单词 | to prick and prance |
释义 | > as lemmasto prick and prance ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride rapidly > by urging on one's horse prickc1300 to prick and prancea1393 spur1596 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly prickc1300 to prick and prancea1393 spank1811 step1856 rake1862 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1191 (MED) This man..goth to prike and prance aboute. a1475 (c1441) in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 180 Now list me nedyr prike ne prawnce, My pride is put to pouerte. a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 344 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 553 (MED) The Goos may gagle; the Hors may prike & praunce. 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 312 My Phillip can both prycke and prance. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Ev I trust they shall see me pricke it, and praunce it, like a Caualiero. a1891 Cent. Mag. (1891) Mar. 160/1 Stallion black, with feet a-dance, In the world to prick and prance. < as lemmas |
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