| 单词 | to lay by the heels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels b. to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels: to put in irons or the stocks; to fetter, arrest, or confine. Similarly to have (a person) by the heels, to lie by the heels and variants. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] > by the feet or legs gyvec1290 fetterc1300 hopshackle?a1513 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 to lay fast by the feet1560 garter1604 enfetter1611 heela1638 ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.iv I wyll go fetche a pair of gyues For in good faythe he shall besette fast by the heles. a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 54 Grimbolde was caught by the heele and cast into the marshalsee, but now is at liberty agayne. 1578 T. Blenerhasset 2nd Pt. Mirrour for Magistrates f. 28v Hateful Mishappe she had me by the heele, And clapte me close in dungeon of Decay. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xv. 65 One of Q. Maries iustices..laid an archer by the heeles. 1606 J. Rawlinson Foure Summons of Shulamite 75 Downe with it, even to the ground..& lay them fast by the heels. 1651 J. Lilburne Humble Addr. 9 For which affronting contempts..he ought in law, equity, and justice, rather be clapt by the heels then to bee heard by you. 1700 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 638 The lord cheif justice..will lay the undersherif by the heels. 1757 E. Perronet Mitre (new ed.) ii. 83 Then with a voice as harsh as brass, Cries—‘lay him by the heels’. 1781 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 455 I supposed you would have finished it [sc. a play] in your last fit of sickness..pray go on with it when you are tyed by the Heel next. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward II. xvi. 274 Tell him Hereward has..half a dozen knights safe by the heels. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 265 His brother still lay by the heels for an unpatriotic treaty with England. 1889 Baltimore Sun 19 Nov. The bold offender..would have been quickly set by the heels. 1945 G. Mitchell Rising of Moon x. 112 I must be sure and speak up for him at the Old Bailey if he happened to be laid by the heels. 2007 Conradian 32 53 Just at the very moment he had unshackled himself from an oppressive mother and a moribund Russian society, fate (or chance) had laid him by the heels. < as lemmas |
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