单词 | detrench |
释义 | † detrenchv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To cut asunder or through. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut through shearOE hacka1325 through-carvec1330 through-cutc1330 detrench1398 rivea1400 trench1483 cross-cut1590 rescind1598 transect1634 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lx. 176 A synewe whyche is kytte asondre and detrenchyd growyth neuer after. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxix/1 Wyth his teeth he detrenched and bote his tonge. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxii. 146 He detrenched & cutte the two maister vaynes of his nek. 2. To cut up, cut or hew in pieces; to inflict severe slaughter upon, ‘cut to pieces’ in battle. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces to-carvec950 forhewa1000 forcarveOE to-hackc1000 to-hewc1000 to-slivec1050 to-brittenc1175 shredc1275 to-snedc1275 to-race1297 smitec1300 dismember1303 hewa1382 hew1382 to-cut1382 forcutc1386 brit?a1400 splatc1400 to-shredc1405 upshear1430 detrench1470 dispiece1477 thrusche1483 till-hew1487 despiecea1492 rip1530 share?1566 hash1591 shamble1601 becut1630 betrench1656 mincemeat1861 becarve1863 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. vi Sir Launcelot with suche knyghtes as he hadde..slewe and detrenchid many of the Romayns. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 149 We shall rendre to the thy sone slayn and detrenched by pieces. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xx. 63 He detrenched and kutte bothe horses and knyghtes, he cloue and rent helmes and sheldes. 3. To cut off, sever by cutting. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off becarveOE carvec1000 hewc1000 shredc1275 cuta1300 chapc1325 cleavec1330 off-shearc1330 withscore1340 to cut offc1380 colea1400 slivea1400 to score awayc1400 abscisea1500 discidea1513 sharea1529 off-trenchc1530 off-hewc1540 pare1549 detrench1553 slice?1560 detrunk1566 sneck1578 resect1579 shred1580 curtail1594 off-chop1594 lop?1602 disbranch1608 abscind1610 snip1611 circumcise1613 desecate1623 discerpa1628 amputate1638 absciss1639 prescind1640 notch1820 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 38 b If your hande were detrenched, or youre bodie maimed with some soubdaine stroake. 4. figurative. To cut away, cut down, retrench, curtail. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > curtail wanea889 dockc1380 bridgec1384 abridgea1393 limita1398 syncopec1412 defalk1475 shortena1535 to cut short?1542 royn1573 retrench1587 curtail1589 retranch1589 lop1594 scantle1596 scant1599 scantelize1611 curtalize1622 defalce1651 detrench1655 barb1657 defalcatea1690 razee1815 detruncate1846 to cut down1857 shave1898 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 183 Had the king yeelded to a detrenching some luxuriances of his Prerogative. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 216 Many would detrench from them their secular power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1398 |
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