| 单词 | to fetch about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fetch about to fetch about 1. transitive. In sense 9a, 9b, to fetch about a compass, to fetch a way about. Hence with ellipsis of object: To take a roundabout course or method. †Also reflexive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > move in roundabout course [verb (intransitive)] to fetch about1551 coast1623 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > take roundabout course [verb (transitive)] to fetch about1551 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 to fetch a windlass1530 to fetch about1551 to fetch, make, take a circuit1665 elbow1804 detour1836 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv Whiche fetchynge about a circuite or compasse of .vc. myles. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 6 What neede hee haue fetched about and made suche adoo. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G2v You fetch about well, but lets talke in present. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 24 Like a shifted winde vnto a saile, It makes the course of thoughts to fetch about . View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 133 It is strange, how..farre about they will fetch. 1652 W. Brough Preservative against Schisme 46 Tacking and fetching your selves about as the Wind serves. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Young Forester in Houlston Tracts I. ii. 5 Fetching a way about, in order that his brothers might not trace his steps. 2. To swing round (the arm, a weapon) so as to gather impetus for a stroke. Also intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > flourish or brandish shakec1000 stirc1275 wagc1300 brandisha1340 flourishc1384 swinga1400 swinglec1450 ruffle?1562 sweak1567 vambrash1577 sway1590 swinge1605 to fetch about1609 wave1609 wheel1617 evibrate1654 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with a flourish > make flourishing or brandishing movement flourish1594 to fetch about1609 swipe1825 wheel1893 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xvii. 49 Fetching it [the sling] about [he] stroke the Philistian in the forehead. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 122 To gather strength enough (as the arm does by fetching about). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > invent, devise [verb (transitive)] findeOE understand1297 devisea1300 shapec1381 warpa1387 enginec1400 weavec1420 reparel1434 studyc1530 conjecture1551 spina1575 ingeniate1592 think1599 to pattern out1601 decoct1602 smooth1603 to fetch about1611 fancy1635 plait1642 erect1646 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xiv. 20 To fetch about this forme of speech. View more context for this quotation 1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxvii. 56 This is cunningly fetch'd about. < as lemmas |
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