单词 | to draw the board |
释义 | > as lemmasto draw the board ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [verb (intransitive)] > clear table to draw the boardc1330 to draw the clothc1330 to draw the tablec1330 to take awaya1475 to take up the tablea1513 to take off1599 to clear away1711 clear1914 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 706 Cloþ and bord was drain [rhymes bayn, fayn, oȝain]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. l. 289 Let hem abyde tyl þe bord be drawe. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 4623 Aftyr mete the cloth was drawe. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1649 (MED) The kyng spake not oon worde, Tyll men had etyn and drawen þe borde. 1613 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. C6v When men will eate till it come out at their nosthrils and drinke, till it come vp at their mouth..the Lord must needes draw the Table. a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 111 Come here, Wolley, and draw the table. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 222 When the tables were drawn. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 496/2 When the cloth was drawn..he would retire to his own apartment. 1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xvii, in Temple Bar June 307 The cloth has been drawn, as the reporters write of public dinners. 1909 Farmer's Advocate & Home Mag. 30 Sept. 1572/1 When the cloth was drawn, and the wine-flasks glittered ruby and golden upon the polished board, the old butler came in, bearing upon a tray a large silver box of tobacco. < as lemmas |
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