单词 | the stake |
释义 | > as lemmasthe stake b. A post upon which persons were bound for execution, esp. by burning. Hence the stake is used as a name for the punishment of death by burning. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > burning > stake stakec1275 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8326 Samuel nom Agag þene king..& lette hine swiðe sterke to ane stake [c1300 Otho stocke] binde. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 35 Scho was..bun by a stake and fagotes of thornes..laide aboute hir. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1694 And he þg is at meschief shal be take And noght slayn but be broght vn to the stake That shal ben ordeyned. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1215/1 When they came to the stake in Smithfielde to be burned, Mayster Bradforde lyenge prostrate on the one syde of the stake, and..Iohn Leafe on the other syde. 1600 Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 209 The persoun convict thairof..sall be bund to ane staik within the floode merk during the space of thre houris, quhill the water flow round about him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. iv. 15 Curse Miscreant, when thou comst to the stake . View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 124 When Religion is at the stake, there must be no lookers on. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 313 To be burnt to Death at a Stake. 1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 117 And my red right hand grows raging hot, Like Cranmer's at the stake. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 98 ‘I know I would go to the stake for you,’ said Harry. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 When..the fortunes of the fight do not hurry the combatant to dungeon or stake. < as lemmas |
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