单词 | place of strength |
释义 | > as lemmasplace of strength ΚΠ 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. xvi. 23 Having omitted opportunitie to renforce a place of strength called Petra. 1771 J. Robertson Jrnl. 15 June in D. M. Henderson & J. H. Dickson Naturalist in Highlands (1994) vi. 167 In a small lake called Lochnaisland at the head of the wood, there is an isle, and on it the ruin of an old place of strength. 1884 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 15 Nov. 6/2 Stirling Castle, the chief place of strength,..still remained unreduced. 1927 Times 24 Aug. 13/5 Berwick was known as a ‘place of strength’ more than a thousand years ago. < as lemmas |
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