单词 | vire |
释义 | † viren.1 Obsolete. A form of quarrel or bolt for a crossbow. (Cf. vireton n.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] bolta1000 quarrela1250 arbalestrec1300 vire1390 matrassc1450 viretonc1500 matrass1591 quarry1600 cross-arrow1619 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 164 As a fyre Which fleth out of a myhti bowe, Aweie he fledde for a throwe. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4802 Thei fauȝt vn-armed in here atyres With longe Arwes and scharpe vires. c1425 Cast. Persev. 2113 in Macro Plays (1904) 140 I schal slynge at þee many a vyre, & ben a-vengyd hastely here. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 623 He tasit the vyre and leit it fle. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 595 I haf a bow, bot and a vyre [1489 Adv. wyr]. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1092 The red knycht, byrnyng in loues fyre, Goith to o knycht, als swift as ony vyre. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xi. 16 This virgine sprent on swiftlie as a vyre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † viren.2 Obsolete. rare. = virus n. ΚΠ c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 77 For euery olde wounde hauynge rotnes or wire, þat is þinne venymous quyttir or ony oþir þing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † virev.1 Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To whirl or throw. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] warpc888 torvec1000 castc1230 slingc1290 forthcasta1300 throwc1300 lancec1330 hit1362 pitchc1380 slentc1380 glenta1400 launcha1400 routc1400 waltc1400 flingc1420 jeta1450 vire1487 ajet1490 hurl1563 toss1570 kest1590 picka1600 peck1611 jaculate1623 conject1625 elance1718 squail1876 tipple1887 bish1940 biff1941 slap1957 welly1986 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 702 Iohne crab..In his fagattis has set the fyre, And our the wall syne can thame wyre. 2. intransitive. To turn; to wind about. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > turn round or to face a direction > turn (as) on a pivot or swing round turnOE revirec1485 virec1485 circumlate1578 swing1769 slew1823 swivel1846 pivot1883 jib1891 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course to turn and winda1398 wreathea1500 twine1553 indent1567 virea1586 crank1594 to dance the hay or hays1600 maze1605 serpent1606 to indent the way1612 cringlea1629 indenture1631 circumgyre1634 twist1635 glomerate1638 winda1682 serpentine1767 meander1785 zigzag1787 zag1793 to worm one's way1822 vandyke1828 crankle1835 thread the needle1843 switchback1903 rattlesnake1961 zig1969 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 111 As the dure turnis about apon the herre,..and vyris & revyris. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Oo2v No, no, he hath vired all this while, but to come the sooner to his affected ende. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † virev.2 Obsolete rare. (Origin and meaning doubtful: cf. vire n.1) ΚΠ c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5448 Many a Gregey was euel atyred, With brode arwes al to-vired; Thei wounded hem with arwes brode. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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