单词 | hired out |
释义 | > as lemmashired out a. Engaged or employed for payment; let out on hire: mercenary. Also with adverbs, as hired out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [adjective] > hired hiredc1230 conductc1290 feed1579 conductitious1607 society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [adjective] > hired hiredc1230 conduct1476 jobbed1827 ticca1827 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages hiredc1230 wagedc1440 pensionary1548 paid1590 bepaid- c1230 Hali Meid. 29 Eni driuel iþe hus oðer eni ihured hine. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xv. 19 Make me as oon of thi hyrid men [a1425 L.V. thin hirid men]. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John x. 13 The hirid hyne fleeth, for he is an hirid hyne. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 241/2 Hyryd man, or servawnte, conductius. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 271 I have a hiered horse. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. lxiii. sig. Cc3 With mercinary breath, And hyred tongue. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 155. ⁋1 Travelling together in the same hired Coach. a1794 E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 43 An independent stranger in a hired lodging. 1808 W. Scott Life Dryden in Dryden's Wks. I. 205 To have recourse to hired bravoes to avenge his personal quarrel. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. i. 8 He..has a crowd of hired courtiers at his side. < as lemmas |
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