单词 | to lay fast |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay fast b. to lay fast: to set fast, render unable to proceed or escape; †formerly, to put in fetters, imprison (also †to lay fast by the feet). Also to lay by the heels: see heel n.1 and int. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > deprive of liberty by restraint [verb (transitive)] at-hold?c1225 to hold inc1300 withholda1325 distrainc1340 restrain1397 stressa1425 detain1485 to lay fast1560 constrain1590 enstraiten1619 embinda1628 pin1738 coerce1780 deport1909 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 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlijv [They] required that they might be layde faste by the feete. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xv. 65 One of Q. Maries iustices..laid an archer by the heeles. 1623 W. Lisle Apostles Dispersed in Ælfric's Saxon Treat. Then laid they his guide fast, that he might not any way escape by flight. 1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin i. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. F2v I know how to lay that Rogue my Son fast. 1809 Q. Rev. Nov. 279 If we are laid fast by want of horses, or mutiny of drivers. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxxiv. 308 He had heard that you were laid by the heels. < as lemmas |
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