单词 | adraw |
释义 | † adrawv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To pull or draw out (also forth, back, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword) abraidOE braidOE adrawlOE drawlOE ydrawlOE out-braidc1330 outsheatha1400 undrawc1400 outhelea1500 unsheathea1542 nake1607 unscabbard1611 dissheathe1614 dismounta1616 lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 170 And he þa Malcus his swurd adroh and þæra eadigra fæmne þæt heafod of asloh. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 3732 His longe sweord he adroh [c1300 vt droþ]. a1300 (c1174) William of Canterbury Vita S. Thomae (Winch.) ii. xxxvi, in J. C. Robertson Materials for Hist. Thomas Becket (1875) I. 128 Huge de Morevile, ware, ware, ware, Lithulf heth his swerd adrage [v.r. adrawen]. 1344 Petition (P.R.O.) SC 2-192.9580 (MED) Phelip..souȝte hamsokne on þe vorseid Jon wiþ wepne adrawe. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2281 Hure swerdes þan þay a-drowe. c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in Stud. Philol. (1910) 6 15 (MED) Þer [sc. wicked spirits'] power was adraw be cause he made þe signe of þe cros. a1500 (?a1400) Firumbras (1935) l. 4514 (MED) Sone to þe cheyne sterte he þo, & vp adrow þe brigge. 2. intransitive. To withdraw; (with reflexive meaning) to withdraw oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 c1450 (c1420) J. Page Siege of Rouen (Bodl.) 67 (MED) The trewys adrew [c1475 Egerton The trewys leste but that day], and warre toke hys way. c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) l. 357 He segh þer many a wylde outlawe, Awey fro hem he wold adrawe, Yf þat he myȝt. ?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua Lyf St. Katherin of Senis (de Worde) ii. iv. sig. fv/1 The seke woman lay adrawyng on thre dayes and thre nyghtes soo that many folke..merueylled..that she suffred soo longe a peyne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). adrawadv.adj. Nautical. rare (archaic in later use). So as to swell out or draw with the wind (see draw v. 44). Also as adj.: (of a sail) swelling out with the wind, drawing. ΚΠ 1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. xxii. 177 We set our sail a drough, and so drove to the Southward. 2003 J. E. Fender Audacity vi. 53 Win the anchor and raise only after the sails are a-draw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.lOEadv.adj.1685 |
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