| 单词 | to hang, draw, and quarter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang, draw, and quarter to hang, draw, and quarter: to put (a person) to death by hanging, disembowelling (see draw v. 57a), then cutting the body into four pieces (see quarter v. 1a); now historical. Now also hyperbolically: to punish or reprimand a person severely.Historically, this method of execution was used as a punishment for treason in Britain. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] slayc1175 to put to deatha1450 to hang, draw, and quarter1465 strikec1480 execute1483 justify1531 execution1565 scaffold1716 to have or get one's gruel1797 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- 1465 J. Payn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 315 I was arestyd..and was thretenyd to haue ben honged, drawe, and quarteryd. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B2 v And so [I] leaue them..outright to hang draw and quarter them al vnder one. 1660 W. Winstanley England's Worthies 572 Being found guilty by the Jury, he [sc. Miles Sindercombe] was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburne. 1701 Short View Both Rep., in Relation to Irish Forfeitures 22 Would they have the Power to hang, draw and quarter a Man, that is perhaps not able to pay his Debts. 1832 Poor Man's Guardian 11 Feb. 275/2 He would tell you from beginning to end, in place and out of place, he would hang, draw and quarter you, if you attempted to show your teeth. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet (1988) iii. 64 Smoking on duty will probably mean being hanged, drawn and quartered, in the mood she is in to-day. 1990 R. Critchfield Among British iii. 191 Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's brother hanged, drawn and quartered after falsely charging him with incest. 2004 J. Wilson Best Friends (2008) xvi. 193 If your mum got to hear about it she'd hang, draw and quarter you, young Gemma. < as lemmas |
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