单词 | to lie to the dogs, to the gun |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie to the dogs, to the gun c. Shooting. Of game-birds: To remain crouching upon the ground. (Also to lie dead.) to lie to the dogs, to the gun: to permit the approach of a dog or the sportsman without ‘rising’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] to stand, be (abide obs.) at bayc1314 to steal awayc1369 stalla1425 starta1425 rusec1425 beatc1470 lodgec1470 trason1486 rouse1532 angle1575 bolt1575 to take squat1583 baya1657 watch1677 fall1697 tree1699 to go away1755 to sink the wind1776 to get up1787 to go to ground1797 lie1797 to stand up1891 fly1897 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 441/1 After the birds have been sprung many times, they lie so dead that they will suffer him [the sportsman] almost to tread upon them before they will rise. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 441/2 Partridges lie much better to dogs that wind them, than to those that follow them by the track. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 443/1 When..the sportsman perceives the birds running with their heads erect, he must run after them..for he may be pretty certain they will not lie well that day. 1848 Zoologist 6 1964 The Spanish snipe would much less frequently ‘lie’ to the gun. 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) II. 6 In Scotland grouse are usually walked up with dogs. The birds in that country lie well... If grouse lie well to dogs..they give easy marks to the gunner. < as lemmas |
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