单词 | under hatches |
释义 | > as lemmasunder (the) hatches (also †hatch) Phrases P1. under (the) hatches (also †hatch). a. Nautical. Below deck. Now somewhat rare.See sense 5a, but in later quots. associated with sense 5b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > in subjection underhanda1000 underfootc1175 undera1400 under hatchesc1400 at underc1425 subordinate1617 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb] > in a humiliated condition under hatchesc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 179 A lodes-mon lyȝtly lep vnder hachches. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 177 For x dossen Candell..bought & spent vnder the haches in tyme of Reparacion of the sayd Ship. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxv. 64 a Commaunded him to prison vnder the hatches. 1630 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 17 Apr. (1996) 13 The women..kept vnder hatches. 1776 E. Thompson Seraglio i. 17 Now these same Infidels are safe under Hatches, I may venture to cruise a little more. 1840 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 40 The casks and barrels that could not be put under hatches were lashed to the staunchions. 1930 Scotsman 13 June 11/3 The Trojan Star has under hatches over 9,839,430 ib. of fruit. 1968 M. Roberts Early Vasas i. 14 With his six hostages safe under hatches he sailed away to Copenhagen. b. In a state of depression, humiliation, or subjection; down in circumstances or outlook (now historical and rare). Also (now chiefly): secret, hidden, out of sight. ΚΠ 1540 L. Ridley Comm. vpon Sayncte Paules Epyst. to Ephesyans Pref. ✚4 Holye Scripture. which the man of Rome kepte vnder the hatche & wolde nat suffer to com to lyght to delyuer the seruauntes of God from ignoraunce. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Bvii Ye haue..brought yourself..so far vnder the hatches..yt ye cannot find the way to rise agein. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vi. 206 If he be poore..he is vnder hatches, dejected, rejected and forsaken. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvii. 220 In this servile condition to have kept us still under hatches. 1679 R. Foulkes Alarme for Sinners 7 Conscience has been kept under hatches. 1710 in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 7 Mar. (1886) II. 356 The Whigs must..think the Church under Hatches. 1818 J. Keats Lett. in Wks. (1889) III. 143 It is impossible to live in a country which is continually under hatches. 1835 J. B. Buckstone Dream at Sea (ed. 4) i. iii. 13 Cheer up, you may not always be under hatches. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman iv. 60 What should I find but that brother of mine that was always used to have been as prim and as tonnish..regularly under the hatches! 1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 89 What was all that, damn near bit his tongue off, lay you odds on he's keeping something under hatches. 2009 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 Apr. vii. 26 She admitted that Carrington was manipulative..something she had kept ‘under hatches’ in her own mind all her life. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diiv I would ye had kyst, well I will no more sturre, It is good to haue a hatche before the durre. c1555 R. Smith in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1262/1 Seing God hath geuen a tonge, And put it vnder power: The surest way is for to set A hatch before the doore. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 36v I wishe that euery rebuker shoulde place a hatch before the doore. 1582 A. Fleming tr. A. Autpertus Monomachie of Motiues v. 253 Now iudge if thou hadst not need set a hatch before thy tongue, that thou offend not in the same. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D Tush (quoth his wife) profit is a good hatch before the doore. 1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. C7v Its good to keepe a Hatch before the Dore. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 8/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια It is good to have a hatch before the door. < as lemmas |
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