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单词 to return not empty
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to return not empty
d. Of a weapon, esp. a sword: not bloodied. Frequently in to return not empty. Chiefly with allusion to biblical use (see quot. 1539). Obsolete.
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1539 Bible (Great) 2 Sam. i. f. xxvii/2 The bowe of Ionathas & the swerde of Saul turned neuer backe agayne emptie [1611 returned not emptie; 1989 never returned empty], from the bloud of the slayne, & from the fatte of the myghtye warryoures.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 98 Whom [sixty of the enemy] they slew and took, so as their Sword returned not empty.
1710 L. Milbourne Moderate Cabal 28 Yet his Sword and Bow Empty return'd with Small Success at last.
1800 E. Gillet Oration 15 The sword of Washington returned not empty.
1840 A. Moore Mem. of Late Rev. Savillion W. Fuller vi. 59 Fearless and intrepid, confident and sincere, he shrunk from no encounter with the hosts of the adversary; and his bow never turned back, nor his sword returned empty.
1892 C. H. Spurgeon Metrop. Tabernacle Pulpit XXXVII. 231 The divine Spirit, whose sword returneth not empty from the conflict.
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