英语词汇“to anoint a person's hand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† to anoint a person's hand (or palm, fist, etc.) and variants: to bribe or tip someone. Frequently with with. Cf. grease v. 4b, oil v. 5a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (intransitive)] > practise bribery

to grease (a person's) hand (also palm)1528

to anoint a person's hand1542

bribe1547

whiddlec1661

to mollify the fist1698

boodle1887

to oil a person's palm1925

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 173 That persone appoynted and made iudge..that cometh first to enoyncte or greace the handes, of hym that geueth the office.

1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 135 Brybing the Solicitoures, and annointing their clarkes in the hand with double fee.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. vi. f. 21 To be more mercifully dealt withall, he..so annointed his hands with Saint Iohns golden grease.

1626 L. Owen Running Reg. 12 Constrained to anoint Pope Paulus Quintus in the fist with Indian oyle, for his good-will.

1873 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 191/1 He was obliged..to anoint his examiners' palms, that they might handle him gently.

1899 Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 119 Having no macaroon I anointed his palm with a coin and a hearty hope for better days.

单词	to anoint a person's hand
释义	> as lemmas to anoint a person's hand (or palm, fist, etc.) † to anoint a person's hand (or palm, fist, etc.) and variants: to bribe or tip someone. Frequently with with. Cf. grease v. 4b, oil v. 5a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (intransitive)] > practise bribery to grease (a person's) hand (also palm)1528 to anoint a person's hand1542 bribe1547 whiddlec1661 to mollify the fist1698 boodle1887 to oil a person's palm1925 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 173 That persone appoynted and made iudge..that cometh first to enoyncte or greace the handes, of hym that geueth the office. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 135 Brybing the Solicitoures, and annointing their clarkes in the hand with double fee. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. vi. f. 21 To be more mercifully dealt withall, he..so annointed his hands with Saint Iohns golden grease. 1626 L. Owen Running Reg. 12 Constrained to anoint Pope Paulus Quintus in the fist with Indian oyle, for his good-will. 1873 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 191/1 He was obliged..to anoint his examiners' palms, that they might handle him gently. 1899 Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 119 Having no macaroon I anointed his palm with a coin and a hearty hope for better days. extracted from anointv. < as lemmas
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