| 单词 | to get wit of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get wit of c. Knowledge communicated, ‘intelligence’, information, esp. in to get wit of. Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] kithc900 avaymentc1315 learningc1386 information1390 knowledgea1398 witteringa1400 witting1417 advicec1425 hearinga1450 understanding1473 intelligence?a1475 intellectionc1475 wit1487 instructiona1535 myance1552 fact1566 aviso1589 facts and figures1727 tell1823 message1828 renseignement1841 khubber1878 dope1901 lowdown1905 info1907 poop1911 oil1915 score1938 gen1940 intel1961 scam1964 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 443 The lord dowglas..Gat wit of thair enbuschement. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1032 Quhill witt tharoff is in-till Ingland gane. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 515 In the toun no wit of this had thai. 1504–5 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 474 The men that cersit and sought and gat wit of the silver disch that wes stollin. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 188 Bot on nowayis could they gett wott of him. 1633 M. Parker King & Poore Northerne Man sig. A5 Belike the King of me has gotten some weet. a1700 Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs xiv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 312 The Child of Wynd got wit of it. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) ‘He got wit’—he obtained intelligence. < as lemmas |
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