canvassn.
/ˈkanvəs/, U.S. /ˈkænvəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > tossing about > instance of
canvass1611
toss1634
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Demenée,..a tumble tosse, canuasse.
a. A shock; esp. that of a sudden attack or surprise. Cf. canvasado n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > sudden or surprise attack
supprise1412
surprise1457
supprising1487
alarm1548
larum1549
canvasado1581
descent1587
surprisal1591
flaw1596
canvass1611
insult1710
swoop1824
flap1916
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Camisade, a camisado, canuas, or cold Pie; a suddain assaulting, or surprisall of the enemie.
1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 69 Levies..sufficient to give a Canvas to the Royal Army.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
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overheadc1400
stopc1450
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rabbeta1500
rakea1500
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stock1602
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pass1604
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stramazo1606
home thrust1622
longee1625
falsify?1635
false1637
traversion1637
canvassa1641
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flanconade1664
parry1673
fore-stroke1674
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remise1823
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tac-au-tac riposte1907
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replacement1933
punta dritta1961
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 184 For it is the sorest canvase that can be given an opposite, to beat him at his owne weapon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance
renunciation1418
rejectinga1425
reprobationa1425
rejectiona1464
abjection?1529
refute1535
abdication1552
abnegation1554
abrenunciation1557
recusancy1563
repudy1575
offcasting?1591
rejectment1599
defiancea1616
canvass1621
non-acceptation1622
repudiation1640
disacceptance1642
non-acceptance1647
disowning1656
discard1663
disownment1806
unacceptance1865
ding1949
negging1996
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 152 If he chance to misse, and haue a canvas, he is in a hell on the other side.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 421 But why shouldst thou take thy Canvas so to hart? It may be thou art not fit.
1652 J. Shirley Brothers ii. 14 in Six New Playes (1653) I ha' promis'd him As much as mariage comes too, and I lose My honor, if my Don receive the canvas.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun]
mootingOE
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mootc1225
sputingc1250
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arguingc1385
sputisounc1390
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luyte1477
disputation1489
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plead?a1513
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canvassing1565
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toil1597
discussion1598
tongue-work1598
agitation1600
canvass1611
fence1637
contestation1638
dispute1638
tongue-fence1643
actitation1661
1611 Bp. J. Hall Epist. III. v. iv. 55 Learned canuases of the deepe pointes of Diuinity.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems sig. V3v I..deem it worthy the canvase and discussion of sober and considerate men.
5. attributive.1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 5/4 It had never been their custom to preserve canvass books.
a. The action or process of personally soliciting votes before an election; including the notion of ascertaining the amount of support which a candidate may count upon. (Johnson makes it ‘The act of sifting voices, or trying them previously to the decisive act of voting’, but of this, apart from the actual solicitation of votes, there is no clear evidence. The first quot. is obscure, and may belong elsewhere, e.g. to canvas n. 6.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > solicitation of support, custom, etc. > soliciting votes
canvass1691
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > canvassing
canvassing1565
canvass1691
randing1842
mainstreeting1959
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) iv. 19 There are some, that are good in canuasses and factions, that are otherwise weake men.]
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 846 In the election..was the greatest canvas..in the memory of Man.
1788 Ld. Sheffield in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1861) II. 222 In short their success on the canvass quite astonished them.
1791 J. Mackintosh Parl. Suffrage in Wks. (1846) III. 229 Candidates and their..agents in every street during an active canvass.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. v. iv. 255 The results of the two canvasses were such as had been anticipated.
b. A scrutiny of votes in an election. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > scrutiny of votes
scrutiny1728
canvass1778
recanvass1819
1778 Laws State N.Y. c. 16 §9 To determine upon such Canvas and Estimate.
1879 Constit. Calif. in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (1888) II. App. 682 If all the returns have not been received, the canvass must be postponed... Upon the completion of said canvass and returns, the said Board shall immediately certify the same.
1903 N.Y. Sun 20 Nov. 5 The official canvass of the vote in the borough of Brooklyn was practically finished yesterday.
6. A solicitation of support, custom, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > solicitation of support, custom, etc.
solicitude1556
canvassing1565
appealing1600
labouring1619
touting1731
canvass1790
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 219 The other mode of ecclesiastical canvas subjects them [sc. bishoprics and cures] infinitely more surely and more generally to all the evil arts of low ambition. View more context for this quotation
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 78 One gentleman procured me nearly a hundred names for The Friend and..took frequent opportunity to remind me of his success in his canvass.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. vi. 218 The honors, which had before been..made the subject of a furious canvass.
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canvassv.
/ˈkanvəs/, U.S. /ˈkænvəs/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (transitive)] > toss in blanket
canvass1508
blanket1616
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [verb (transitive)] > toss in sheet
canvass1508
1508 Duke of Buckingham's Acc. in Brewer Cal. 497 To a child of the kitchen being kanivassed before my Lord.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 596 I kanvas a dogge or a matter, je trafficque.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues , Berner (see above).
