单词 | no use to man or beast |
释义 | > as lemmasno use to man or beast f. man or beast: a human being or any other kind of animal; frequently in negative phrases, as no use to man or beast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [noun] neteneOE wightc888 deerc950 beastc1225 jument1382 creaturea1387 animala1398 bestialc1400 bullifanta1528 bovya1549 animant1599 man or beast1600 breather1609 fellow creature1726 fig-fauns1750 critter1815 fellow1816 demon1821 skelm1827 1600 R. Cawdrey Treasurie Similies 750 The East wind is accounted neither good for man nor beast. 1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 104 Lucken hands, she ne'er had nane To man or beast. 1878 Spirit of Times 19 Jan. 680/1 (advt.) Whether for use on man or beast, Merchant's Gargling Oil will be found an invaluable Liniment and worthy of use by every resident in the land. 1995 C. Bateman Divorcing Jack xxv. 217 So what I have is a tape with a couple of drunks talking on it. Of no good to man nor beast. < as lemmas |
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