单词 | enlock |
释义 | enlockv. a. transitive. To lock up, shut in, enclose, hold fast. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > in a place or receptacle shut13.. sealc1420 lockc1460 to lock up1568 enlock1596 to lock away1755 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. Proem sig. A2v My soueraigne Queene, In whose chast breast all bountie naturall, And treasures of true loue enlocked beene. View more context for this quotation 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xxi. 388 He observ'd..His friend enlock'd within a lady's arm. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. x. 73/1 Inlock both Editor and Hofrath, in the labyrinthic tortuosities and covered ways of said citadel. 1870 F. W. H. Myers Poems (1875) 75 Lamps enlock the tomb in golden glamour. ΚΠ 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To Inlocke (mortaise in), enclaver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1596 |
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