intransitive. To sit or be carried on (also upon), or travel through, esp. lightly or swiftly, as if on horseback. Formerly also: †to hang on the…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)] (28) rideeOE intransitive. To sit or be carried on (also upon), or travel through, esp. lightly or swiftly, as if on horseback. Formerly also: †to hang on the… hangc1000 spec. Of a person: to be suspended on (also upon) a cross, gibbet, gallows, etc.; to suffer death in this way; esp. as a form of punishment. Also… anhangc1300 intransitive. Of a person: to be killed by hanging or crucifixion. wagc1430 To dangle on the gallows, be hanged. Obsolete. totter?1515 spec. To swing from the gallows, to be hanged. Obsolete. to wave in the windc1515 to wave in the wind: to be hanged. (Cf. wag, v. 3d) Obsolete. swing1542 intransitive. To be suspended from a support above (without necessarily implying oscillation). spec. To be hanged; to suffer death by hanging. slang… trine1567 (Perhaps arising from a shortening of the phrase trine to the cheats = go to the gallows, be hanged). To hang (intransitive and transitive). to look through ——?1570 intransitive. colloquial or slang. In various expressions referring to death by hanging, as to look through a hempen window (cf. hempen, adj. 1b). Obs… to preach at Tyburn cross1576 to preach at Tyburn cross, to be hanged; in reference to the speeches permitted to those about to be executed. stretch?1576 intransitive. To be hanged. to stretch a rope1592 to stretch a halter, to stretch a rope: to be hanged. truss1592 intransitive for passive. To be hanged: cf. hang, v. to look through a hempen window?a1600 intransitive. colloquial or slang. In various expressions referring to death by hanging, as to look through a hempen window (cf. hempen, adj. 1b). Obs… gibbet1600 intransitive. To hang as on a gibbet. Obsolete. to have the lift1604 The action or an act of lifting, in various senses of the verb; a raising or rising; the distance through which anything is lifted and moved. †to hav… to salute Tyburn1640 to salute Tyburn: jocularly, to be hanged. Obsolete. to dance the Tyburn jig1664 to dance Barnaby: to dance to a quick movement, move expeditiously. to dance the Tyburn jig: to be hanged: cf. 3b. Obsolete. dangle1678 To hang from the gallows; to be hanged. to cut a caper on nothing1708 to cut a caperor capers: to dance in a frolicsome way, to act fantastically. †to cut a caper on nothing: to be hanged. string1714 intransitive. To be hanged. Also with up. Scottish. twist1725 passive. To be hanged. slang. to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786 to wallop in a tow (also tether): to be hanged. Scottish. to streek in a halter1796 to streek a tow, also intransitive. to streek in a halter: to be hanged, ‘swing’. Cf. stretch, v. 18a 1c. to straight a ropea1800 transitive. To stretch (e.g. a body on the rack); to stretch out (one's limbs); to extend, stretch forth (a spear); reflexive to lie down flat. Obs… strap1815 To bind and hang (a person). Also with up. Also intransitive, to be hanged. Scottish. to dance upon nothing1837 Grimly applied to the movements of the body in or after death by hanging; to dance upon nothing, to be hanged. to streek a tow1895 to streek a tow, also intransitive. to streek in a halter: to be hanged, ‘swing’. Cf. stretch, v. 18a 1c. |
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