单词 | to set in a lowe |
释义 | > as lemmasto set in a lowe P1. in (also on) (a) lowe: on fire, alight, in flames (frequently to set in a lowe and variants). Also figurative. Scottish in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > ablaze or aflame [phrase] in (also on) (a) lowec1175 on blaze1393 on or of a flame1490 on flame1656 in flames1697 in a flame1817 c1175O loȝhe [see sense 1]. c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 687 (MED) Heom þouȝte he leomede as liht al on a lowe. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 14070 Þe tundir, bronston, & fire hote, kindled on lowe & vp smote. ?c1422 T. Hoccleve Ars Sciendi Mori l. 703 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 204 Whan þat a greet toun set is on a lowe. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 731 Wil, flatterit him,..And set him in ane low. 1613 S. Hutton tr. J. M. de Franchis Of Most Auspicatious Marriage iii. cix. 65 The waxen Torch no sooner feeles The scorching heat of Lemnius fire approaching: But straight's on low. 1736 A. Ramsay Let. 10 May in Scots Mag. (1784) Aug. 397/2 Then, then my saul was in a low. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. x. 159 She [sc. a vessel] was..in a light low. 1838 A. Rodger Poems & Songs 257 They've torn her mantle, an' her curch They've set on lowe. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. viii. 51 Ye wad hae the hoose in a low aboot oor lugs. 1901 G. D. Brown House with Green Shutters xxi. 221 ‘You could set fire to his braith!’ cried Wabster. ‘A match to his mouth would send him in a lowe.’ ‘A living gas jet!’ said Brown. 1986 B. Holton tr. S. Nai'an Men o the Mossflow iii, in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 18 Shi Jin gaed ti the midmaist haa an set it in a lowe. < as lemmas |
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