单词 | to steal on |
释义 | > as lemmasto steal on a. To place, move, or convey stealthily. Now somewhat rare. †to steal on: to put on (one's clothes, etc.) hastily, so as not to be observed (obsolete). to steal (some one or something) in: to smuggle in, procure secret entrance for. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > stealthily to steal ona1400 the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > in a stealthy manner steala1400 convey1526 smuggle1783 slive1821 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > convey shovec1374 steala1400 smuggle1783 slive1821 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > surreptitiously or subtly to steal (some one or something) ina1555 shuffle1565 slink1567 to come in at (also by) the window1590 insinuate1600 wimble1605 screw1614 sneak1680 oil1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > surreptitiously underbring1382 to steal (some one or something) ina1555 subintroducteda1641 subintroduce1643 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > introduce to steal (some one or something) ina1555 insinuate1578 filch?1589 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on > in hasty or careless manner warpa1400 to throw ona1450 slip?a1513 slip1590 to steal on1649 huddle1697 slive1820 scuffle1844 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3872 Bot þar [Laban] did a trecheri, For þan [Jacob] had may rachell wedd, Lia he stall vn-til his bedd. a1555 J. Bradford in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 470 Pray Walshe to steale you in, as I hope he will doe. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 43 I bath'd it often, ev'n with holy bloud, Which at a board, while many drunk base wine, A friend did steal into my cup for good. a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) iv. 45 Thy violent Lust shall like the biting of the invenom'd Aspick, steal thee to hell. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vi. xl. 78 He Knows why He gathers up his Tails ashamed Train And steals it round about his scaley Thigh. 1649 W. Davenant Love & Honour iv. i. 65 Steale on this funerall habit. 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. ii. 88 I stole the letter into Monyma's hand. 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 179 The Words..were..stol'n into the..Article. a1712 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 292 The Merchants did undersel them, by stealing in English cloth that was prohibit. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 354. ⁋3 The Prentice speaks his Disrespect by an extended Finger, and the Porter by stealing out his Tongue. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 447 I..from beneath his Head, at dawning Day, With softest Care have stol'n my Arm away. c1730 A. Ramsay For Sake Somebody iii I'll..steal on linens fair and clean. a1734 R. North Autobiogr. (1887) i. 3 But there was another use made of this botle, for our Mother would steal into it slices of Rubarb, and..this way, it was stole upon us, and not tainted with aversions. 1744 S. Johnson Acct. Life R. Savage 183 Nor [did he] ever read his Verses without stealing his Eyes from the Page, to discover, in the Faces of his Audience, how they were affected. 1752 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 28 Oct. [Lord Coventry] coursed his wife round the table, on suspecting that she had stolen on a little red, seized her, scrubbed it off by force with a napkin, and then told her, that [etc.]. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 63 He stole a bill for 160l. into his hand, saying..there is what I owe you. 1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 10 Whose constant vigils chase the chilling damp Oblivion steals upon her vestal lamp. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh (ed. 2) 165 If the sweet hours of intercourse so imprudently allowed them should have stolen into his heart the same fatal fascination as into hers. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 120 The hag..now unclosed her hand, stole it away from the weapon, and suffered it to fall by her side. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 199 Slily steal thy bonnet on,..And wander out with me. 1824 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 397 It may amuse you, to show when, and by what means, they stole this law in upon us. 1883 D. C. Murray Joseph's Coat xxxiv It was noticed that the silent two had stolen each a hand towards the other's and thus..they sat handed. < as lemmas |
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