| 单词 | sieve and shears |
| 释义 | > as lemmassieve and shears d. As used for purposes of divination. Commonly sieve and shears. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > sieve > sieve so used sieve and shears1549 1549 in J. G. Nichols Narr. Reformation (1859) 334 Sir Robert Brian..conjureth with a syve and a pair of sheeres. 1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 117 I, Allice Swan,..used by the space of certen yeres to cast or tourne the riddle and sheares. 1602 in Goudie Diary J. Mill 185 To quite hir selff..for the turning of ane siff and riddill for ane pair scheiris. a1635 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers i. x A man cannot find out their Meaning without the ‘Sieve and Sheers’. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxxviii Questions which by Sieve and Sheers are try'd. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. v. 97 Thinkest thou..I can read thee all riddles without my sieve and my shears? sieve and shears b. As used for purposes of divination. Commonly sieve and shears. Cf. riddle n.2 Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 18 If he loose any thing, he hath readie a siue and a key. 1602 in Goudie Diary J. Mill 185 To quite hir selff..for the turning of ane siff and riddill for ane pair scheiris. 1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers i. x. 15 A man cannot finde out their meaning without the sieve, and sheers. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxxviii Questions which by Sieve and Sheers are try'd. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. v. 97 Thinkest thou..I can read thee all riddles without my sieve and my shears? < as lemmas |
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