单词 | to hunt at force |
释义 | > as lemmasto hunt (etc.) at force (also of or by force) a. Hunting. to hunt (etc.) at force (also of or by force): to run (the game) down with dogs; to hunt in the open with the hounds in full cry. Obsolete. [Compare Old French courir les cerfs a force (15th cent. in Littré); French par force remains in German parforcejagd, the ordinary term for a formal ‘hunt’ in the English sense.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (intransitive)] to hunt (etc.) at force (also of or by force)1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie i. 3 In hunting the Raynedeare at force. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 17 Too ryde foorth intoo the Chase too hunt the Hart of fors. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 22 in Wks. (1640) III Rob. And hunted yee at force? Mar. In a full cry. View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 12 If..you should run him at force out of a Toil. 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 55 The King of Poland makes use of them in his hunting of great Beasts by force. < as lemmas |
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