| 单词 | to waver with or in the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto waver with or in the wind b. to waver with or in the wind. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > wave in the wind rotec1330 waive1338 waverc1440 wafterc1450 wave1487 to waver with or in the windc1503 streama1560 flaunt1576 wift1609 fly1659 waff1834 flare1837 c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvi Wythout pytee, hanged to bee, and wauer wt the wynde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxxiii. 522 With baners and penons waueryng with the wynde. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xi. f. xiiijv A rede waveringe with the wynde. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxxviii. 158 After this, hee went up and downe, wauering in the winde, tarryeng for the rest of the shippes. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 508 Soon fled the soul impure, and left behind The empty corse to waver with the wind. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 54 Here many an outlaw..had wavered in the wind during the wars. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 165 A lank, long, stooping figure, which seemed wavering in the wind like a powder-puff. < as lemmas |
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