| 单词 | to go through-stitch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go through-stitch In later use chiefly in form thorough-stitch. Right through, through to the end; thoroughly, completely. Chiefly in to go through-stitch: to perform something thoroughly, carry an action out completely and effectually, go through with something (frequently with with). Obsolete.Very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, during which period the form with through- is approximately twice as frequent as that with thorough-. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely or thoroughly welleOE furtherlyc1175 through and through?1316 perfectlya1400 radically?a1425 roundly?a1425 substantiallya1425 perfectc1425 thoroughly1442 substantiallyc1449 throughlya1450 naitlyc1450 through1472 surely?a1475 cleanc1475 through stitch1573 fundamentally1587 down1616 perfectedly1692 minutely1796 homea1825 good1834 rotten1840 out1971 full on1979 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 59 They were farre better armed to find excuses to giue it ouer, than prouided to go throughstitche therwith. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E4 That wee might haue made round worke, and gone thorough stitch. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck ii. sig. E2 He that threeds his needle with the sharpe eyes of industrie, shall in time goe through-stitch, with the new suite of preferment. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus viii. 134 The LXXII men of courage, that will go through stitch with the work of Justice. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 445 The..Chiefe Justice Jeofries..went through-stitch in that Tribunal. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cxxxiii. 150 'Tis Perseverance alone that can carry us Thorough-Stitch. 1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 179 A Man of Honour enters into a Conspiracy with others to murder a King; he is obliged to go thorough Stitch with it. 1737 J. Breval Rape of Helen i. 21 I must go through-stitch with my Gallantry. 1776 B. Simonds Treat. Field Diversions 69 If we cannot go through Stitch, it is idle to begin. 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 147 We have gone too far to retreat,..we must e'en go thoroughstitch. 1841 John Bull 7 Aug. 380/1 It is to be trusted the work will be done thorough-stitch. 1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 100/1 [South Nottinghamshire] I shall have to go thorough-stitch through the house; it's filthy from top to bottom. She's means to do the place up thorough-stitch. < as lemmas |
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