单词 | to murmur a judge |
释义 | > as lemmasto murmur a judge b. transitive. Scottish. To complain against; to criticize the actions of (a person); to accuse. Now only in to murmur a judge: to cast aspersions on the integrity of a judge. †it is heavily murmured that: there is great discontent or complaint that (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 1424 in A. O. Ewing View Merchants House Glasgow (1866) 12 [That it is] hevely murmurit that all craftismen..usis sic extorsionis. 1478 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 209 Nevyr to murmur Abbot na conuent or ellis frely to gyfe our his tak. 1518 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 178 Gif thai had murmurit him without caus thai to be ponist siclyke. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vi. 1490 A fellown tyrand he wes forthi Cald and murmwryd oppynly. 1543–4 in A. I. Cameron Sc. Corr. Mary of Lorraine (1927) 54 The thing I did wes for gude quhowbeit I be murmurit saikleslie. 1558–9 Statutes Sc. Church (1907) 159 It is havelie murmurit and complenit be the fewars of kirkland that thai are compellit [etc.]. 1579 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 152/2 That he wald gif na credite to ony man that wald muremure the saidis lordis..be doing of wrang and vnhonestie. 1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1937) I. 3 It wes murmured as ane noveltie that a dead man should be accuised. 1676 J. Lauder Hist. Notices (Bannatyne Club) 120 Any who, without reason, misrepresented or murmured Judges and Magistrats for doing their offices. 1718 Laws & Judicatures of Scotl. 4 This Author's Business is to decry the Laws of his Country, to murmur (as the Scots Statutes call it) the Judges. 1797 D. Hume Punishment of Crimes II. 72 It is an undoubted point of dittay..to defame or, as it is termed in our ancient laws, to murmur any magistrate or judge. 1871 C. T. Couper Rep. High Court Justiciary 1868–70 1 404 An indictment charged a panel..under the Statute 1540, cap. 104, with murmuring a Judge. 1951 Scotsman 3 Mar. 5/3 Dorothy Arnold..appeared in Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday..in connection with an unusual charge of murmuring..Judges. 1996 D. M. Walker Legal Hist. Scotl. IV. xiii. 509 Slandering or murmuring judges was punishable. < as lemmas |
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