英语词汇“to make the rush bush keep the cow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† Scottish. to make the rush bush keep the cow and variants: to enable cattle to remain in their fields without a guard; (hence) to deter thieves or invaders; to uphold the law strictly or effectively. Obsolete.Used originally with reference to the successful repression of cattle-stealing under the reigns of various Scottish monarchs.

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1529 D. Lindsay Compl. 408 Ihone Upeland bene full blyith, I trow, Because the rysche bus kepis his kow.

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 109^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Proverb(e It wes als ane prowerb of him [sc. James II]..at he gart the reche bus keip the pure wiffis kow.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 77 This prouerb of him [sc. James II] in the cuntrie was commoun: He garis the rasche bus keip the kow.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 114 The Poor Man loved him, the Great feared him: He made the Rush-Bushes keep the Herds of Cattel.

1697 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. viii. 55 The vulgar will blame the Government, when the rash bush will not keep the cow.

1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 91/2 It shall go hard with the barons and wardens of these marches, if I do not make the rush-bush keep the cow.

1885 United Presbyterian Mag. Aug. 349/2 The justice-loving James V..had vowed that he would make the rush-bush keep the cow.

单词	to make the rush bush keep the cow
释义	> as lemmas to make the rush bush keep the cow † Scottish. to make the rush bush keep the cow and variants: to enable cattle to remain in their fields without a guard; (hence) to deter thieves or invaders; to uphold the law strictly or effectively. Obsolete.Used originally with reference to the successful repression of cattle-stealing under the reigns of various Scottish monarchs. ΚΠ 1529 D. Lindsay Compl. 408 Ihone Upeland bene full blyith, I trow, Because the rysche bus kepis his kow. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 109^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Proverb(e It wes als ane prowerb of him [sc. James II]..at he gart the reche bus keip the pure wiffis kow. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 77 This prouerb of him [sc. James II] in the cuntrie was commoun: He garis the rasche bus keip the kow. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 114 The Poor Man loved him, the Great feared him: He made the Rush-Bushes keep the Herds of Cattel. 1697 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. viii. 55 The vulgar will blame the Government, when the rash bush will not keep the cow. 1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 91/2 It shall go hard with the barons and wardens of these marches, if I do not make the rush-bush keep the cow. 1885 United Presbyterian Mag. Aug. 349/2 The justice-loving James V..had vowed that he would make the rush-bush keep the cow. extracted from rush bushn. < as lemmas
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