| 单词 | to take or fetch one's birr |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take or fetch one's birr a. The force of the wind, or of any moving body; momentum, impetus; rush. to take or fetch one's birr: to gather impetus for a leap by a short run or ‘ram-race’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > force of movement coursec1330 swough1338 swayc1374 birra1382 feezec1405 impetc1440 radeur1477 ravina1500 sweight1513 bensela1522 swinge1583 impetus1656 motive power1702 impulse1715 momentum1740 impulsion1795 send1890 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. v. 28 His wheles as the byre [a1425 feersnesse] of the tempest. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. viii. 32 Loo! in a greet bire al the droue wente heedlynge in to the see. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3662 Brethly bessomes with byrre in berynes sailles. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlv. l. 419 And to hire he Ran with A ful gret ber. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiv. sig. I7v Carried with the beere of violent loue. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. viii. 197 And giving way backward fetch their feese or beire againe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Saulter Il recule pour mieux saulter, He goes backe to take burre, or to leape the better. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 549 Say, I break off wi' a' my birr. 1867 E. Waugh Owd Blanket ii. 37 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) Thae'd no need to come i' sich a ber. < as lemmas |
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