单词 | like aim |
释义 | > as lemmaslike aim 3. †Estimation, guessing, conjecture (obsolete); (as count noun) a guess. In later use only in like aim: a shrewd guess, a good idea. Now rare (English regional (north-western) in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > a conjecture, guess guessc1330 aimc1450 conjecturea1527 guessing1535 foreguessing1548 fact1566 conjectural1579 surmise1593 speculation1796 shot1840 guesstimate1936 c1450 (c1420) J. Page Siege of Rouen (Bodl.) 62 Hyt was tolde how they ware withinne twenty mile..And also in that Cete was sayde the same, And theroff had owre kynge an awme. a1525 (?1474) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 400 (MED) That his weyghtes be sised & sealed and true beme, and þat he sell by no hernes, nor by ayme of hande. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 109v Ector be ame of his speche Knew hym for his cousyn. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare i. xxxii. 79 Wee leade not the people by aymes and gheasses. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 164 What you would worke me too, I haue some ayme . View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xvii. 98 The taking an Aime at diuine Matters by Human. a1626 F. Bacon Valerius Terminus in Lett. & Remains (1734) 447 To draw a streight line, or to make a circle perfect round by aim of hand only. 1685 J. Lamport Direct Method Ordering & Curing 14 Those who only prescribe a Medicine by Aim, and sendeth their Bills to an Apothecary. 1731 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 2 Jan. 1/1 I think, I have some Aim at what the Doctor would here foretell us. 1861 E. Waugh Rambles Lake Country 220 Thou may have a like aim fro that, what a rare thing a wise mon is i' this world. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 5 ‘Do you know who did it?’ ‘Now, bur aw've getten a loike aim.’ 1898 H. Manley in Eng. Dial. Dict. I. 31/2 [Lancashire] I don't know, but I have a like aim. < as lemmas |
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