单词 | to cleave down |
释义 | > as lemmasto cleave down b. Often with asunder, in two, etc. to cleave down: to cut down. ΚΠ c1275 [see α. forms]. c1300 K. Alis. 2231 A-two [he] cleued his scheld. c1320 Sir Beues 4514 Man and hors he cleuede doun. c1490 Adam Bel & Clym C. 601 Cloudesly..Claue the wand in to. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L4v The knotty sting Of his huge taile he quite a sonder clefte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 60 To cleaue a heart in twaine. View more context for this quotation 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia iv. 31 The mountain being cloven asunder. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 361 He was cloven down while struggling in the press. < as lemmas |
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