单词 | fore-a-hand |
释义 | > as lemmasfore-a-hand 3. Foremost, leading. Also, fore-a-hand. forehand stone (Curling): see quot. Also elliptical or quasi-n.: The first or foremost player. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective] foregoing1530 headmost1592 beginning1609 first1647 previous1658 forehand1664 leading1771 lead1846 vanmost1865 front flight1899 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > stone as played hog1808 forehand stone1825 ringer1825 guard1830 pot-lid1853 rider1891 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curler > first player forehand1831 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii 111 A Nag, That might pass for a forehand Stag. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 159 Our auld fore-hand ox. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The forehand stane is the stone first played in curling. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 983 A canny forehan'. 1892 J. Kerr in J. M. Heathcote & C. G. Tebbutt Skating (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 380 Fore-han', the first player or lead. < as lemmas |
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