单词 | on the rove |
释义 | > as lemmason (also †upon) the rove C1. on (also †upon) the rove: engaged in roving; (formerly also) †on a spree (obsolete). ΚΠ 1739 G. Ogle Gualtherus & Griselda 107 Be ever on the Dress, and on the Rove. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. viii. xii. 215 He went upon the rove, and was, for several days, in a state of..inebriety. 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag, Sept. 383/1 Alciphron should have remembered that, although upon the rove, he was a Professor. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. vii. 116 Isaac went around on the rove. 1904 A. C. Laut Pathfinders of West i. 40 Night filled the forest with the hoot of owl, and the far, weird cries of wild creatures on the rove. 1981 Iowa Rev. 12 166 I started back and arose, thinking of the servants and attempting to keep my hungry eyes on the rove. < as lemmas |
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