单词 | to wince against the prick |
释义 | > as lemmasto wince against the prick b. In figurative and allusive phrase, e.g. to wince against the prick (cf. kick v.1 1c and prick n. 9); hence gen. to be recalcitrant or impatient. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > be unsubmissive [verb (intransitive)] > be intractable or recalcitrant to wince against the prickc1290 kicka1425 rejouncea1644 recalcitrate1647 to ride rusty1709 bolsh1921 non-cooperate1921 c1290 St. Paul 23 in S. Eng. Leg. 190 To wynci aȝein þe pricke swiþe strong it is þe. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts Prol. Poul.., whom the Lord hadde chosun, that long tyme wynside aȝen the pricke. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 22 It is þe wone of wil to wynse and to kyke. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 14196 Off verray surquedy and pryde, I smyte and wynse on euery syde. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 14531 For to wynse and dysobeye, And to tourne A-nother weye. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 254 Thouȝ ȝe wolde wyncy and repugne aȝens the clergie. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 508 Not to winse, kick & spurn against their sayinges. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 231 Let the galld iade wince [1604, 1623 winch]. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 81 I should suspect his preaching had no salt in it, if no gald horse did winse. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 124 What booteth it to winse and kick against our fortune? a1764 R. Lloyd Poet 21 The fancies of our rambling wits, Who wince and kick at all oppression. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvii. 124 Let them wince, who have their withers wrung. < as lemmas |
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