单词 | caliver-shot |
释义 | > as lemmascaliver-shot attributive and in other combinations, as caliver-man, caliver-shot, etc. ΚΠ 1569 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 10 Furnyshed with calyuer matches with flasks. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. xv. 447 A calliver-shot could scarce reach from the one side to the other. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlvi. 115 In a Muskett, two Calever shott, or many smaller. a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts i, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 174/2 The Fleet was to pass within Calliver Shot of this Fort. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii. (inscription) , in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 177 Ye musquet and calliver-men. < as lemmas |
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