| 单词 | ferret forth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasferret forth b. To drive from, off, out of (a place). Also, to ferret about, ferret away, ferret forth, ferret out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away feezec890 adriveeOE aflemeeOE off-driveeOE flemeOE withdrivec1000 adreveOE to drive outOE biwevea1300 chasec1300 void13.. catcha1325 firk1340 enchasec1380 huntc1385 to catch awayc1390 forcatch1393 to put offa1398 to cast awaya1400 to put outc1400 repel?a1439 exterminate1541 chasten1548 propulse1548 keir1562 hie1563 depulse1570 band1580 bandy1591 flit1595 ferret1601 profugate1603 extermine1634 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 287 You are almost quite ferreted foorth from all your starting holes. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 225 With Terriour dogges they ferret him out of his den againe. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 529 Speak..did the Lord ever ferret thee out of this burrow? 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife iv. 68 I'll ferret her out to you presently. a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) 111 I'll ferret him away. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 124 Dr. Laud..sifted and ferreted him about from one hole to another. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. viii. 86 They..took Counsel to ferret them off their Island. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 241 Measures were accordingly taken..to ferret this vermin brood out of the colonies. < as lemmas |
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