单词 | stable-stand |
释义 | † stable-standn. See quot. 1598.The word was conjecturally substituted by Hanmer (1744) for stables in Winter's Tale ii. i. 136; the passage with Hanmer's reading is quoted by Johnson as Shakespeare's. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > offences against forest law backbear1598 bloody hand1598 dog-draw1598 stable-stand1598 back-carry- 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xviii. §9. f. 114v By the Assises of the Forrest of Lancaster [margin Assisa forestæ de Lancast. fol. 63], Taken with the maner, is when one is found in the kings Forrest in any one of these 4. degrees, viz. Stable stand Dogge drawe Back Beare and Bloudy hand. Stable stande is, when a man is found in any Forrest at his standing, with a Crosse bowe bent, ready to shoote at any Deere, or, with a Long bow, or els, standing close by a tree with Greyhounds in his lease, ready to let slip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1598 |
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