单词 | to get, give, have law |
释义 | > as lemmasto get, give, have (fair) law (of) a. Sport. An allowance in time or distance made to an animal that is to be hunted, or to one of the competitors in a race, in order to ensure equal conditions; a start; in phrases to get, give, have (fair) law (of). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > give game a start to get, give, have (fair) law (of)1600 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start given over another law1600 head start1859 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race (a race) [verb (transitive)] > give a start to to get, give, have (fair) law (of)1600 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race (a race) [verb (transitive)] > have start over to get, give, have (fair) law (of)1600 1600 R. Whyte in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 91 Hir Grace..sawe sixteen buckes (all having fayre lawe) pulled downe with greyhoundes, in a laund. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 70 That the formoste getting his lawe of the hindmost, doe win the wager. 1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vii. 105 That the Fewterer shall give the Hare twelvescore lawe, ere he loose the Greyhounds. 1667 Second Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 5 So Huntsmen fair, unto the Hare give Law. 1704 tr. A. de Ovalle Of Kingdom of Chile in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 40/1 If the Bird has Law of him, he will hardly overtake him. 1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. i. 18 The silly Hare..Having good Law, sat down to rest her. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 18 When the devoted deer was separated from his companions, they gave him, by their watches, law,..for twenty minutes. 1811 Sporting Mag. 39 142 Give her law and she'll hold it a mile. 1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 77 The accident was owing to his giving his horse too much law. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough (ed. 12) x. 82 The fox..having obtained..a little law of his pursuers, takes advantage of the lull to slip away. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leicestersh. 312 The pack were now together,..the fox had gained but little law. < as lemmas |
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