| 单词 | vine-rod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvine-rod vine-rod n. a rod of vine-wood, spec. as the staff of a Roman centurion. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > staff or stick leading-staff1598 vine-rod1601 vine-wand1601 leading-weapon1622 swagger-stick1887 swagger-cane1888 nigger stick1971 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 406 For the Centurion hath the honour to carie in his hand a Vine-rod. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 263/1 They may get a vine-rod, that is, a centurion's place. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 20 Others showed him the scars of their wounds, others again the marks of the centurion's vine-rod. < as lemmas |
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