| 单词 | to draw valentines |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw valentines a. A folded paper inscribed with the name of a person to be drawn as a valentine. to draw valentines, to draw lots for this or other reasons. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > choose or decide by lot to cast lots (also lot)a1275 to draw lots (also lot)c1425 lot1483 to draw valentines?1553 draw1634 to draw a straw or straws1832 to draw short and long1870 ?1553 in Hist. MSS Comm: Cal. MSS Marquis of Salisbury (1883) I. 134 in Parl. Papers (C. 3777) XXXVI. 1 There is three papers like unto walentynes put in a cap and so they draw. 1639 Sc. Acts Parl. (1870) V. 604/2 Act ordaining the Commissioneris of shyris to draw lottis and valentines ȝeirlie at ilk parliament for thair places. 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xx. 174 It is a Ceremony, never omitted among the Vulgar, to draw Lots, which they Term Valentines, on the Eve before Valentine-day. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. I. 141 The young people..in February draw Valentines, and from them collect their future fortune in the nuptial state. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 306 Yestreen at the Valentines' dealing..thrice I drew ane without failing, And thrice it was written, Tam Glen. < as lemmas |
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