| 单词 | to brawl in church |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto brawl in church a. intransitive. To raise a clamour, make a disturbance; in early use sometimes to brag or boast loudly. ( to brawl in church technically includes any speaking other than as prescribed in the Prayer Book.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > outcry or clamour galstrec1230 huea1250 galec1386 noisea1393 clamourc1400 brawl1447 yammer1513 to noise it1663 hue-and-crya1734 beclamour1832 chi-hike1874 hullabaloo1936 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 23 He can.. braule, brayge, and brace, lye and swere well to. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 185 Begyn he to brall, Many men cach skorne. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. viii. 84 Now brawland in this place, now voustand thar. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxiv. 203 And belles began to braule, wherby it myght well be knowen that ther was besynesse in hande. 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI iv. §1 If any Person..by Words only, quarrel, chide or brawl in any Church or Churchyard. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 16/2 They brall as cattes & doggs in an vnknown language. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 322 I doe the wrong, and first began to braule . View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. v. 320 Patriotism,..may brawl and babble yet a little while. < as lemmas |
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