单词 | to watch and ward |
释义 | > as lemmasto watch and ward ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard [verb (intransitive)] > perform duty of watchman ward1390 wait1436 watch1487 to watch and ward1583 cockatoo1935 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. x. 499 No more quench you the fire by withdrawing the wood, than assuredly you staie the course of wicked conceites, when you watch and warde well ouer your senses. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. viii. sig. T3 They for vs fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright Squadrons round about vs plant. 1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 6 Either part liued watching and warding. 1620 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) II. 242 To a man, watchinge and wardinge at Burneley faire, iiijd. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1296 To watch and ward, excubare. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 4 Every one did watch and ward, and not one was exempted from carrying the Basket. to watch and ward a. To guard against attack; to provide with a body of guards or armed watchmen; to serve as a guard to. Also to watch and ward (cf. 6b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] hold971 witec1000 ward?a1035 looklOE bewakec1175 getec1175 wakec1175 i-witea1240 forelook1340 watch?a1400 to watch over——1526 award?c1550 guard1582 to wait over ——1659 shepherd1885 watchdog1902 warden1910 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 547 He wylle werraye i-wysse, be ware ȝif the lykes, Wage many wyghtemene, and wache thy marches. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 613 Thane yschewes þe emperour..Arayede with his Romaynes..Sexty geauntes be-fore,..With weches and warlaws to wacchene his tentys. 1451 J. Gloys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 68 Gonnore was wetched at Felbrygge Halle with xl persones of þe Lady Felbrygges tenaunts. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 128 Bot for the trewis he lefit noucht Wachis till set to the Castele; Ilk nycht he gert men wach it wele. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xi. 166 Than thei leged and pight teyntes and pavilouns, and hem rested, and lete the hoste be wacched. 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cxxvii. 1 Likewise in vaine men vndertake, Cities and holdes to watch and ward. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 207 The King of Indians was watched with foure and twenty Elephants. 1820 W. Scott tr. Noble Moringer in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1816 9 ii. p. ccccxcvi Wilt thou receive this weighty trust when I am o'er the sea? To watch and ward my castle strong, and to protect my land. < as lemmas |
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