| 单词 | to be at the horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be at the horn a. The wind instrument as used in forms of legal process; e.g. in the Scottish ceremony of proclaiming an outlaw, when three blasts were blown on a horn by the king's messenger; hence to put (also denounce) to the horn, to proclaim an outlaw, to outlaw; †to be at the horn: to be out of the protection of the law, proclaimed an outlaw. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > outlawry > be an outlaw [verb (intransitive)] to be at the horn1397 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > be excluded from society [verb (intransitive)] > be an outlaw to be at the horn1397 society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [noun] > action of declaring an outlaw > horn used in proclamation horn1397 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [noun] > horn used in legal process horn1397 society > authority > punishment > outlawry > outlaw [verb (transitive)] outlawOE waive1297 proscribea1500 proclaim?a1513 to put (also denounce) to the hornc1540 horn1592 bandit1611 forbida1616 intercommune1679 intercommona1715 fugitate1721 to declare a person a fugitive1752 imban1807 ban1848 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > exclude from society [verb (transitive)] > proclaim a rebel to put (also denounce) to the hornc1540 horn1592 1397 Sc. Acts Rob. III (1844) I. 574/1 [red] Qwhasa cumys nocht within þe said terme sal be at þe kyngis horne and þair landis and gudis eschete. 1432 Sc. Acts Jas. I c. 11 (1814) II. 22/1 Ilk officiar of þe kingis as mare or kingis seriande..sal nocht pass in þe cuntre na þe baroun seriande in þe barony but a horne and his wande. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xii. vi. f. 176/2 Makbeth..syne confiscat Makduffis guddis & put him to ye horn. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 76 For ȝe war all at Goddis horne. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem iv. xxiii. §2 (Jam.) Gif ane man findes ane theif with the fang..in~continent he sould raise the blast of ane horne vpon him; and gif he hes not ane horne, he sould raise the shout with his mouth; and cry lowdly that his neighbours may heare. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 397 Such as were denounced to the Horn. a1765 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) ii. v. §56 236 The messenger must..read the letters, also with an audible voice, and afterwards blow three blasts with an horn; by which the debtor is understood to be proclaimed rebel to the King... Hence the letters of diligence are called letters of horning, and the debtor is said to be denounced at the horn. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 121 Both of us were put to the horn and declared outlaw. < as lemmas |
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