| 单词 | war to the knife |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar to the knife b. A knife used as a weapon of offence or defence; a knife-like weapon; applied to a short sword, cutlass, or hanger. war to the knife: war to the last extremity, fierce or relentless war (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] saxa800 knifec1175 pricka1350 awla1387 daggerc1386 puncheonc1425 custil1447 punch?1480 murdererc1500 pointela1522 poniard1533 pounce1545 poignado?a1549 slaughmess1548 dirk1557 pistolesea1566 parazone1623 coutel1647 chiv1673 couteau1677 cuttoe1678 sticker1772 cultel1824 skewer1838 snicker1847 shiv1915 chib1929 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword saxa800 knifec1175 whinyard1478 hanger1481 short-sword1508 whinger1540 whanger1541 half-sword1552 estocade1579 wacadash1613 acinaces1653 dourlach1825 estoc1830 dah1832 simi1860 malchus1890 kirpan1904 society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > war to the death internecine1642 war to the knife1812 internecinal war1829 internecion1848 jihad1880 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 69 We ne maȝen be fond from us driue Ne mid sworde ne mid kniue. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2286 He drou is knif, & slou þe king. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 165 Hadde þei had knyues, bi cryst, her eyther had killed other. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 150 Than Yre come in with sturt and stryfe, His hand wes ay vpoun his knyfe. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 867 Ilk ane a schort knyfe braidit out sone. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6v The worthie meed Of him, that slew Sansfoy with bloody knife. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. i. 63 Thou layst in euery gash that loue hath giuen mee The knife that made it. View more context for this quotation 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica App. 266 If I had been Stab'd, or had had my Flesh cut with Knives. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxvi. 54 War, war is still the cry, ‘War even to the knife!’ 1876 W. E. Gladstone Relig. Thought i, in Contemp. Rev. June 7 ‘Catholicism’ has..declared war to the knife against modern culture. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. ii. v. 5 If Westall bullies him any more he will put a knife into him. war to the knife For civil, intestine, etc. war, see the adjectives. war to the knife [after Spanish guerra al cuchillo] , see knife n. b; war to the death, see death n. Phrases 2.extracted from warn.1< as lemmas |
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