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单词 to pare the nails of
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to pare the nails of
c. to pare the nails of [compare French rogner les ongles (1725 in the passage translated in quot. 1809; c1260 in Old French)] : to impose restrictions on; to control. Cf. to clip the wings of at clip v.2 1d. Obsolete.
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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.
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