| 单词 | by the great |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the great a. estimation or measurement of any kind. Whence the phrases by the great (obsolete) = by wholesale, by piecemeal(s, by retail, etc. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 26 And ge etaþ hlaf be gewihte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13779 Fif hundred bi tale fusden to-somne. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1291 Seuyn thousand be sowme all of sure knightes. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Lament. iii. 16 And he hath broken my teeth by number. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. iii. 4 A space..about two thousand cubites by measure. View more context for this quotation 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 203 They sell it by weight. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 128 For ev'ry Bloom..An Autumn Apple was by tale restor'd. View more context for this quotation 1886 Law Times 80 166/2 A miner..paid by piecework. by the great c. by the great, (earlier) †by great (obsolete). extracted from greatadj.n.adv.int.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > as a whole [phrase] more and lessa1400 by greatc1475 of greatc1503 more and min1578 as a whole1643 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > in large quantities by (also at, in) wholesale1417 in great1447 by greatc1475 by the whole1592 by the yard1845 in block1870 in bulk1908 like peas1959 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] in oneOE on heapa1000 at oncea1300 to heapa1300 in (or a) gatheringc1540 into one1577 by great1579–80 c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 33 (MED) Ȝette aȝte he thritte powunde bi grete. 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 925 Not..to carry away their dead bodies by great altogether, but every city one after another. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iv. sig. H Doe they not thriue best, when they vtter moste, and make it away by the great? a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttt3v/1 Bastinadoes by the great. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 14 Death did at length so many slain forget; And lost the tale, and took 'em by the great. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 237 They are apt to swallow every thing by the great which they see in print. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] heap-mealc897 by greata1513 in gross1538 by wholesale1592 full tide1709 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxiiii/1 All thyng that was solde by retayle the seller shuld pay ye Exaccion, & that whyche was solde by great, the byer shulde paye the sayde exaccyon. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 v A Merchant..that sells commodities of good cheere by the great. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Staple, any Towne..appointed for Merchants..to carrie their..commodities vnto, for the better sale of them to other Merchants by the great. a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 34 Yow..bought wax and Hony vp byth Great. 1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) i. x. 38 A friend of mine was notably cozened in a bargaine of timber hee bought by the great, in a mistie morning. 1707 G. Miège Present State Great Brit. I. ix. 137 The Fishmongers of the Town buy it up by the great, and afterwards sell it by retail. 1728 tr. R. Aubert de Vertot D'Aubeuf Hist. Knights of Malta I. vii. 400 He sold by retail what he had bought by the great, and employed the produce of it in keeping his mistresses. (c) spec. Of work: at a fixed price for completion of the whole task or for each piece. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > specific payment per job by the great1523 at the great1699 bob a job1944 1523 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paied to a carpenter by grete for mendyng of Myster Collettis house. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 54v To let out thy haruest, by great or by day, let this by experience, leade thee awaye. By great will deceiue thee, with lingring it out: by day will dispatch, & put all out of dout. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. iv. 471 If any Artificer or Labourer..taking any worke by the great. 1635 Sir E. Verney in F. P. Verney et al. Mem. Verney Family Civil War (1892) I. 128 If you fiend him fidle about his woarke, agree with him by the great. 1659 T. Willsford Architectonice 3 When bricks are deare, and lime is cheap, the workman by the Great will use more morter. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 55 Many workmen had rather agree by the Great, and find all materials, than for workman-ship only. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 505. ¶7 I..interpret by the Great for any Gentlewoman who is turned of Sixty, after the rate of half a Crown per Week. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 242 To..keep Hirelings in Garrets, at hard Meat, to write and correct by the Great. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 3 I have contracted to physic the parish-poor by the great. 1814 Encycl. Londinensis XII. 7/1 Labourers taking work by the great, and leaving the same unfinished..are to suffer one month's imprisonment. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 404 [In Lincolnshire] In harvest..the cutting is done ‘by the grate’...Hay-mowing, corn-cutting, &c., are commonly executed by the ‘grate’. 1862 Mrs. Grote Coll. Papers 158 [Buckinghamshire] Piece-work or ‘by the grate’. 1893 N. Ponce de León Technol. Dict. II. 738/2 Trabajar, to do task work, to job, to work by the great. 2000 R. G. Wilson & A. L. Mackley Creating Paradise v. 148 It was Lord Cardigan's practice to employ few regular full-time men, instead contracting for nearly all work ‘by the great’, a fixed price being agreed with individuals or groups of men. < as lemmas |
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