| 单词 | watching and warding |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatching and warding b. The action or duty of keeping guard. Chiefly in watching and warding: see watch v. 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] holda1100 witiing13.. keepinga1425 ampare1587 guard1596 warding1633 advigilation1663 watch-care1845 wardening1962 watchdogging1962 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. xxxi. 72 And while his weary kingdome safely sleeps, All restlesse night he watch and warding keeps. 1724 in J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. (1875) 202 1 day's work with his oxen..and 1 day's warding for a soldier which did work at the mount. watching and warding c. Scottish. watching and warding: see watch v. 6b, 10. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel wardOE day watchOE watch1377 watch and ward1390 wakingc1440 scout-watch1464 watching and warding1579 sentinel1585 day ward1597 romboyle1612 escouta1627 sentry1639 watchment1740 wardage1878 sentry-go1880 sentry-going1901 1579 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. III. 217 Subject to all taxationis, wacheing, warding, and utheris impositionis liand upoun the said burgh. 1600 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 378/1 Quod omnes in dicto burgo manentes..auxilia ferrent cum burgensibus ad lie watching, wairding, [etc.]. 1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) iii. 95 For Watching, Warding, and Trainbanding, Tho' Customs of an ancient standing. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §8 This service of watching and warding..is due by the burgesses within the..territory of the borough. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. I. 106 The citizens [of Edinburgh] performed a species of personal service for defence of the town, called watching and warding. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 117 The reddendo (now merely nominal) of watching and warding. < as lemmas |
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