单词 | duelling |
释义 | duellingduelingn. The practice of fighting duels; the action of engaging in a duel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > fighting in single combat or duel camping1481 combating1594 duello1598 duel1612 duelling1631 kemping1793 1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement iv. 58 We threw our doublets off, to shew wee had no Coate of maile, or priuie shirt vpon vs, against the lawes of duelling. 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. xi. §3 (R.) I have character'd this spirit of duelling as ugly and deform'd as I could. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 163 The House of Commons have brought in a Bill to prevent Duelling and make it Felony. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xiii. 289 This Gothic Crime of Duelling. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. ix. 584 Duelling has from the beginning been more popular in France than in England. 1906 Mother Earth Aug. 24 What is the underlying principle of duelling in its various forms..but this spirit of direct vengeance. 1945 N.Y. Times 19 Apr. 3/3 Dueling is prohibited by law in Cuba. 2005 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 23 Oct. (Bks. section) 13 Both victor and villain were victims of the ‘honour code’ of duelling. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1694 J. Collier Misc. v. 49 Religion will not endure the Duelling Principle. 1721 London Jrnl. 16 Dec. 2/1 Does any Man think that the best Laws..would have any Effect, if there was at the same Time a Duelling-Office kept open at St. James's? 1799 Whitehall Evening Post 9–11 Apr. This is the first instance of a condemnation in a duelling case. 1866 Hours at Home Sept. 443/2 It is contrary to the dueling laws to thrust; the only legitimate blow is a stroke given sideways. 1881 J. W. Forney Anecd. Public Men II. xlii. 308 There were many Christian people who held the duelling code in abhorrence. 1952 W. Sharpe Brain Surgeon iii. 24 After a week's training I was led to the dueling grounds. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Jan. 14/4 Fascists..had contempt for weak German aristocrats with their dueling scars and precious manners. C2. attributive. Designating a weapon used in duelling. ΚΠ 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter viii. 72 Why, Sir, I have no idea that these are duelling pistols. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii Engaged in cleaning the duelling pistols. 1867 Round Table 2 Feb. 70/1 He was a journalist..of the Parisian stamp, light, polished, and flexible, with a style delicate as a duelling rapier. 1938 Life 6 June 24/2 Bernstein chose..a dull-edged, pin-pointed dueling sword, allowing thrusts at any part of the body. 1951 S. Alexander Celluloid Asylum 182 He uses his dueling rapier as a pointer. 2006 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 3 Nov. 7 Other items of interest included a pair of 1800 duelling guns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). duellingduelingadj. 1. That engages in a duel or duels; given to or characterized by duelling. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > single combat or duel > inclined to duelling1677 duelsome1840 1677 C. Scrope in N. Lee Rival Queens Prol. sig. A6v In this Duelling Intriguing Age, The Love you make is like the War you wage. 1757 Newcastle Gen. Mag. Jan. 32/1 There are certain things..called articles of war, which our duelling gentlemen seem entirely to have forgotten. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 58 I was talking over the correspondence with a duelling gentleman. 1877 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 5 Jan. 4/7 Dueling men are discussing the point whether..a challenge from a cowhided man is to be accepted. 1919 Kentucky Med. Jrnl. 17 142/2 After a conference with the duelling parties, the trouble was amiably settled. 1942 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 2 Jan. 6/1 Two dueling Alaskan miners were saved from death in Samuelson's story by his expert marksmanship. 2002 J. Nényei Thought Outdanced iv. 108 The conversation..reminds one..of two duelling soldiers crossing their swords. 2. In extended use. Of two people, animals, or things: competing; vying; contending. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending strivingc1374 strivousa1382 militant?a1425 wrestlinga1547 cocking1550 struggling1577 contending1593 scambling1600 conflictant1629 contendenta1641 tugging1657 agonous1682 battling1787 belligerent1812 conflicting1855 warring1883 duelling1944 1944 Port Arthur (Texas) News 11 June 11/6 The three bitterly-dueling horses sped down the stretch and finished in a jumble of flying whips and flailing arms. 1951 N.Y. Times 13 June 11/4 The frequent clashes of the dueling strategists enlivened the otherwise dreary hours. 1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xxi. 231 Duelling bullhorns bombarding the street with squelch noise and static-layered repetitions of ‘Reds out!’ and ‘fair pay now!’ 1998 N.Y. Mag. 14 Sept. 66/3 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan [feature] as dueling bookstore owners who hate each other in person and fall in love via fevered e-mail. 2013 Bristol Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. 24 A groove-driven epic constructed around a gargantuan chorus by Durose and Balamir's duelling guitars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631adj.1677 |
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