单词 | to take a bush |
释义 | > as lemmasto take a bush a. A clump of shrubs used as a place of concealment; = ambush n. So to take a bush, to thrust or run one's head in a bush. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] hidelsc975 hidela1300 bushc1330 hulkc1330 derna1340 tapissinga1340 coverta1375 hiding1382 loting-placea1398 cover14.. hiding placec1440 mewa1450 closetc1450 hole1483 cure1502 secret1530 shrouding place1571 ivy-bush1576 coney burrowa1586 hidlings1597 foxhole1606 shrouding corner1610 recess1611 subterfuge1616 latibule1623 latebra1626 blind1646 privacy1648 hide1649 retreat1697 rathole1770 hidey-hole1817 tod hole1846 hulster1880 hideout1885 cwtch1890 castle1898 lurk1906 stash1927 hideaway1930 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile lying in wait > place of ambush > a thicket bushc1330 bushailea1400 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > go into hiding > in vegetation to take a bush1631 wood1645 to thrust or run one's head in a bush1655 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8432 In on busse thou the hide. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2887 Þan schullaþ our men of hem be-war & breken out of þe bossche. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 659 This Palamoun Was in a bussh þt no man myghte hym se. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 71 [He] stud in-till a busk lurkand. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.jv As the beast passed by, he start out of a buske. 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 52 Hee againe takes a bush, and hides himselfe vnder the ambiguous terme of Religious Ceremonies. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 54 In stead of confessing their sins, they run their head in a bush, and by their good will would not come where God is. < as lemmas |
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