单词 | reposing bed |
释义 | > as lemmasreposing bed General attributive, as reposing bed, reposing hour, etc. ΚΠ 1565 Earl of Bedford in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 210 Ther is a cabinet abowte xii footes square, in the same a lyttle lowe reposinge bedde, and a table. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 72 Sorrowe breake seasons, and reposing howers. View more context for this quotation 1661 Fasti Aberdonenses (Spalding Club) 606 For hair to the reposeing bed, and furme in the principle's chamber. 1697 in Sc. Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. 2 90 A plain reposeing seat. 1796 A. Clark Diary Aug. in Uncle John Carr (2000) 37 The Banqueting house..is very elegantly finish'd with stucco & other ornaments within, & there is an adjoining reposing room & Couch. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 229 The fiends of lawless pow'r..Intrude on weary'd toil's reposing hour. 1836 Times 17 Feb. 1/6 (advt.) A Farm, called Crowd Hill; comprising a farm residence, to which have been recently attached 2 spacious sitting rooms,..and a chamber or reposing room to each. 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) vi. 287 When it [sc. the mortician's business] is achieved the patient is put into a casket and stored in the reposing room or slumber-room of a funeral-home. 2005 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) (Nexis) 7 July c1 Funeral directors have come out to see the reposing bed. < as lemmas |
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