单词 | to count noses |
释义 | > as lemmasto count (also †tell) noses d. to count (also †tell) noses: to determine the number of people present, or on a particular side. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > people to count (also tell) noses1657 1657 Leveller in Harl. Misc. (1745) IV. 515 The Leveller's Designs, to make all Men's Estates to be equal, and to divide the Land by telling Noses. 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xxxiv. 34 Tells how in Common Hall he counted Noses. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 117 Some modern Zealots appear to have no better knowledg of Truth, nor better manner of judging it, than by counting Noses. 1777 R. Dodsley Mod. Reasoning in Trifles 289 Truth is not prov'd by counting noses. 1836 R. P. Smith Man with Nose in Actress of Padua II. 22 ‘The scoundrel of a driver must have stowed more than his complement into the vehicle.’ ‘Let us count noses,’ cried the young woman. 1952 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Feb. 10/7 Perhaps its because there's no one able to run around counting noses, but way out there in South Dakota..not a single fatality has been reported. 1991 Canada Lutheran Nov. 5/3 Even though we struggle together as the Church to discern God's will for life, in the end we are guided by individual interpretations. That's why we count noses at church conventions. < as lemmas |
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