单词 | revying |
释义 | revyingn. Chiefly Cards. Now historical. The action of revie v.; vying again. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] gain-giving1489 retaliation1546 reciprocation1561 counterchange1586 return1591 paying back1598 revying1610 gratuity1614 quida1616 retreat?1615 retortion1636 retortment1649 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > bidding or staking vie1533 revie1591 vieing1591 revying1610 paroli1688 raise1821 bid1880 bidding1880 sweetening1896 parlay1904 re-raise1910 call1968 1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Christian Rdr. sig. Av That this whole Encounter is spent in vying and reuying of imputed falsehoods. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 67 For which seeing and revying they reckon but two, after that it is at once come to eight. 1689 Proc. & Tryal Archbishop of Canterbury & Right Rev. Fathers 62 We must not have vying and re-vying, for then we shall have no end. 1784 J. Reeves Hist. Eng. Law II. ii. xi. 184 The fashion of these times was to state special matter..and to avoid as much as possible the general issue: this led to much vying and revying on both sides. 1816 W. Gifford in B. Jonson Wks. I. 106 (note) This vying and revying upon each other continued until one of the party lost courage and gave up his whole. 1986 South Central Rev. 3 35 Betting or vying begins, and players may ‘pass’ or ‘encounter’ each other by vying and revying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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