home thrustn.
/ˌhəʊm ˈθrʌst/, U.S. /ˈˌhoʊm ˈθrəst/ Swordsmanship and Fencing. A thrust of the sword aimed at making a fatal or decisive hit. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: something, esp. a statement, which strikes home or reaches its intended target.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > thrust which reaches target
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > an attacking thrust > that goes home
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1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. v. 136 To giue..a slash on the arme, and to receiue a home-thrust, and full Stocada [Sp. estocada] in his owne bosome.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 72 If for all this your Adversary give a home-thrust, then you must Counter-temps him in the Face, and parry..with your left Hand.
1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 5 Lady Galliard had too much Resolution and Courage to strugle with Grief, but like an expert Fencer gave it one home Thrust and silenced it for ever.
1774 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 406 This is a home-thrust at the Mosaic law.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iv. 58 Tressilian was on his guard, and unsheathing his poniard, parried with the blade of that weapon the home-thrust which would otherwise have finished the combat.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. vi. 479 This home-thrust his lordship appears to have had some difficulty in parrying.
1917 N.Y. Times Current Hist.: European War X. 860/1 ‘At least I never assassinated my father’—a home thrust which ended the interview.
1963 China Q. 13 243 Lu Hsün is remarkable for the cool decisiveness in his home thrust.
2002 R. Cohen By Sword iii. viii. 172 During the confusion that necessarily arises when a principal receives the coup de coeur or home thrust,..an accident to the trusty weapon is very likely to occur.
Derivatives
ˈhome thrusting n. the action of making a home thrust.
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1836 J. Halley in W. Arnot Mem. J. Halley (1842) 75 A weak and rather impudent effort at homethrusting.
1881 Californian Apr. 315/2 I do not see any home-thrusting about it.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword
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1682 E. Hickeringill 2nd Pt. Hist. Whiggism 78 God bless me from you, you are Home-Thrusters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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