| 单词 | to mew at large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mew at large a. transitive. Falconry. To confine or fasten (a hawk) in a mew, on a perch, etc., as at moulting time; †to mew at large, †to mew at the stock (or stone) (see quot. 1611) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > other hawking procedures enseamc1450 imp1477 rebuke1486 feat1508 mewc1515 canvas1559 cope1575 mail1575 man1575 watchc1575 to imp the wings of1596 pepper1618 stone1618 brail1643 feak1686 hack1873 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 177 I can mew a sparhawke. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 173 The place wherein you shoulde mew a hawke at the stocke, should be a lowe parler or chamber vpon the grounde. 1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1615) i. viii. 95 Mewing at the stone or stocke... If you mewe at the stocke, you shal haue a broad Table..on which you must place..a free-stone or blocke of two foote hie, to which you shal fasten your hawke... If you mewe your hawke at large you shall put her loose into the mewe. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 285 Merlins, which sometimes she mewed in her own chamber. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 135 If you mew more than one Hawk in one Room, you must set your Stones at that distance that when they bate they may not crab one another. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 62 They [sc. hawks] are sometimes kept loose in a room; but it is, in my opinion, much better to mew them on perches or on blocks. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 63 As it is difficult to procure Icelanders and gyrfalcons, these valuable birds are well worth mewing. 1970 R. Barber Knight & Chivalry (1974) i. iii. 61 Raoul..orders his tent to be pitched in the church, his bed to be made up against the altar, and his hawks to be mewed to the crucifix. < as lemmas |
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