| 单词 | put one's hand to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set (also put) one's hand to b. The name of a person written with his or her own hand as an attestation of a document; signature. Now only in phrases in which hand is often understood more literally, as to set (also put) one's hand to. See also under the hand (also †hands) of at Phrases 1l(b).note of hand: see note n.2 20. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > signature hand1534 signature1579 superscriptionc1681 1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 380 (MED) I haue signed with myne owne hand thes present lettres. 1466 in E. W. W. Veale Great Red Bk. Bristol: Text Pt. II (1938) 121 (MED) Thise oure lettres signed with our hand be vnto theyme.] 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §4 Euery writinge..subscribed with the hande and name of the clerke of the hanaper. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxix Notwithstandynge his othe..& his awne hand and seale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 281 Dor. Is it true too, thinke you. Autol. Fiue Iustices hands at it, and witnesses more then my packe will hold. View more context for this quotation 1640 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 167 A petition..from the Cittie of London accompanied with fifteene thousand hands. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 25 Sept. (1972) VII. 295 By Coach to Lord Brouncker and got his hand to it. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 40 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals. 1798 Treaty 2 Oct. in Indian Treaties, & Laws & Regulations (1826) iv. 125 The parties hereunto set their hands and seals... Kunnateelah, or Rising Fawn, his x mark. Utturah, or Skin Worm, his x mark. [etc.] 1863 Farmer's Mag. Feb. 145/1 No Englishman who had twenty shillings in his pocket had a right to put his hand to any such agreement. 1893 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 118 Why Captain Lambert had these two men in to see him set his hand to the will is not hard to discover. 1945 Life 9 Apr. 104/3 On a cold December day in 1823, he set his hand to an immortal document. 2010 R. Hobb Dragon Keeper xi. 318 Had she ever before set her signature to a document that bound her? Only when she had set her hand to her marriage agreement. to put one's hand(s) to (also †unto) (a) to put one's hand(s) to (also †unto): to set about, undertake (a task or piece of work). Also occasionally without to. Cf. to set (one's) hand to at set v.1 19c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] tillc897 stightlea1375 stretcha1375 wrestlea1382 to put it forthc1390 to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398 paina1400 takea1400 to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430 to make great force?c1450 makec1485 to stir one's stumpsa1500 to bestir one's stumps1549 to make work1574 put1596 bestira1616 operate1650 to lay out1659 to be at pains1709 exerta1749 tew1787 maul1821 to take (the) trouble1830 to pull outc1835 bother1840 trouble1880 to buck up1890 hump1897 to go somea1911 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. ii. 446 Now putte we oure hondes..to descriue som propurtees of heuene. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6056 Þat to þi seruyce puttys þair hands. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. xii. 18 All yt thou puttest thine hande vnto. 1631 J. Preston Treat. Effectual Faith 45 If God himselfe put not his hand to the worke no man is able to believe. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 609 I will not put my hand to redresse it. 1758 B. Thornton Idler 22 July 121 My Wife, though she could be of as much use as a Shopman to me, if she would put her hand to it, is now only in my way. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 86 Among us a' a ravell'd hesp ye've made, Sae now, put too your hand, an help to red. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. I. 163 A sober, rough-and-ready ‘Totty’, who is able to..put his hand to any thing. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. ix. 80 Whatever he put his hand to, he did it ‘with all his might’. 1966 F. Nwapa Efuru viii. 170 Any trade she put her hand to was profitable. 1999 A. Desai Fasting, Feasting (2000) ii. 21 There was not a thing Uma put her hand to that did not turn to failure. to put (one's) hand(s) on (also †in, †to, †unto, †upon) (i) to put (one's) hand(s) on (also †in, †to, †unto, †upon): to lay hands on; to get hold of, seize. In later use: to find, to be able to get. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 1455 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 81 That the said Sir James sal nocht put handis na tak na vitalis at the port of Leth bot [etc.].] 1495 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 419/2 The lordis..deliueris that..the said James [etc.]..sulde put ther handis to the saidis landis and males therof. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxii. 8 ([He] shal sweare) that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good. 1734 Let. 1 July in J. Mercer Three Lett. (1748) 2 Nor will you have any Use for the former Discharges. But if you could put your Hand upon them, you may give them up. 1832 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 25 [We] got into her, with such articles as we could immediately put our hands on. 1842 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. VI. viii. 111 Perhaps..we can put our hand, as it were, on a time in our childhood [when, etc.]. 1931 Publishers' Weekly 5 Dec. 2471/2 The ‘Brooklyn Eagle’..complains bitterly about distribution: ‘About seven hundred readers have written in..asking where they can put their hands on one.’ 1972 L. Henderson Cage until Tame vii. 57 Right now he couldn't put his hands on a hundred quid. 1997 C. Carson Star Factory (1998) 178 I remember writing the quote on the blank side of a..requisition slip, but I cannot put my hand on it now. < as lemmas |
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