| 单词 | to locus away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto locus away transitive. To stupefy or render unconscious with a drugged drink or other narcotic, esp. for a criminal purpose. Also in to locus away: to drug so as to abduct and force (a person) to join a ship's crew. Cf. hocus v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make very or insensibly drunk to drink (also put, see, etc.) someone under the tablea1636 locus1829 to sew up1829 to drink under the table1897 mickey-finn1957 1829 Bell's Life in London 12 Apr. He solemnly avers..that he lost the fight from having been locussed (hocussed, we presume) by two of his best friends. 1831 Examiner 764/2 May threw a glass of the gin into Bishop's tea, when the latter said, ‘are you going to locus or Burke me?’ Mr. Horner explained that ‘locus’ was a cant word to describe the act of putting a man in a state of stupidity. [Cf. quot. 1831 at hocus v. 2.] 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 60 Locuss, to drug a person and then rob them. 1898 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 30 I've been shanghaied an' locussed away to sea, an' I wants to git back home again. < as lemmas |
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