| 单词 | to stretch a rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stretch a rope ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)] rideeOE hangc1000 anhangc1300 wagc1430 totter?1515 to wave in the windc1515 swing1542 trine1567 to look through ——?1570 to preach at Tyburn cross1576 stretch?1576 to stretch a rope1592 truss1592 to look through a hempen window?a1600 gibbet1600 to have the lift1604 to salute Tyburn1640 to dance the Tyburn jig1664 dangle1678 to cut a caper on nothing1708 string1714 twist1725 to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786 to streek in a halter1796 to straight a ropea1800 strap1815 to dance upon nothing1837 to streek a tow1895 1592 R. Greene Blacke Bookes Messenger sig. C2v I at last resolutely vowed in my selfe to haue it though I stretcht a halter for it. 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia xxxii. 123 One man for saying he'd believe the Pope No sooner then the devil, stretch'd a rope. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iv. 72 We our selves..Were in fair way to stretch a Halter. < as lemmas |
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