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单词 to give level to
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to give level to
c. figurative. to give level to: ? to take as one's rule or standard. Obsolete.
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xcvi. 166 Neither doo they alowe the Traditions of auncient Doctoures & Fathers, sayinge, that they maie be deceaued and deceaue, but they doo geue leauell to the Churche of Rome alone, which, as they saie, cannot erre.
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to give level to
a. The action of aiming a missile weapon, aim. to give level to: to aim (a gun). to lay, bend, take level: to take aim, to aim. Also, the line of fire, the range of the missile. Often in figurative context. Obsolete.
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > aim
cast1340
aimc1380
set14..
to lay, bend, take level1548
butt1553
vizyc1600
to level one's aim1667
to make aim1796
sight1842
the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot
shot1455
shoot1545
level1548
reach1572
range1588
scope1830
carry1851
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > aim or aiming
level1548
targeting1961
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > range of missile
mesc1390
level1548
range1588
flight1608
effective range1844
the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > aim at > aim (a blow, weapon, etc.)
reachOE
seta1300
shapec1400
ettlec1450
charge1509
bend1530
level1530
aimc1565
butt1594
levy1618
to give level to1669
wise1721
intenda1734
train1795
sight1901
to zero in1944
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > assail with missiles [verb (transitive)] > aim or direct (missile) > aim (missile weapon)
level1530
to give level to1669
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxvjv They shotte out of their towers peces of ordinaunce & hurt such as came within there leuell.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Hegendorphinus in Panoplie Epist. 388 The thing whereat you lay the levell of your thoughtes and purposes.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 17 (Missing our marcke) wherat we directed our leuell.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1320/1 Hir statelie seat is set so high, as that no leuell can be laid against hir walles.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cvi. 6 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 166 O blessed they whose well aduised sight Of all their life the leuell straight doe bend, With endlesse ayming at the mark of right.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 102 As if that name shot from the deadly leuel of a gun Did murder her. View more context for this quotation
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. F If you discharge but one glance from the leuell of that set face: O, you will strike a wench.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 80 My Life stands in the leuell of your Dreames. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 156 I am not an Impostrue [sic], that proclaime My selfe against the leuill of mine aime.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre Ded. 2 All his leuels are at true Pietie.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 78 How by the Table to give Level to a Piece of Ordnance, without the Gunner's Rule.
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 128 But in what Quarter of the Cops it lay, His Eye by certain Level could survey.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 475 Be the fair level of thy actions laid, As temperance wills, and prudence may persuade.
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