单词 | use and wont |
释义 | > as lemmasuse and wont P8. Chiefly Scottish. use and wont: custom or established practice, esp. when regarded as having the force of law. Also attributive: guided or informed by custom or established practice; customary. Cf. used and wont at used adj. Phrases. ΚΠ 1492 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 216/2 That thai eik na covbille for the said fischingis bot as vse & wont wes of before. 1527 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 207 Half amark of annvell of the hayll tennement of the lochand more payand to the commvnyte hus and vont. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 44 He craues onelie na other service, bot vse and wont. 1689 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 58/2 Þat the maltmen þer be lyable for the excyse according to use and wont. 1762 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 92 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Priviledges belonging to the said lands conform to use and wont. 1825 R. Wilson Hist. Hawick 190 This tax,..by the law of ‘use and wont’,..has become part and parcel of the system. 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 277 Constitutional Presbyterian persons, Use-and-wont Neuters. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxix. 47 Make one wreath more for Use and Wont That guard the portals of the house. View more context for this quotation 1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean I. 131 A careless, half-conscious, ‘use-and-wont’ reception of our experience. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie 127 ‘On this question of corporal punishment in the schools, Erchie,’ I said to my old friend, ‘what are your views? I've no doubt you're dead against any alteration on use and wont.’ 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 19 Nov. 28 This is not creative accounting but is established by use and wont in business. use and wont a. Habitual or customary usage, custom, habit. use and wont: see use n. 7b; of (†in) wont, customary, usual. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] i-wunec888 wise971 gatec1175 lawc1175 manners?c1225 wone?c1225 usec1325 hauntc1330 use1340 rotec1350 consuetude1382 customancea1393 usancea1393 practicc1395 guisea1400 usagea1400 wonta1400 spacec1400 accustomancec1405 customheada1425 urec1425 wontsomenessc1425 accustomc1440 wonningc1440 practice1502 habitudec1598 habiture1598 habit1605 wonting1665 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as a habit or custom > usual or customary ought and wontc1450 used and wonta1500 of (in) wont1548 of custom?a1556 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13693 For þiþer ȝode he ai vmstunt, þar to prai ofte was his wont [Vesp. was he wont]. < as lemmas |
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