单词 | without doors |
释义 | without doorsadv.adj. Obsolete or rare (archaic). 1. Out of doors, outside the house, in the open air. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > out of doors outOE without doorc1275 thereoutc1325 abroad?c1335 out at door (also doors)c1386 out of doors1530 thereforthc1540 forth adoors1607 forth of door(s1607 without doors1617 al fresco1717 outdoorsa1729 out-by1753 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 63 Our meat we bought our selues,..and we fetched our beere without doores. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 27 At the latter end of the year..no brick-work without doores ought to be laid. 1696 A. Telfair New Confut. Sadducism 4 The Family being all without-doors. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 83. ¶1 When the Weather hinders me from taking my Diversions without Doors. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 621 Without doors they use a kind of wooden patten. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxviii. 252 The preparations without doors had not been neglected. 2. transferred and figurative. Outside the community (family, nation, etc.); †spec. outside Parliament (= out of door, out of doors at door n. Phrases 4). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adverb] > outside a body or community without1297 without doors1696 outside1865 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [phrase] > outside a parliament or senate without doors1696 1696 C. Davenant Ess. E.-India Trade 21 Some Persons (without Doors)..profess themselves Open Enemies to the Traffick in General. 1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. 55 Senates are like to have little Regard for any Proposals that come from without Doors. 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 5. ¶22 Those who are Without-Doors, should do their Duty by supporting such Patriots. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvii. 115 It will not be necessary..to take the trouble of answering..the quotation from a speech without doors. 1792 E. Burke Speech 11 May (1816) IV. 51 The House was untainted..by those false principles which had been so amply circulated without doors. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iv. 87 He who beat all enemies without doors, found a fair foe who could belabour him within. 3. attributive or as adj. = without door adj.. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > outdoor outward1546 without doors1654 outdoor1748 al fresco1760 extra-foraneous1781 out of doors1822 open air1830 open-airish1837 outstationed1862 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > outside a sphere of activity (of affairs) outwardc1390 without doors1654 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > that exists or is done in the open air outward1546 subdial1647 without doors1654 subaeriala1703 outdoor1748 al fresco1760 extra-foraneous1781 out of door1786 out of doors1822 open air1851 open-aired1873 hypaethral1875 out-by1896 1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 139 in 2 Serm. The Daughters of Sarah, whom the meeknesse of their Sex hath priviledged from following without doors affairs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmaswithout doors P7. without doors: out of doors. ΚΠ a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxi. 118 Hee may sit without doores long enough. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 298 A Jew is not permitted to appear without-doors save in black. < adv.adj.1617 as lemmas |
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