| 单词 | victual-merchant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvictual-merchant attributive and in other combinations (chiefly Scottish), as victual-dealer, victual-house, victual land-male, victual-merchant, victual office, victual-rent, victual-scanting adj., victual silver, victual stipend, victual wain. ΚΠ 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 310 Giffin to the skippar of the schip..for Ȝonk Gherardis mennis fraucht and wittalis siluir, vij li. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 105 The Female..espying hir time, when and how she may come to the Lawder or Vittailehouse. 1592 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1892) 90/2 The victuall land maillis of Clestrane benorthe the burne. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 29 If there were any, that had repining victuall-scanting Maisters, tyrannizing neuerthelesse for their work. 1600 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1890) 354/2 Pro preservatione navium contra tempestates et lie victuell-housis. 1668 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 278 Of late since his Ma[jes]ties imployment has slackn'd at the Victuall Office. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. vi. §40 If the landlord refuse to receive his victual-rent when offered to him in due time. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 28 The farmer or victual-merchant. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 28 The profession of the farmer or the victual-dealer. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 178 There was no knowing how long he might be in paying the next term's victual stipend. 1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company xix The rogue got between me and the nearest French victual wain. < as lemmas |
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