单词 | to lie in grip |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie in grip 4. As much as can be seized in the hand; a handful. to lie in grip: (of corn) to lie as it is left by the reapers. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > hand handfuleOE gripc1000 hand-lifting1362 nieveful?a1425 gripe1570 maniple1598 fistful1611 fascicule1699 gripeful1727 palmful1812 lift1871 mittful1918 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest [verb (intransitive)] > lie unbound to lie on the gavel?1611 to lie in grip1621 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 136 Genim þysse ylcan wyrte godne gripan. c1000 Ags. Ps. cxxvi[i]. 6 Berende gripan heora [L. portantes manipulos suos]. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. 19 Romulus..vsed Fasciculos fæni, that is to saie, a grippe or knitche of hay bound together at the ende of a long staffe. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes Introd. 106 Tithe in Sheafe, in Shocke, in Grippe, in Ridge, or at the Lumpe. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes ii. 301 While it [Corne] lay in grip, or in shock, or in sheafe. 1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. 178 The wheat after it is cut and lies in gripp, does not lie so exposed for the sun and wind to dry the gripps after being fogged with wet. 1739 J. Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. (1740) 213 To make up the Grips [of Barley or Oats] into little Heaps by Hands. 1807 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. (new ed.) II. 193 They are usually reaped with the Sickle, and laid in thin grips or reaps. 1842 J. Y. Akerman Gloss. Provinc. Words Wilts. (at cited word) A grip of wheat is the handful grasped in reaping. < as lemmas |
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