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单词 torying
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Toryingn.

Brit. /ˈtɔːrɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɔriɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Tory v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < Tory v. + -ing suffix1.
Now historical.
In 17th-cent. Ireland: the action or practice of living as an outlaw or Tory (Tory n. 1a) after being dispossessed by English settlers, and engaging in acts of robbery and plunder against the English.
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1654 Perfect Diurnall No. 241. 3688 They begin to break out in Torying.
1655 V. Gookin Author & Case transplanting Irish Vindicated 21 Many Inhabitants, who are able to subsist on their Gardens in their present Habitations,..will rather choose the hazard of Torying, than the apparent danger of starving [in Connaught].
1693 R. B. Hist. Kingdom Ireland 109 Most of them Sons or Descendants of the Rebels in 1641, who had Murthered so many Protestants; many were Outlawed and Condemned Persons for Torying and Robbing.
1869 G. Bennett Hist. Bandon (rev. ed.) ix. 185 Many of those who refused to cross to the Irish side of the Shannon took to Torying.
1975 Seanchas Ard Mhacha 8 i. 32 Patrick Fleming..originally fell foul of the law for an offence which was probably one of connivance rather than active torying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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