单词 | foray |
释义 | forayn. 1. A hostile or predatory incursion or inroad, a raid. †in, of foray: on a foray.Revived in the 19th cent. by Sir Walter Scott. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun] roadeOE skeck1297 chevacheec1380 forayc1400 reisea1450 raid1455 bodrag1537 skeg1542 reid1544 inroad1548 outroad1560 excursion1577 excurse1587 bodraging1590 cavalcade1591 chevachance1592 chivancy1616 algaradea1649 course1651 outrakea1765 commando1791 razzia1821 muru1836 chappow1860 night raid1872 c1400–20 Judicium (Roxb.) 7 Some at ayll howse I fande: and som of ferray. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 591 Thir four hundreth..A forray kest and sessit mekill gud. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 284 Sum sall went to ye forray. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 16 The forrow was..mainteyned every waye, without resistance. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiii. 82 Had not our Horse been over~wearied with their long forrey. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. ii. 17 The foray was long and the skirmish hot. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxiii. 471 The continual forays of Mariano had spread ruin and desolation on our south-east. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid here-fengc1275 preya1325 wainc1330 spoila1340 ravinc1350 spoila1382 pillagea1393 forayc1425 booty1474 trophya1522 prize1522 sackage1609 boot-haling1622 free-booty1623 plunder1647 capture1706 loot1839 sack1859 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xl. 264 Þai na gret Forrais made. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6426 Þat neuer of forray art full. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. vi. 147 Desirous to hunt after pillage and forreies. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front forerunnerseOE vantward1297 formerward13.. forme-ward13.. vamward1338 fronta1375 pointa1382 frontier?a1400 vawarda1400 forayc1425 avantwardc1440 avant-garde1470 vanward1476 vantguard1485 vanguard1487 foreward1490 forefront1513 foremen1577 forefight?1611 vaunta1616 van1633 first line1663 front line1677 firing line1859 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xl. 136 Willame of Dowglas, þat þan was Ordanyd in Forray for to pas. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 596 The forray tuk the pray and past the playn Towart the park. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 339 Neirby in sicht the forrow to reskew. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1846/1 The forrey [1587 forreie] was a little troubled with a fortie or fiftie Scots horsmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). forayv. 1. transitive. To scour or ravage (a country) in search of forage or booty; to pillage; to seize and carry off (goods); to plunder the property of (a person).Revived in the 19th cent. by Sir Walter Scott. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)] reaveOE harrowc1000 ravishc1325 spoil1382 forayc1400 forage1417 riflea1425 distrussc1430 riotc1440 detruss1475 sacka1547 havoc1575 sackage1585 pillagea1593 ravage1602 yravish1609 boot-hale1610 booty-hale1610 plunder1632 forage1642 rape1673 prig1819 loot1845 raid1875 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1200 Stoken so strayt, þat þay ne stray myȝt A fote fro þat forselet to forray no goudes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 511 Than gert he forray all the land. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. x. 62 Enee..A certane horsmen, lycht armyt for the nanis, Hes send befor for to forray the planis. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. L7v Dead now was their foe, which them forrayed late. a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 167 Hee was scarce retired, when Creighton..furrowed the lands of Corstorphin. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 175 When Roderick forayed Devan-side. 1857 C. M. Yonge Cameos xli, in Monthly Packet May 456 Bruce forayed Cumberland. 2. intransitive. To make a raid; to forage; to pillage. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (intransitive)] harryc893 skeckc1330 skicka1400 cry havoc1419 foray1487 raven1570 booty1580 rapine1580 pillage1593 boot-hale1598 to make boota1599 ravage1604 scummer1633 maraud1684 loot1842 raid1848 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 643 Na we may forra [1489 Adv. ferrar] for to get met. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xii. 179 He herde telle that thei [the saisnes] come to forrey. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 37 Certaine companies..hearing, as they forrowed abroad, spoyling the countrey, that [etc.]. 1593 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §174 Sum quha nightlie and dailie rieuis, forrayis, and committis open thieft. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xiv. 208 To drive the deer of Otterdale, Or foray on the Border side. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xv. 82 The people of Granada.. foraying into the Christian territories. Derivatives ˈforaying n. the action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] harryingc900 harrowingc1000 skeckinga1387 pillagea1393 skickinga1400 forayingc1400 hership1487 direption1528 sackc1550 sacking1560 sackage1577 saccaging1585 picory1591 reprisalc1595 boot-haling1598 booty-haling1611 rapture?1611 ravage1611 prize-taking1633 plunder1643 booting1651 hen roost1762 ravagement1766 raiding1785 loot1839 looting1842 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxx. 135 Withouten certayne scales þat er ordaynd for forraying. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. ix. 175 I wyl that thou make the redy and goo thyder in foreyeng. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Tala Foraying, spoiling, Depopulatio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400v.c1400 |
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