单词 | discommoning |
释义 | discommoningn. Oxford University and Cambridge University. Now historical. The action or practice of discommoning a tradesman or tradesmen (see discommon v. 2a); an instance of this. Also: the fact or penalty of being discommoned. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > suspension of trade or commerce > act of embargement1599 restraint of trade1622 discommoninga1645 embarring1649 discommonizing1841 a1645 W. Laud Hist. Troubles (1695) xxxi. 307 The Power of Discommoning..hath ever been in Power and in Usage in that Vniversity; as is commonly known to all Oxford-Men. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. I. i. vi. 206 During this discommoning, some Persons..began to deal with the Persons discommon'd. 1838 Brit. Mag. Apr. 469/1 The penalties..on the part of the stable-keeper [are]..a fine of 40s. for the first offence, and for subsequent breaches of the law, discommoning. 1842 Law Jrnl. Rep. 11 40/1 The form of the sentence of discommoning, was shewn from a book of the fourteenth century. 1907 G. C. M. Smith in Club Law Introd. p. xxxviii The two emissaries..promise that if their opponents swear true obedience and service, they shall recover the privileges lost by the discommoning. 1960 Geogr. Jrnl. 126 272 The discommoning of the Cambridge tradesman..had..taken place in 1705. 1997 A. Crossley in N. Tyacke Hist. Univ. Oxf. IV. ii. 112 The ‘thunderbolt’ or ‘heavy doom’ of discommoning was used to undermine the masons' company in 1609. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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