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单词 to set down one's staff
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to set down (also up, in) one's staff
e. to set down (also up, in) one's staff and variants. Similarly, to fix (also pitch) one's staff. Obsolete.
(a) To remain or stay in (a specified place) for a period of time; to take up residence; to settle down.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence
wickc897
telda1325
buildc1340
nestlea1382
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
to take one's lodgec1475
reside1490
inhabit1548
to settle one's rest1562
to sit down1579
to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584
to set (up) one's rest1590
nest1591
to set down one's rest1591
roost1593
inherit1600
habituate1603
seat1612
to take up (one's) residencea1626
settle1627
pitch1629
fix1638
locate1652
to marry and settle1718
domesticate1768
domiciliate1815
to hang up one's hat1826
domicile1831
to stick one's stakes1872
homestead1877
to put down roots1882
to hang one's hat1904
localize1930
1579 Memoriall of Present Estat Scotl. (Hatfield House CP 11/11) He meanes in short tyme to leive his levinge in ffraunce to his seconnd sonne, and sett downe his staffe in scottland.
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. F3v I haue not beene in Essex yet, but Ile set in my staffe there as I go home.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D2v Here I was in good hope to set vp my staffe for some reasonable time.
a1613 T. Bodley Life (1647) 15 I concluded at the last to set up my Staffe at the Library doore in Oxford.
1765 H. Walpole Let. 3 Sept. (1861) IV. 397 The Countesses of Carlisle and Berkeley..will set up their staves there [i.e. in Paris] for some time.
1818 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Mar. (1976) VI. 17 Here have I pitched my staff—& here do I purpose to reside for the remainder of my life.
1830 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 590/1 There he fixed his staff during the remainder of his mortal pilgrimage.
1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. xlviii. 328 They appeared in London, and there set up their staff.
(b) To come to a conclusion, resolution, etc., on an issue; to adopt a fixed or settled position, opinion, etc. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)]
standeOE
cleavec1275
to stand stiffa1290
stick1447
to stand or stick to one's tackling1529
to stand in this1538
to set down (the or one's) staff1584
to stand one's ground1600
to stand to one's pan pudding1647
to maintain one's ground1736
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
to stay put1843
to stand firm1856
to sit tight1890
to keep the flag flying1914
to dig in one's toes1933
to hold the line1956
1584 R. Greene Arbasto 29 Setting down the staf therefore on this secure periury thus it fell out.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 61 But sette downe thy staffe at this, whateuer the end bee, it noway concerneth thee.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 175 Yet till she rests there, and sets downe her stafe upon the promise, shee shall haue no rest.
1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure xiv. 165 A sober solid wel-taught Christian hath fixt the Staffe, and you know where to finde him, and he knows where to finde his own Principles.
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