单词 | palmer-staff |
释义 | > as lemmaspalmer-staff palmer-staff n. (also palmer's-staff) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > pilgrim's staff bourdona1300 palster1481 Jacob's staff1548 palmer-staff1595 1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale sig. B2 I will giue thee a Palmers staffe of Yuorie. 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 460/2 The Pilgrimes of my Deseignes shall alwayes be furnished with the Palmer Staffe of Courage. 1854 J. D. Burns Pilgrims iii, in Vision of Prophecy 77 Soon the feeble palmer-staff Was shivered like a wand. 1987 Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. The chorus is solid, the pilgrims are frozen in mid genuflexion, the palmer's staff resolutely refuses to bloom in act three. < as lemmas |
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