| 单词 | out of square |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of square out of square adv. out of the true, proper, or normal state or condition; out of (right) order or rule. a. In predicative use.Very common from c1540 to c1630. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] out of square1542 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 72 Neither shall the sense bee out of square, if ye take ye greke vocable λόγον..for reason. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 25v How great (and how out of square) this errour of ye world is. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 224 There are in Porphyrie two sorts of men irregular and out of square in the seruice of their gods. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. iii. 92 This may..reduce what's Now out of square in her, into their former law, and Regiment. View more context for this quotation 1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 129 That which..in him..seemeth absonum, untunable and out of square, and friendly compasse. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 7 Something must be wrong in the inner man of the world, since its outer man is so terribly out of square! b. With various verbs. In later use passing into the sense ‘in or into disorder, irregularity, or confusion’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 320 Wherin he speaketh not greatly owt of square. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. Proem sig. M4 Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square . View more context for this quotation 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman v. 39 The least disorder or ranknesse of any one flower, putteth a beautifull bed or well contriued knot out of square. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 50 Had not a secret Treaty..against Masaniello, and his followers, bin discovered, which put all things again out of square. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vii. 73 This shrieking Confusion of a Soldiery, which we saw long since fallen all suicidally out of square, in suicidal collision. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. v. 74 All things..much fallen out of square. c. In literal sense. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > out of shape [phrase] out of fashion1551 out of square1576 on (or in) a throwa1585 out of straight1678 out of shape1696 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 377 There was nothing in him that was out of square, but every joynte and limme, both in measure and in place,..passing hansome. 1603 W. Fowldes Strange Battell Frogs & Mise sig. H2v Exceeding were their [crabs'] shoulders out of square. < as lemmas |
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