单词 | to rub to whit |
释义 | > as lemmasto rub (a person) to (the) whit transitive. To carry (a person) off to prison. Chiefly in to rub (a person) to (the) whit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > send or take to send971 rub1673 mill1838 boob1895 porridge1965 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 12 If the Cully napps us, As a thing it is unfit To take away the cole from us And rub us to the Whit. 1676 Warn. Housekeepers 5 They rub us to the whitt. 1688 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit 228 Mark you well, Hark you well, see Where they'r rubb'd. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Rub Don't rub us to the whit; don't send us to Newgate. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 99 I may bid as high as your pintle, and make you squint like a bag of nails..though you rub us to whit for it. < as lemmas |
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