单词 | to hold tack |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival matchc1400 to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 equalize15.. mate1509 touch1530 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 equal1590 egall1591 countermatch1600 to weigh with (also even with)1600 emulate1602 side1605 compeer1608 pair1619 mount1628 amate1642 to hold weight witha1643 to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712 peel1726 to hold the sticks toa1817 to bear or stand comparison with1845 see1861 tie1888 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be a match for in battle to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. vi. 150 Thei [Parthians] helde the Romaines suche tacke, that in sondrie warres they gaue them great ouerthrowes. 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. i. sig. D4v I am sure our Ladies hold our Lords tack for Courtshippe, and yet the french Lords put them downe. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. 172 Faire Chester, call'd of old Carelegion,..the faithfull station then, So stoutly held to tack by those neere North-wales men. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 3 As if I haue not a good dish of Oysters, and a cold pye at home to hold you tacke. 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table ii. i. 23 Ay, give me the Woman that can hold me tack in my own Dialect. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) at Hold Phr. ‘to hold one tack’, to keep him close to the point. < as lemmas |
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