单词 | at a bit |
释义 | > as lemmasat a bit a. The act or action of biting; a bite n. at a bit: at one bite; also fig. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > [noun] bitc893 bitingc1175 morsure?a1425 bite1499 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. vii, Gnættas comon ofer eall þæt land..mid fýrsmeortendum bitum. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 370 Hundes heafod gebærned to acxan..þa wedendan bitas gehæleþ. c1300 K. Alis. 5436 Her bytt envenymed was. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8500 Adam..thoru a bitte [Gött. bitt, Trin. Cambr. bite] broght all in blam. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 37 Bytt, or bytynge, morsus. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ix. sig. Lll.iijv/1, The fretting bit of ye tooth of sinne. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xviii. 138 He..requested their aid onely for fourty dayes, hoping to chop up these Albigenses at a bit. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 55 You may, if you stand close, be sure of a bit, but not sure to catch him. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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