单词 | to pare the nails of |
释义 | > as lemmasto pare the nails of ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)] edmodienc1175 lowc1175 meekc1175 lessa1382 abatec1390 abasea1393 belowc1400 meekenc1400 disadvance?c1425 simplec1450 lowlyc1485 humilea1492 chasten1526 to pare the nails ofa1549 lessen1579 vail1582 to take (something) a hole lower1591 destate1615 humblea1616 thorough-humblea1617 humiliate1656 level1712 unnichea1751 to level up, down1791 unpedestal1821 to take the starch out of1830 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (?1555) sig. A4 I wyll follow myne owne mynd and myn old trade. Who shal let me, the deuyls nayles vnpared. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 229/1 God must needes paire the nailes [Fr. rabbatre les cloux form the nail heads], as well of vs men as women, and vse violence against vs. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xli. xxxiv. 938 It is nothing so good,..to take downe the Ætolians and pare their nailes, as to looke unto Philip that he wax not too great. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xv. 211 To pare his nails the closer, I had gone into the market, and informed myself of the prices. < as lemmas |
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