单词 | put-by |
释义 | put-byn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc. > an act or means of evasionc1425 put-by1548 put-off1548 subterfuge1581 scape-sermon1654 offput1730 come-offa1836 bypass1957 body swerve1984 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. D.ivv There be so many put offes, so manye put byes, so many respectes, and consideracions of worldly wisdom. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lvi. 163 The cast of the eye, and the put-by of the turning hand. 1871 Atlantic Monthly June 745/1 At last, after many ‘put offs and put bys’, the first volume..was published. 2. Scottish. Something that has been put aside; a standby. ΚΠ 1880 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 568/2 That siller will be a guid put by for the winter. 1915 Evening News (Glasgow) 15 Mar. 2/3 I'll no' deny the Irish egg is a good enough put-by for fryin' when there's nane frae Arran. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548 |
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