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单词 to givea sob
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to give..a sob
c. An act, on the part of a horse, of recovering its wind after exertion; an opportunity allowed to it of doing this; hence figurative, a rest or respite. Chiefly in the phrase to give..a sob. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
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suspension1645
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > a ride or spell of riding or excursion > a rest in
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Welsh bait1603
off-saddle1845
1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iii. sig. I If your Horse..cannot runne long with a winde, but if he want staies or sobbes.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 8 These staies and recouerings of wind in the horse my maisters, the northerne riders call Sobs.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 24 The man sir, that when gentlemen are tired giues them a sob, and rests them. View more context for this quotation
1624 W. Browne His Fiftie Yeares Pract. sig. F2 Euer yeeld willingly to your hand whensoeuer you see occasion to take him up to giue him a sobe, for that horse I hold to bee perfectly and truly mouthed.
a1658 J. Cleveland To his Hermaphrodite in Wks. (1687) 23 But was he dead? Did not his Soul..break up House, like an expensive Lord, That gives his Purse a Sob, and lives at Board?
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