| 单词 | to streek in a halter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto streek in a halter d. to streek a tow, also intransitive. to streek in a halter: to be hanged, ‘swing’. Cf. stretch v. 18a, 1c. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)] rideeOE hangc1000 anhangc1300 wagc1430 totter?1515 to wave in the windc1515 swing1542 trine1567 to look through ——?1570 to preach at Tyburn cross1576 stretch?1576 to stretch a rope1592 truss1592 to look through a hempen window?a1600 gibbet1600 to have the lift1604 to salute Tyburn1640 to dance the Tyburn jig1664 dangle1678 to cut a caper on nothing1708 string1714 twist1725 to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786 to streek in a halter1796 to straight a ropea1800 strap1815 to dance upon nothing1837 to streek a tow1895 1796 J. Lauderdale Coll. Poems Sc. Dial. 80 May I in a halter streek, If I hae Latin, French, or Greek. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags ii. 22 But ye shall all streek a tow for this. < as lemmas |
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