| 单词 | uttermost farthing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuttermost farthing b. Last of a series, store, etc. Chiefly in uttermost farthing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > last in order latemostOE nextOE aftermostOE latestOE lastc1175 outmost1447 terminalc1475 extreme1477 hindmost1526 final1530 lag1552 uttermosta1555 darrein1555 utter1558 lattermost1566 afterward1584 dernier1602 ultime1626 ultimate1728 postreme1814 a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 51v The lord..caste him into prison, there to lye till he had paied the vttermost farthing. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. v. 26 Thou shalt by no meanes come out thence, till thou hast payd the vttermost farthing. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 183 Vowing not to leaue him, till the vttermost drop of their bloud were spilt. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 446 The first borne is heire to all, even to the uttermost farthing. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I ii, in Wks. (1870) II. 380 The uttermost Farthing exact from those. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. viii. 154 His accounts lie all ready, correct in black-on-white to the uttermost farthing. < as lemmas |
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