| 单词 | stiff on steed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstiff on steed a. Of living creatures: Stout, stalwart, sturdy (cf. sense A. 8); esp. in alliterative phrases as †stiff in stour, †stiff on steed. Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc. strongeOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 stalworthyc1300 vigorousc1330 stoura1350 lustyc1374 marrowya1382 sturdyc1386 crank1398 robust1490 vigorious1502 stalwart1508 hardy1548 robustious1548 of force1577 rustical1583 marrowed1612 rustic1620 robustic1652 solid1741 refractory1843 salted1864 resistant1876 saulteda1879 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7732 So stif mon he was in armes, in ssoldren, & in leade, Þat vnneþe enimon miȝte is bowe bende. a1300 Cursor Mundi 2203 Nembrot..O babilon king stijf in stur. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1270 The knyght was faire and styf in stour. a1400 Sir Perc. 19 He was doughty of dede, A styffe body one a stede. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 255 Þe styfest, þe stalworþest þat stod euer on fete. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1491 It were two dragons stiff and strong. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. xxxiii. sig. C iv Kepe thyne armye in rough and mountayne places, to make theyr bodies styffe and stronge. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 188 But in stout proficients the heart becometh hard and stony, the neck stiff and brawny. < as lemmas |
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