单词 | to unsheathe the sword |
释义 | > as lemmasto unsheathe the sword 2. To draw (a weapon) out of the sheath or scabbard. to unsheathe the sword, to begin hostilities or slaughter. (Cf. sheathe v. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] > unsling or unsheathe drawlOE unsheathea1542 unsling1630 unsheaf1658 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword) abraidOE braidOE adrawlOE drawlOE ydrawlOE out-braidc1330 outsheatha1400 undrawc1400 outhelea1500 unsheathea1542 nake1607 unscabbard1611 dissheathe1614 dismounta1616 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > draw to-drawc1275 to loose out1382 unsheathea1542 society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities asty1297 to take weapon in handa1538 to raise one's standard1548 to rise in arms1563 to take (up) armsa1593 to break into arms1594 to unsheathe the sword1649 to take up the hatchet1694 to throw away the scabbard1704 to fly to arms1847 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 76 They have vnsheathed eke their blouddy bronds. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Diiiv Aeneas..hys glysteryng sword vnshethes,..[and] the cables cut in twayne. 1600 A. Munday et al. First Pt. True Hist. Sir I. Old-castle sig. K3v Wherefore were your sharpe edgde kniues vnsheathde? 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 78 Never was King less in danger of any violence from his Subjects, till he unsheath'd his Sword against them. 1683 E. Waller Invasion of Turks 60 Unsheathing the destructive sword. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 240 Are these..the swords Thy hand unsheath'd and gave the savage hordes..? 1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif v. 176 The sword of the persecutor would be unsheathed against him. < as lemmas |
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