单词 | cerne |
释义 | † cernen. Obsolete. rare. 1. A circle; an enceinte. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle rondelc1300 roundelc1300 circlec1305 compass1340 rondelet1385 cerne1393 burrc1440 orba1460 O1492 O1531 circular1575 rotundo1614 rhomb1656 circumference1667 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > an enclosed piece of ground hawc825 towneOE purprisea1275 hainc1275 wick1301 cerne1393 firmancea1522 haining1535 haya1640 pena1640 park1658 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 46 With Cernes bothe square and rounde He traceth ofte upon the grounde, Makend his invocation. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xix. 309 Merlin..made acerne with a yerde in myddell of the launde. 2. A method of hunting buffalo by surrounding a herd. ΚΠ 1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. I. 336 A ‘cerne’ or ‘surround’, in this part of the wilderness, requires a great deal of arrangement to render it successful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cernev. rare. transitive. To surround, invest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 548 The cavalry occupied the undulating valleys..and they cerned the lofty fortress on all sides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1393v.1857 |
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