单词 | mort-pay |
释义 | † mort-payn. Obsolete. = dead pay n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > types of servicemen's pay dead pay1565 imprest1568 mort-pay1588 X factor1969 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > property acquired by theft or fraud > specific dead pay1565 mort-pay1588 1588 in Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. (1922) 5 23 His Mr. shoulde..gayne himselfe thirtie thowsand souldiors mortepaiz in garrisons of Castells and towers of defence. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) (1946) iii. xix. f. 118 He taryit at Camelodune and first tharein causit Roman morpeis [L. veteranis]..remane that [etc.]. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 101 The Seuere punishing of Mort-payes, and keeping backe of Souldiours wages in Captaines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1588 |
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