| 单词 | hard or sore set |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard or sore set a. The condition of being stopped or checked; a check. at a set, at a standstill, in difficulties, nonplussed (cf. 10e); hard or sore set (Scottish), a serious check or setback (cf. phr. s.v. set v.1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse sticking1564 set1613 dead set1806 nonplussation1833 stickfast1835 deadlocking1882 jib1893 constipation1917 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. iv. 211 Our Gull-gallants..who would sometimes be at a sette in their braue and brauing phrases, if they should not haue varietie of oathes and curses. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 87 He is at a set, and knows not what to make of it. c1680 Mem. Mrs. Veitch, etc. (1846) 26 (E.D.D.) They were both against it, which gave my faith a sore set. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 118 It rose so steep..that I was at a Set upon the first Entrance. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 64 I cud na tald you, nor can I do yet, How sad the sett was, that my heart did get. 1778 A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) 49 Great may the hardships be, that she has met, And gotten for my sake so hard a set. < as lemmas |
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