单词 | to short by the head or knees |
释义 | > as lemmasto short (a person) by the head or knees c. To reduce the length of (a material object, a journey); to cut short. to short (a person) by the head or knees: to decapitate or cut off the legs (cf. short adj. 2, shorten v. 1d). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by dismemberment to-lima1225 to-limekenc1275 to short (a person) by the head or knees1398 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er) [verb (transitive)] short1398 shorten1530 stump1596 snub1615 to take up1624 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by beheading to lash offc1330 whipc1380 off-whipa1400 to shorten by the head1530 firkc1540 to short (a person) by the head or knees1548 neckc1712 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxiv Þe tunge is so schorted þat vnneþe it is idrawe oute or neuer. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 3017 With a stroke he rofe his nose a-two, And shortid it by þe haluendel. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. viii. 173 He shorted hym and smote of bothe his legges by the knees. c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxviv To short my here, a bowe to bere. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxxv. 426 Howbeit, their way was shorted, for..the frenchmen and they met togyder sodenly. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 7v With shorting and pikynge your bowes..[you] can neuer haue done vntyll they be starke nought. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcj His body was shorted, by the length of his hed. < as lemmas |
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