| 单词 | by the yard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the yard ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > [phrase] > manner of taking or surrendering land by the yard1523 by the rod1607 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 13v There be other tenantes by copy of court role, and is called tenauntes per le virge .s. by the yerde. And they be called so, bycause whan they wolde surrendre their tenementes in to the lordes handes to the vse of another, they shall haue a lytell yerde in his hande by custome of the courte, & that he shall delyuer vnto the stewarde. 1559 T. Phaer Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) 48 b How the copy should be made of landes holden by the yarde. by the yard b. Vaguely, hyperbolically, or figuratively. by the yard: at great length, without end; also, of books or paintings: bought by quantity or size rather than for quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > yard > vaguely yardc1405 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 > relative properties > quantity > [phrase] > bought by quantity rather than for quality by the yard1933 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 192 Hir yelow heer was broyded in a tresse Bihynde hir bak a yerde long. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 113 His beard a foot before him, and his hair A yard behind. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 209/1 Latinisms,—yard-and-half-long words. 1845 J. W. Turner Razor Strop Man 3 He was spinning poetical rhyme by the yard; Had Shakespear been living 'twould astonish'd the bard. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green viii. 69 Spit us out a yard or two more, Gig-lamps. 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. v He..could talk by the yard of what little he did know. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. iv. 57 He had a face a yard long; I wondered what ailed him. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth (1906) 117 I danced it with some idiot who almost at once let yards and yards of my gauze frills get torn. 1933 J. Betjeman Ghastly Good Taste i. 12 The old books..can be sold..by the yard to America as wall decoration. 1976 ‘O. Bleeck’ No Questions Asked ii. 29 He bought fine paintings by the yard and rare books by the case. < as lemmas |
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