单词 | horse-corsing |
释义 | † horse-corsinghorse-coursingn. Obsolete. Horse-jobbing. Applied also to dishonest modes of ‘raising the wind’ by means of a horse: see context of quot. 1602. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] trafficking1570 traffic1583 horse-corsing1602 mongering1846 pinhooking1962 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 14 There is a certain kind of cosonage called horse coursing. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice viii. 2 This deceit or impostume vpon the face of Horsemanshippe which wee call Horse-corsing. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Maquignonnage, deceitfull brokage..also the trade of hors~scoursing. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 105 Wil not set forth the art of Hors-coursing. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 192 If they catch him horse-coursing he's noozed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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