单词 | to sound the prise |
释义 | > as lemmasto sound the prise A blast on a hunting horn indicating that the quarry has been taken. Only in to blow (the) prise, to sound the prise. Formerly also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > call or signal [verb (transitive)] > sound a call to blow (the) prisec1300 strakea1400 to blow the (also a) deathc1425 to blow (also sound, wind, etc.) the (also a) mort1555 to sound the prise1803 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > sound horn to blow (the) prisec1300 poopc1390 strakea1400 recheatc1400 rechasec1425 to blow the quarryc1560 jeopard1575 to wind the horn1611 to sound the prise1803 horn1874 c1300 Body & Soul (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 61 (MED) He beden him hontin and blowen, Crien and Bauston and Bewis, Þe ratches þat him were woned te knowen; He scholden sone blowe þe pris. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2749 (MED) Tristrem on huntinge rade..He blewe priis as he can, Þre mot oþer mare. c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 99 Þan shuld..who so is grettest of þe hunters, blowe þe pryce at couplyng vp. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 137 Than were they ware of the harte that lay on a grete watir banke, and a brachette bytyng on his throte; and mo othir houndis come aftir; Than kynge Arthure blewe the pryce and dyght the harte. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xii. 123 And blew the prys triumphall for his [sc. Orodes'] deth. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lii. 177 I can mew a sparhawke, and I can chase the herte and the wyld bore, and blowe the pryce. 1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 389 Sound, merry huntsmen! sound the pryse! 1899 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 7 Jan. 1/4 Sometimes in the early morning the horn would sound the prise, but ere forester or keeper could reach the spot the fat buck had been borne away. 1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone xvi. 243 The boar's feet were tied together, a pole was slipped between its legs, and two men hoisted it upon their shoulders. William Twyti stood back, and courteously blew the prise. 1952 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 10 207/1 In one scene the stag is at bay, the huntsman blowing the prise to assemble the hunting party. < as lemmas |
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