单词 | in default of |
释义 | > as lemmasin default of a. in default of: in the absence of, for lack of. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French en defaute de (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 260 The fissh, if it be dreie, Mot in defaute of water deie. 1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 20 Takynge a distresse in defawte of payment. 1495 Will of W. Leynthale in J. R. H. Weaver & A. Beardwood Some Oxfordshire Wills (1958) 52 His heirs masculis, and in defaulte of such heires to my other children and there like heirs seriatim. 1568 W. Turner Herbal iii. 29 In defaut of it he teacheth to take halfe as much of Asarabacca. a1615 Balnagown MS in W. R. Baillie Breve Cron. Earlis of Ross (1850) 20 The miln decayed in default of beiting and holding up of the same. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ix. 156 In Default of that Perfection of Wisdom and Virtue. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 289 This fine fortune, in default of male issue, is obliged to come to a female, the law making no proviso to the contrary. 1868 J. C. Wilcocks Sea-fisherman (ed. 2) 25 Pilchards for bait may frequently be procured..in default of which Mussels can be obtained. 1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day iv. 71 In default of any other place where they could be private, he took her to a recess under the stairs. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 17/3 In default of larger animals, she cherished newts and sticklebacks. < as lemmas |
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