| 单词 | to cast, put, or throw the stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast, put, or throw the stone j. A heavy stone used in athletic sports. Phrases, to cast, put, or throw the stone: see also put v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (intransitive)] > throw weight, shot, etc. to cast, put, or throw the stonec1300 putc1300 to pitch the bar1600 to put the shot1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > weight, shot, or discus stonec1300 dishc1384 discus1581 disc1665 putting stone1716 weight1865 shot1881 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curling-stone quoiting stonea1400 curling-stone1638 stone1638 channel stone1789 rock1789 quoit1809 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1044 Neuere yete ne saw he or Putten the stone. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle (Roxb.) C 1 b Dysportes..vsed by noble men..as..tennys, lepe, sprynge, wrastle, cast the stone, cast the barre, or ony other games. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bii They haue made me here to put the stone. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. D.iiii It is meete for hym also to haue the arte of swimming, to leape, to runne, to cast the stone. 1638 T. Nabbes Totenham Court (Bullen) I. ii. ii. 120 He pitcheth the barr and throws the stone. 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie Inventorie f. 5v His hats, his hoods, his bels, his bones, His allay bowles, and curling stones. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 274 Sweeping is not allowed until the stone comes over the hogg, unless by the person who played it. 1849 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 649/2 Each person..causing his stone to slide towards the opposite end of the rink. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 25 Lifting heavy weights, throwing the hammer and putting the stone. 1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. xi. 188 I could hear the roar of curling stones at Bathie-bog. < as lemmas |
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