| 单词 | in point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin point †in point: at once; on the instant (obsolete rare).extracted from pointn.1in point f. [Compare Anglo-Norman en point ; compare also sense 2a.] in point. extracted from pointn.1ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase] in point1481 in ordera1500 in tune1535 kilter1621 in punto1631 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxxxi. 145 They toke counseyl..and made theyr shippes to be in poynt and redy. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 30 They dyd doo repayre theyr nauyre, & sette it..alle in poynte, wyth alle thynges to theym necessarye. ?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (EETS 204) 80 Euery body put himselfe in poynt and dyde theyr dylygence for to arme them. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades viii. 145 Iuno steares Right carefull for to put in poynt hir horses and their geares And all the rytes to shining chare. (b) Heraldry (of two or three piles on a shield) meeting at their points. point in point: a bearing issuing from the base and resembling a pile reversed, but with concavely curved sides (cf. point pointed n. at sense 3d). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [phrase] > manner or type of charge in point1562 in orle1572 in pale1572 in bend1598 in lozengea1695 in triangle1766 in pile1864 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > abatement or mark of dishonour > types of delfc1500 gore1562 gusset1562 point in point1562 diminution1610 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 124 He beareth a pointe in pointe, Or, in a fielde Sable. This is for them yt are slowthfull in warres. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 66 The fielde is of the Jacinthe, a pyle in pointe d'Ermyne, betwene two Zyphes hariante, Lunæ. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 105/2 He beareth Gules, two Piles Barwise Agent... This is by others Blazoned, a pale Losengie in point, or extending to the sides..of the Escochion. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) He beareth two Piles in Point. 1725 New Dict. Heraldry 277 The Point is not not confin'd to the Base, for when it proceeds from thence it is call'd a Point in Point. 1786 J. Gutch tr. A. à Wood Hist. & Antiq. of Colleges & Halls in Univ. Oxf. vii. 204 Arms—Three piles in point, a Canton Erm. without colours. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Pily of eight, traverse in point to the sinister fesse. 1966 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms used Heraldry (new ed.) 458 Ermine, two piles in point..sable—Holles, co. Lincoln. 2002 What is 'Point'? in rec.heraldry (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. The point in point starts at the edges just like an ordinary point plain, but curves up on either side to meet around the honour point of the shield. (c) Apposite, appropriate, or pertinent. Now chiefly in case in point at case n.1 Phrases 11. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] in point1633 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix vii. iii. 582 Can. 51. is most expresse in point. 1659 T. Burton Diary 25 Mar. (1828) IV. 254 Some play or other is in point. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xciii. 345 They are in point to the present subject. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 60 All the Christian doctrines, as I have hinted, are in point against it [sc. duelling]. 1796 J. West Gossip's Story I. 198 Not recollecting any similitude in point. 1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxix. 252 I will be bound every one in this company could..find a quotation in point. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 30 14 The case of Stokes v. Trumper is not really in point. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iii. 340 I recall another humble incident somewhat in point. 1999 M. J. Perry We the People ii. 31 A piece of Hart's discussion is in point here. < as lemmas |
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