单词 | handgripe |
释义 | handgripen. Now Irish English (rare). = handgrip n. 1. Cf. handy-gripe n. at handy adj. and adv. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > possession and control > possession and power or clutches gripOE handgripOE crook?c1225 fist1297 fangera1300 holtc1375 in one's clawsc1386 clutcha1529 handgripe1534 clamps1548 clums1567 clamsa1569 embracement1599 pounce1614 embracea1627 1534 tr. Erasmus Dyaloge Funus sig. B.iiv I was afrayd leest it shold come to hand grypes and strokes. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxii. 2) He commeth to handgripes ageine. 1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 53 in Parl. Vertues Royal Hee, that both Globes in his one hand-gripe holds. 1618 A. Munday tr. Third Bk. Amadis of Gaule iii. 22/2 Wee grew (at last) to hand-gripes, when I stroue to wrest his weapon from him. 1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 311 He did not like to go to hand-gripes with the devil, after such a warning as he had got. 1860 R. M. S. Jackson Mountain Pref. p. xi A rude fighter..who was..at constant hand-gripes with the emissaries of death. 1901 Gael Dec. 368/2 They..found the game-keeper and Meehal prone on the ground in fierce handgripes for the possession of a double-barrelled gun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534 |
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