单词 | to rug and rive |
释义 | > as lemmasto rug and rive 2. intransitive. To pull, tear, or tug (at something); to struggle, wrestle. Also figurative. Frequently in to rug and rive (cf. rive v.1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > exert pulling force on or pull at pullOE beteec1275 tug13.. tucka1400 ruga1425 pug1575 haul1743 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 7 Þan turmenturs..Went to him als þai war wode; Þai rugget at him with ful grete bir. a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) l. 199 (MED) Þus þay tugged and rugged tyl yt was nere nyȝt. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) iii. l. 472 Abowt twa pillaris..He kest his armys hastely, And ruggit at þaim doggitly. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. ix. 140 Ane hydduus grype with bustuus bowland beyk..sparis nocht to rug, ryfe,and gnaw. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 1148 in Wks. (1931) I The Rauin began rudely to ruge and ryue. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 145 The wirdsisteris..Saw revinis ruge at þis rat. 1644 in J. I. Smith Sel. Justiciary Cases (1974) III. 642 Yow the said Agnes Fynnie with yor dochter..bothe sitting one his bedsyde fearcelie ruging at his breist. a1665 W. Guthrie Heads of Serm. preached at Finnick (1680) ii. i. 44 Hells terror shall seize upon him,..the worm of an ill conscience rugging at his heart, and intrals of him, like a canker-worm drawing at his leaver. 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iii. 20 Jouk three Times rugged at his [brother's] Shouder. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1871) II. 129 Hunger rugg'd at Watty's breast. 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 18 Aug. 225/1 The gilly,..who comes into the town,..rugging and riving for a place in some writer's office. 1872 C. Gibbon For King xvii You'll wring my arm out o' the socket if you keep rugging at it that way. 1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 40 They lifted an they pu'd, they rugged an dey rave. 1901 R. Anderson Hist. Kilsyth xiii. 111 That night the razor was bad. It rugged and he had to stop. 1951 R. Rendall Orkney Variants 24 Their lowan e'en are taakan tent O'chiels like Mansie o' the Bu Whose days upon the land are spent Ruggan wi' Taurus and the Pleugh. 1964 Southern Reporter 26 Mar. 9 Auld Scotland rugs at our hearts. 2002 S. Blackhall Fower Quarters i. 17 There's the derk an mirkie tunes, anes tae rugg at the hairt-strings. < as lemmas |
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