单词 | to lay a wager |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay a wager a. To put down or deposit as a wager; to stake, bet, or wager (a sum, one's head, life, etc.). Also to lay a wager. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] laya1300 to lay wedc1330 stake1530 wager1604 bet1609 gamble1757 sport1760 invest1852 punt1887 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 a1300 Floriz & Bl. (Hausknecht) 786 Ȝerne he wile þe bidde and preie, Þat þu legge þe cupe to pleie. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5598 A waiour dar y wyþ ȝow ley Þat [etc.]. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 678 Þai ȝolden me þat y layd. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2169 I der leye mi lif hit was þe liþer treytour. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 291 Ich dar legge myn eres. 1404 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 36 I durste lae my hede, that [etc.]. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 145 This y dare avowe and dare leie what waiour eny man wole me forto leie. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 602/1 I lay a nobyll agaynst a peny that it is nat so. 1573 New Custome i. ii. sig. B j Harke Simplicitie hee is some preacher I wyll lay my gowne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 103 I wil lay ods, that..We beare our ciuil swords and natiue fier, As farre as France. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Pory Let. 6 Dec. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 277 Hee would lay ten to one, the king was dead. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋5 I'll lay what Wager she pleases against her present Favourite. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 863 Canst thou..Lay such a stake upon the losing side? View more context for this quotation 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 23 He spent his time in training horses, laying bets. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 17 This heifer I lay thee lest thou decline..what stake for the coming battle is thine? 1891 F. W. Robinson Her Love & his Life III. vi. iii. 135 I never lay wagers. < as lemmas |
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