释义 |
† eˈnose, v. Obs. rare. Also 5 enoyse. [? a. OF. enosse-r, enoisse-r, lit. to choke with a bone, f. en- (see en- prefix1) + os bone.] trans. ? To choke. Only in Lydgate, in somewhat obscure fig. senses; ? to baffle, perplex, hamper.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol., Falshed with trouthe that makethe men enosed To which parte that they shall theym holde. c1430― Bochas ii. xxviii. (1554) 65 With suche false craft neuer to be enoysed. Ibid. iii. xxi. 93 b, His indigent hert so streitly is enosed To Erebus. a1460― MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 4 (Halliw.), For ayther muste y playnely hire accuse Or my gilte with this gilt ennose. 1530Palsgr. 536/1. I ennose, I abuse (the monk of Berye Lydgate). Ie abuse. |