| 单词 | to scratch acquaintance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scratch acquaintance a. transitive. To seize rapaciously, as a bird with its claws; to get possession of by effort or with difficulty. to scratch acquaintance = ‘to scrape acquaintance’ (see scrape v. 5b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > scrape acquaintance to scratch acquaintance1582 to scrape kindred1600 1582 G. Martin Discov. Corruptions Holy Script. vi. 96 What a peeuish, malicious, & impudent corruption is this,..to seeke to scratch aduantage of the word Presbyter, & to make it signifie an Elder, not a Priest. c1610 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell 2 The great and good report which my beloued friend..hath giuen of you, hath made me more then halfe in loue with you, which makes me thinke in some sort (as the rude and rusticke phrase is) to scratch acquaintance of you. 1658–9 Ludlow in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 145 If we take the people's liberties from them, they will scratch them back again. 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 387 Satan, with all his savage sanhedrims, could not yet scratch Christs Apostles out of their mansions. < as lemmas |
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