单词 | in the rearward |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also at) the rearward a. in (also at) the rearward: in the rear. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back or in the rear [phrase] in (also at) the rearward1402 at the back ofc1430 in rear1602 in the rear1602 in (also at, on) one's rear?1624 in arrear1642 in retard1836 in back1961 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 57 It ar ȝe that stonden bifore in Anticristis vauwarde and in the myddil and in the rerewarde. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 60 The vaward had the erll thomas, And in the rerward schir eduard was. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 87 (MED) Some in the foward, some in bataill in the rereward. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Q.iiijv Capitaine Malbe, and Capitaine Bassenet followyng in the rereward, either of them hauyng vnder their leadynges fiftie horsemen. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. xlix. 1054 Whiles he came himselfe behind in the rereward..his horse fell and cast him at once. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 67 Some in the van Thou call'st to do..And in the rearward not a few Thou only bidd'st to bear. 1923 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River 113 I hear the clang of their leader crying To a lagging mate in the rearward. < as lemmas |
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