| 单词 | with a powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a powder A hurry, a rush. Chiefly in †with a powder: in great haste; impetuously, violently, forcefully (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase] of hardc1330 at (the) utterance1480 hip and thigh1560 with a vengeance1568 with a powderc1600 with a siserary1607 full fling1614 with the vengeance1693 like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836 c1600 Club Law (1907) iii. iv. 1295 Ile sett you in with a powder. [stage direct.] (hee fells him.) ?1640 New Serm. of Newest Fashion (1877) 39 If I might have my will itt should goe downe with a pouder. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. v. 151 Jordan..comes down with a powder, and at set times overflowes all his bankes. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 515 Then in came the French, with a powder as we say, and everything was done and said a la mode de France. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 61 When th' heard a knocking, at the Gate Laid on in hast, with such a powder, The blows grew louder, still, and louder. 1766 E. Buys Sewel's Compl. Dict. Eng. & Dutch 603/3 Powder, to do a thing with a powder (or in great haste). c1780 in S. Gilpin Songs & Poems (1866) 275 [Cumberland] Heame set he in a powder. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Pooder, hurry: Off he went in sic a pooder. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words (at cited word) He was gaan at a tremendous pooder. < as lemmas |
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