单词 | vizy |
释义 | vizyn. Scottish. 1. a. An aim at an object which it is desired to hit; esp. in the phrase to take a vizy (cf. French prendre visée). ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > giving direction towards a mark > aim or aiming aima1450 aiming1574 levelling1580 vizy1720 collineation1755 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > aiming birdinga1678 vizy1720 training1812 sighting1884 1720 A. Ramsay Marr. Earl Weymss vi The Thane of Fife, wha lately wi' his flane, And vizy leel, made the blyth bowl his ain. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 52 Rouzed at the thought, [he] charg'd his fuzee; Took but ae vizzy wi' his eie—The bullet flies Clean thro' the target to a tee. 1822 J. Galt Steam-boat vii Logan took a vizy, and fired. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 143 The gun was run into the desired position, the sailor called it a ‘vizzey’. b. The sight of a gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight sight1588 level1611 vizy1828 gun-sight1867 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 288/2 Thus too, the vizy (Anglice sight) generally inclined unduly to one side or the other. 2. A look or view; a sight of something; a glimpse. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > glimpse sightc1275 gliff1570 glemish1576 glent?1577 glimpse1580 interview1610 catch1775 styme1776 vizy1785 peep1793 snatch1816 waff1818 glint1838 1785 H. Mackenzie Lounger No. 6. ⁋2 He tried to see the stage, and got a flying vizzy now and then. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii*, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 48 But ye had best take a visie of him through the wicket before opening the gate. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 429/1 It unfortunately never was his forte to take a steady fixed vizzy of any one thing. Derivatives ˈvizyless adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > others stocked1497 breeched1575 chambered1611 tower-proof1673 triggerless18.. hair-triggered1806 vizyless1828 high-velocity1854 sighted1859 calibred1887 recoilless1888 sham-damn1895 silenced1909 silencered1935 multicalibre1983 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 300/1 Oh! that our passion could restore thee [i.e. Mons Meg], butless, lockless, vizyless,..though thou be'st, to the light of day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vizyv. Scottish. a. a person.Frequently in the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] seekc893 visit13.. vizyc1425 to go to (also and) see1548 to call upon ——1604 calla1616 paya1616 vis1754 to look up1827 to visit with1850 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > officially visitc1325 vizyc1425 aviewa1513 view?1520 inspect1623 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. 3899 Scho oyssit to wesy bodely Al pur folk þat was nere by. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 631 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 127 He vent to vesy þe kinge, & tel hym of his travalinge. a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 268 I schrif me, lord, that I..The hungry meit, the thristy drink I gaif, Wesyit [1568 Nor visite] the seik. 1550 in Exch. Rolls Scotl. XVIII. 502 (note) Ane sair leg, quharthrouch I mycht nocht cum west tyll wisy þe and uthir freyndis. 1583 in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 460 He was..maist wiland to wissie the puirest creatour, being aduertisit or requyreit thairunto, in the verray nicht seson. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise viii. 153 Elizabeth..sayd,..how is this commit to me, that the Mother of my lord suld come to visie me. b. a place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > visit a place seeeOE seek971 teemc1275 visitc1400 apply1510 vizy1535 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 504 I mak ane vow,..Richt reuerentlie thy Tempill to visie. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 10 Thir tua princis vsit oft to visye the feildis to tak ther recreatione. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 30 Quhen titan vas visiand antepodos. 2. a. To look at closely or attentively; to regard, see, view. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe keepc1000 overseeOE waitc1300 advisec1325 awaita1375 to wait on ——c1384 markc1400 contemplec1429 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 to look straitly to?c1450 to wait after ——c1460 vizy1488 contemplatea1533 vise1551 pry?1553 observe1567 eye1592 over-eye?1592 watch1600 outwatch1607 spell1633 superintend1654 under-watch1654 tent1721 evigilate1727 twig1764 stag1796 eye-serve1800 spy1806 deek1825 screw1905 clock1911 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 103 The worthi Scottis..Send twa skowrrouris to wesy weyll the playne. a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 212 Haffande a gret delyte For to wesy..Ioculatouris or trumpouris. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. avv The king stude vesiand ye wall. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (S.T.S.) iv. xv. 100 Frequent nowmer of pepill þat come to vesy þir playis. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxvii. 33 Quhen scho growis heich, I draw on dreich, To vesy and behald the end. 1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. vii I vizyt him then round about. