单词 | without welt or gard |
释义 | > as lemmaswithout welt or gard b. figurative. Chiefly in phrase without welt or gard. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I2 Who reades Plutarchs eyther historie or philosophy, shall finde, hee trymmeth..theyr garments, with gards of Poesie. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Bv A plaine alehouse without welt or gard of anie Iuibush. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 55 O Rimes are gardes on wanton Cupids hose. 1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus 95 The words are plaine, without either welt, or gard. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. xxxiii. 54 I am a Protestant, without wealt [mod. ed. wealth] , or gard. 1692 R. Steele in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. (Ps. xviii. 25) 295 Jacob was a plain man without welt or gard. < as lemmas |
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