| 单词 | white colours |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite colours ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > cessation of hostilities > suspension of hostilities > flag of white flag1578 flag1582 white colours1614 truce-flag1876 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket v. 239 I haue read of Tamberlaine, that the first day of his siege was honoured with his white Colours, the second with fatall red, but the third with finall blacke. 1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie sig. Z2 Long, long, haue the white colours of peace hung in our eye. 1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 84 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) Sebastian..commanded one of his Souldiers to hold up the white colours at his Spears-end, in token of his surrendring. 1791 Star 28 Oct. The Marocquees had hoisted white colours, and offered to raise the siege within 24 hours. 1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. iv. ii. 335 Although the Orleans family has no legitimate blood of Louis XIV. in its veins, this was probably not the reason why Louis Philippe took every occasion of repudiating the white colours. < as lemmas |
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