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. Prol. 'Tis Symon's house, please to step in, And visy 't round and round. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 256 When first your Castles I did vizzey. 1867 J. Grant White Cockade I. 60 An eye was seen to vizzy them carefully. ΚΠ 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 321 To pas to Borthuik..to vesy tymmyre for gun paraling. 1512 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 459 To xxxvj marynaris for ij dais quhen the Franchmen passit to vesy the schippis. 1561 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XIX. 265 (note) Thir our lettres being anis producit thairin and vesyt be the lordis auditouris therof. 1597 J. Skene Acts of Parl. Table at Prenters Prenters suld not prent ony buikes, or vther thing, bot that quhilk is visied and tryed, havand the Kingis licence. ΚΠ c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 559 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 320 Ȝet wald he [sc. a bishop] mekly on fete ga..to visy in quhat wyse þe kirkmen did þar seruice. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 380 To the man that ȝeid to vesy to se gif he could wyn sclait, ij½ vnicornis. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 431 The erle of Marche..and mony lordis mo, Come to his tent to visie how he did. 1556 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 235 The thesaurare to vesy gif ony timber be to by to mak portis of. d. To visé. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > authenticating document > attest by certificate [verb (transitive)] > put visa on visé1810 viser1833 visa1847 vizy1867 1867 J. Grant White Cockade I. 54 Letters..signed and vizzied by the conservator of Scottish privileges at Campvere, and the British ambassador. a. To afflict or visit (a person) with sickness or harm. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > affect or afflict aileOE takec1300 visitc1340 troublec1400 vex?c1425 surprise1485 vizy1488 attaintc1534 heart-burn?1537 molest1559 gar1614 possess1617 misaffect1618 corrept1657 invalid1803 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of hostile agency) > attack with visit1424 vizy1488 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 381 His fadyr..wes wesyed with seknes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ii. 19 I sal visee ȝou vitht dreddour, vitht fyir ande vitht suellieg [sic]. 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 34 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 297 Throuch þhe will of god so as it was Thay war weseit with suddane soir seikness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > punish offence wreakc888 visita1325 vengea1340 punish1340 revenge1531 vizy1562 1562 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 151 To wisy all þir wrangus workis..God gife þe grace. 4. intransitive (or absol.) To look or gaze. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold belookeOE lookeOE beseec1000 stareOE showOE beholdc1175 seec1225 heedc1275 witec1320 advisec1325 to see to ——a1375 rewarda1382 to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385 blush?a1400 glift?a1400 visea1400 considerc1400 vizy1513 regard1523 spectate1709 to have a see1839 look-see1862 vision1898 screw1905 shufti1943 to take (or have) a shufti1943 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ix. 113 And weseand all about, I se at last This navy of ȝouris drawand hiddir fast. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Ciij And syne thay luke and visies throwe the cleir and purifyit watter quhill thay se the mussilis. 1899 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Shetland dial.). 5. To take aim with a gun, etc.; to aim at. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > aim cast1340 aimc1380 set14.. to lay, bend, take level1548 butt1553 vizyc1600 to level one's aim1667 to make aim1796 sight1842 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > take aim aim1566 vizyc1600 hold1881 to aim off1904 to draw down1907 c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 46 He..cuttit a small hole of the blak cloth that coverit the traleis, whareby he might vissie with his hagbute. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 161 They'll maybe hae been trying how weel they could vizy at the wild ducks. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 457 Some raw hands, when vizzying first at the nail in the bull's eye of the target with loaded ball [etc.]. Derivatives ˈvizying n. (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > observing or watching waiting1377 spialc1480 vizying1552 searchant1635 observe1830 outwatch1866 spotting1906 1552 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1913) X. 148 The lairdis of Corswell, Auchyngassill, Cowhill, commissioneris for veseing of the futemen to be rasit withtin the Sherefdomes quhair thai dwell. 1825 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. I. 236 Sometimes the rod was simply stretched across the vizzying hole, a convenient aperture through which the porter could take cognizance of the person applying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1720v.c1425 |
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