| 单词 | to sconce away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sconce away 1. transitive. To fortify, entrench; in later use, to shelter, protect. to sconce away Scottish, to ward off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)] fastenOE enfirm1297 ofstrengthc1325 strengthc1325 warnc1330 ward1340 warnestorec1374 abattlec1380 embattlec1380 fortify1436 bulwark1450 strengthen1450 bastille1480 enstrength1483 rempare1525 munite1533 fence1535 force1535 ranforce1547 rampire1550 fort1559 ramforce1570 fortificate1575 refortify1579 ensconce1590 munify1596 sconce1598 renforce1602 harness1611 munish1633 tackle1645 schanze1901 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter wrench?c1225 covera1275 herda1300 lown1487 scug1513 subumber1543 becalm1559 embower1580 ensconce1594 sconce1598 screen1611 burrow1657 lew1664 embosom1685 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcii. 153/2 They set vppon the towne of Ioor, that was sconsed [Du. beschanst] and compassed about with woodden stakes. 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses 75 Long time, therefore, haue I resolued to sconce my selfe betwixt these two. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiv. 282 A little Bay, by Scylla haunted, lies..sconst from the Seas and skies Distemper. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 208 A screen to sconce and shelter us from consuming fire. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 65 He's pretty well scons'd against Bullets. 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. iii To..skonce my skap and shanks frae rain. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) x. 107 Confin'd into a stinking stye, And 'bove his head two hydes of kye, To skonce away the sooty rain. < as lemmas |
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