单词 | hard-beaten |
释义 | > as lemmashard-beaten hard-beaten adj. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Short Obseruation Coursing with Greyhoundes in Noble Arte Venerie 247 Sometimes a Hare that is commonly coursed wil know the countrie: and bycause she coueteth the hard beaten wayes, she will (of hyr self) swarue at such a way. 1645 G. Gillespie Serm. preached before House of Lords 28 Some mens hearts are like the high way, and the hard beaten road, where every foul spirit, and every lust hath walked and conversed. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 5) at Hunting Finding himself spent, he will break herd, and fall a doubling and crossing in some hard beaten highway. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 17 Cawsey, cassy, the paved or hard-beaten place in front of or round about a farmhouse. 1939 E. C. Fisher Seasoned Timber xiv. 191 He..broke into a swinging trot, striking his numbed feet with all his might on the hard-beaten snow of the road. 2003 M. Broida Anc. Israelites & Neighbors i. 9 Floors were usually hard-beaten earth, but some rooms were cobbled. < as lemmas |
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