单词 | on even hand |
释义 | > as lemmason (also at, of) even hand (also hands) ΚΠ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 318 He dud a grete batayle wyth sir Launcelot, and there they departed on evyn hondis. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 461 There they fought longe..and they were so wery that they lefft that batayle on evyn honde [1485 Caxton they lefte that bataille euen hand]. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv Sens tyt for tat..on euen hand is set, Set the hares head agaynst the goose ieblet. 1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius iii. f. 23v Long time the victory hong in doubtful balance, sometime the one winninge and sometime the other. At the last they departed of euen hande. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste ii. v. f. 63v All those that were of indifferent beautie..were neither bought, nor solde, but at euen hande deliuered. 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 10 Now the signe to fight being giuen, the Lacedæmonians marched of euen hand with the two hornes of their battel, ordred in forme of a Cressant. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 41 Who so is out of Hope to attaine to anothers Vertue, will seeke to come at euen hand, by Depressing an others Fortune. a1689 A. Behn Wandring Beauty (1698) 9 Her Mother..was..well pleased..; and especially, when she understood the Exchange was to be made on even Hands. 1705 G. Farquhar Stage-coach (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Mens Minds will either feed upon their own Good, or upon others Evil, and who wanteth one will..strive to come at even Hand, by depressing it with black mouth'd Obloquy. 1752 Mem. Life & Actions Charles Osborn vi. 89 I was at even hands with her, when she had left the world. < as lemmas |
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