单词 | to leap upon |
释义 | > as lemmasto leap upon 9. Of certain beasts: To spring upon (the female) in copulation. Also absol. Also †to leap upon. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > mount (a partner) for purpose of sexual intercourse ridea1450 mounta1475 beleap1513 leap1530 colta1616 vaulta1616 rut1700 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > copulate with > mount leap1530 spring1585 mount1593 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xxxi. f. xliijv All the rammes that leape vpon the shepe are straked, spotted and partie. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 606/1 Kepe your horse in the stabyll, for and he leape a mare he wyll be the worse to journey a good whyle after. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 6. §4 The Lords..shall not..suffer any of the said mares to be covered or leapt with any stoned Horse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iv. 49 Some such strange bull leapt your fathers cowe. View more context for this quotation 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 251 A Ram that never leaped a Sheep. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 128 Colts got by such Horses that have leaped eight or ten Times a Day. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 105/1 A bull..which leaps cows at 5l. 5s. a cow. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 232 The young bull..will not leap any cows..till the first of May. < as lemmas |
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