| 单词 | by dint of sword |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby dint of sword ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [adverb] > by force of arms with spear and shielda1300 by dint of sworda1330 by force of1611 a1330 Roland & V. 10 Alle the londes that were in Spayne, With dint Of swerd wan Charlmain. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xvii. 330 The sones..goten mekell good by dynte of swerd. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1774/1 With the dint of sword the band of bondage brast. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I2v You haue put all Poetrie to the dint of sword. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 90 He..by his skill, No less then Dint of Sword, could kill. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 262 Even now they [Turks] maintain what they have by mere Dint of Sabre. < as lemmas |
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