英语词汇“to lie for the whetstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. in allusion to the former custom of hanging a whetstone round the neck of a liar; esp. in to lie for the whetstone, to be a great liar.

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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > custom of hanging whetstone round neck

whetstone1418

society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (intransitive)] > be punished by whetstone

to lie for the whetstone1418

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] > extremely, blatantly

to lie for the whetstone1418

to lie in one's throat1566

to flap in the mouth (with a lie)1578

to flap the lie in one's teeth1650

1364 Liber Albus (Rolls) iv. 601 Juggement de Pillorie par iii heures, ove un ague pier entour soun col, pur mensonges controeves.]

1418 Cal. Let.-Bks. Lond., Let.-Bk. I (1909) 197 He, as a fals lyere..shal stonde..upon þe pillorye..wiþ a Westone aboute his necke.

1472 Cov. Leet Bk. 372 Nor that they frohensfurth enbrase eny jure, vppon the peyn to lese at þe first defalt, C s., and at þe ij de defalt to haue the wheston aboute their nekkes.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 254 A, good syr, lett hym oone. He lyes for the quetstone—I gyf hym the pryce!

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 196/1 Peraduenture he that was the inuentor fyrst of thys tale of the stone, was disposed to lie for the whetstone: Wherfore in my mynde he is worthy to haue it.

1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 437 You haue sayd enough, M. Allen, to winne the whetstone, if it were as bigge as any mountaine in the worlde.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 596 Of all the lowde lyes that euer I heard, this may goe for the whetstone.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes 267 Ware stumbling of whetstones in the darke there, my maisters.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 133 He might..for his labour challenge to be preferred to the Clarkship of the whetstone.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 135 Our worshipfull Clarkes of the whetstone, Doctour Clare [etc.]..diuers late Historiologers, and..this new Tale-founder himselfe.

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 98 O intolerable lying villayne, that was never begotten without the consent of a whetstone!

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 639 They wil presently giue both these Authors and me the Whet-stone for rare vntruths.

1658 H. Edmundson Comes Facundus in Via: Fellow-traveller 285 A great Person..had in a frolick set on some wanton wits to lye for the Whetstone.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 39 If you be not as errant a Cuckold, as e're drove Bargain upon the Exchange,..I am the Son of a Whetstone.

1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes 36 (note) It is a custom in the North, when a man tells the greatest lye in company, to reward him with a whetstone, which is called ‘Lying for a whetstone’.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)

β. 1782 Exmoor Courtship (ed. 9) 20 What a gurt Lee es thate!..thek Man shou'd a' had the Whitstone.

单词	to lie for the whetstone
释义	> as lemmas to lie for the whetstone b. in allusion to the former custom of hanging a whetstone round the neck of a liar; esp. in to lie for the whetstone, to be a great liar. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > custom of hanging whetstone round neck whetstone1418 society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (intransitive)] > be punished by whetstone to lie for the whetstone1418 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lie, tell lies [verb (intransitive)] > extremely, blatantly to lie for the whetstone1418 to lie in one's throat1566 to flap in the mouth (with a lie)1578 to flap the lie in one's teeth1650 1364 Liber Albus (Rolls) iv. 601 Juggement de Pillorie par iii heures, ove un ague pier entour soun col, pur mensonges controeves.] 1418 Cal. Let.-Bks. Lond., Let.-Bk. I (1909) 197 He, as a fals lyere..shal stonde..upon þe pillorye..wiþ a Westone aboute his necke. 1472 Cov. Leet Bk. 372 Nor that they frohensfurth enbrase eny jure, vppon the peyn to lese at þe first defalt, C s., and at þe ij de defalt to haue the wheston aboute their nekkes. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 254 A, good syr, lett hym oone. He lyes for the quetstone—I gyf hym the pryce! 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 196/1 Peraduenture he that was the inuentor fyrst of thys tale of the stone, was disposed to lie for the whetstone: Wherfore in my mynde he is worthy to haue it. 1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 437 You haue sayd enough, M. Allen, to winne the whetstone, if it were as bigge as any mountaine in the worlde. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 596 Of all the lowde lyes that euer I heard, this may goe for the whetstone. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes 267 Ware stumbling of whetstones in the darke there, my maisters. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 133 He might..for his labour challenge to be preferred to the Clarkship of the whetstone. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 135 Our worshipfull Clarkes of the whetstone, Doctour Clare [etc.]..diuers late Historiologers, and..this new Tale-founder himselfe. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 98 O intolerable lying villayne, that was never begotten without the consent of a whetstone! 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 639 They wil presently giue both these Authors and me the Whet-stone for rare vntruths. 1658 H. Edmundson Comes Facundus in Via: Fellow-traveller 285 A great Person..had in a frolick set on some wanton wits to lye for the Whetstone. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 39 If you be not as errant a Cuckold, as e're drove Bargain upon the Exchange,..I am the Son of a Whetstone. 1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes 36 (note) It is a custom in the North, when a man tells the greatest lye in company, to reward him with a whetstone, which is called ‘Lying for a whetstone’. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) β. 1782 Exmoor Courtship (ed. 9) 20 What a gurt Lee es thate!..thek Man shou'd a' had the Whitstone. extracted from whetstonen. < as lemmas
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