单词 | to file off |
释义 | > as lemmasto file off a. intransitive. To march or move in file. Also with away, etc. to file off, ‘to wheel off by files from moving in a spacious front, and march in length’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in order troop1592 file1616 crocodile1889 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > filing, polishing, or smoothing tool planea1398 pumicea1425 roll?1523 plain1535 pounce1580 file1616 smooth-file1683 plane1726 sandpaper1846 pumice-stone1851 paper1875 lap1881 sand1928 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > by filing file1616 elimate1623 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > cause (soldiers) to diverge to file off1616 1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Tactiks xix. 109 The first [kind of Rhombe] both filedn and ranked, this neither fileth, nor ranketh. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3914/5 Some of their Battalions filed up several steep and narrow Passages. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4054/1 At night they filed and stood to the Northward. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4475/3 The Enemy filed off..towards the Thickets. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 331 This fair Creature entering the Field of Battle, immediately filed to that Wing where [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 118 The whole divisions then file from their reverse flanks. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxxii. 54 Till, filing from the gate, had past That noble train, their Lord the last. 1813 in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 101 The French troops shall file out tomorrow morning. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 70 A party of Americans filed into his studio. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow I. iv. 48 The players file off in the wake of the host. 1883 E. E. Hale in Harper's Mag. Dec. 145/2 They filed away for the south. < as lemmas |
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