单词 | caught, taken with the fang |
释义 | > as lemmascaught, taken with the fang 2. concr. That which is caught or taken; captured game; booty, plunder, spoils (obs. exc. Sc.). Hence, in Sc. Law of a thief: caught, taken with the fang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 1016 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) [Hi] fang woldon fon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15434 Quen..Iudas þus receiued had his fang. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3728 Was þou not at me right now, And fedd me wit þi fang i trau? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 4801 Quen ȝe fondyn haue ȝour fange. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 71 Gif ane man apprehends in his house ane theif, with the fang of the thift. 1728 Biggar Council Proc. The fangs (plunder) being found in his house. 1790 Morrison Poems 110 Snap went the sheers, then in a wink, The fang was stow'd behind a bink. < as lemmas |
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