| 单词 | engage in quart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasengage in quart 17. transitive. Of combatants: To interlock (weapons). Cf. French engager le fer, to cross swords. Also absol., as to engage in tierce, engage in quart. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > thrust or gore with horn putc1450 gore?1530 burt?1567 butt1590 horn1599 push1611 hipe1669 engage1694 sticka1896 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > interlock (weapons) engage1833 1694 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in Ann. Misc. 25 The stooping Warriors..Engage their clashing Horns. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 138 Forming quickly his ‘Engaging Guard’ to any point required. 1881 J. M. Waite Sabre, Singlestick 101 A man thus armed engages in quarte or tierce. < as lemmas |
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