansquenet1687 incertain1689 macham1689 uptails1694 quinze1714 hoc1730 commerce1732 matrimonya1743 tredrille1764 Tom come tickle me1769 tresette1785 snitch'ems1798 tontine1798 blind hazard1816 all fives1838 short cards1845 blind hookey1852 sixty-six1857 skin the lamb1864 brisque1870 handicap1870 manille1874 forty-five1875 slobberhannes1877 fifteen1884 Black Maria1885 slapjack1887 seven-and-a-half1895 pit1904 Russian Bank1915 red dog1919 fan-tan1923 Pelmanism1923 Slippery Sam1923 go fish1933 Russian Banker1937 racing demon1938 pit-a-pat1947 scopa1965 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 53 Procession weeke... Bounds are beaten. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 78 We beat the hoof as pilgrims. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 412 They all beated it on the hoof..to London. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 260 A childish pastime with cards played..under the title of ‘Beat the Knave out of doors.’ 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 July You and your mates were provided with long willow wands with which, at appointed spots, to beat the bounds. 1883 Times 15 Mar. 9/6 The common labourers at outdoor work were ‘beating goose’ to drive the blood from their fingers. < as lemmas |
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