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 35 + 1 Ile canuas thee in thy broad Cardinalls Hat, If thou proceed in this thy insolence [cf. 2 Hen. IV ii. iv. 226] . View more context for this quotation
a. transferred. To knock about, shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, batter, drub. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
to-beatc893
threshOE
bustc1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
berrya1250
to-bunea1250
touchc1330
arrayc1380
byfrapc1380
boxc1390
swinga1400
forbeatc1420
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noddlea1450
forslinger1481
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baste1533
waulk1533
slip1535
peppera1550
bethwack1555
kembc1566
to beat (a person) black and blue1568
beswinge1568
paik1568
trounce1568
canvass1573
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fustigate1656
brush1665
squab1668
raddle1677
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slam1691
bebump1694
to give (a person) his load1694
fag1699
towel1705
to kick a person's butt1741
fum1790
devel1807
bray1808
to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813
mug1818
to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821
welt1823
hidea1825
slate1825
targe1825
wallop1825
pounce1827
to lay into1838
flake1841
muzzle1843
paste1846
looder1850
frail1851
snake1859
fettle1863
to do over1866
jacket1875
to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877
to take apart1880
splatter1881
to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884
to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886
to do up1887
to —— (the) hell out of1887
to beat — bells out of a person1890
soak1892
to punch out1893
stoush1893
to work over1903
to beat up1907
to punch up1907
cream1929
shellac1930
to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931
duff1943
clobber1944
to fill in1948
to bash up1954
to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976
to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983
beast1990
becurry-
fan-
1573 W. Smith 12 Jests Wyddow Edyth xii. sig. Hiiiv I should canvas thee, and make thee lame.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1845/1 Howe lustily the Englishe Canons did canuass and batter his Humishe Castell Walles.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. vii. 23 Hercules did canuase so his carkas.
1643 Subj. of Supremacie, etc. 57 To play..at the cudgels, to canvase one another with crosse blowes.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]
greetc893
overfallOE
riseOE
assail?c1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
onseekc1275
to set on ——c1290
infighta1300
saila1300
to go upon ——c1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
annoyc1380
impugnc1384
offendc1385
to fall on ——a1387
sault1387
affrayc1390
to set upon ——1390
to fall upon ——a1398
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semblea1400
assayc1400
havec1400
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attachc1425
to set at ——c1430
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oppugn?a1475
sayc1475
envaye1477
pursue1488
envahisshe1489
assaulta1500
to lay to, untoa1500
requirea1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
assemblec1515
expugn1530
to fare on1535
to fall into ——1550
mount1568
attack?1576
affront1579
invest1598
canvass1599
to take arms1604
attempt1605
to make force at, to, upon1607
salute1609
offence1614
strikea1616
to give a lift at1622
to get at ——1650
insult1697
to walk into ——1794
to go in at1812
to go for ——1838
to light on ——1842
strafe1915
1599 J. Hayward 1st Pt. Henrie IIII 53 The north parts were many times canvased, and..almost consumed by the Scots.
a. figurative. To buffet or ‘thrash’ (a person) in writing; to criticize destructively and unsparingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely
to be sharp upon1561
crossbite1571
scarify1582
canvass1590
maul1592
slasha1652
fib1665
to be severe on (or upon)1672
scalp1676
to pull to (or in) pieces1703
roast1710
to cut up1762
tomahawk1815
to blow sky-high1819
row1826
excoriate1833
scourge1835
target1837
slate1848
scathe1852
to take apart1880
soak1892
pan1908
burn1914
slam1916
sandbag1919
to put the blast on (someone)1929
to tear down1938
clobber1944
handbag1952
rip1961
monster1976
society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about > satirize or lampoon
billc1450
pistle1589
canvass1590
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pasquila1648
lampoona1657
pasquin1683
parodize1768
pasquinade1779
besquib1813
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. B4 Some..haue for their satiricall inuectiues been well canuased.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Berné He hath beene throughly canvassed; (a phrase most commonly applied to an ignorant or dull-headed fellow, that hath prouoked a learned penne, or tongue, to fall aboord him).
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Dij I leaue him to your learned penne: canuase him according to his merits.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] > destructively
canvass1577
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vi. sig. L.iij/1 Therfore did the Gentiles baite & canuase it too and fro with wonderfull preatie quipps.
1589 Nashe in Greene Menaph. (Arb.) Ded. Some desperate quipper will canvaze my proposed comparison.
1615 Luther's Comm. 1 Pet. v. 51 These words have been so canvassed and wrested by my Lord the Pope.
4. † b. To investigate or examine physically. Obsolete.† c. ‘To discuss’ (a dish). Obsolete.
a. figurative. To shake out or discuss (a subject or matter), so that its parts may be thoroughly investigated; to discuss, criticize, scrutinize fully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]
dispute1340
discuss1402
reason?c1425
mootc1475
arguea1513
canvass1530
ventilate?1530
deliberate1536
devisea1538
expostulate1573
agitate1598
imparlc1600
exagitate1610
eventilate?1625
altercate1683
litigate1740
spar1744
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > examination by discussion > examine by discussion [verb (transitive)]
examinec1384
discussa1400
discutea1475
canvass1530
ventilate?1530
to go through ——1535
touta1568
dissert1623
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 596/2 This mater hath be canvassed in dede.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 11 Sutch matters have bene thurrouly canvissid long ago.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. vii. 15 Canvacing many titles, at length they pitched upon Eminency.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xvii. 65 They canvassed the matter, with..much good-natured earnestness.
1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 343 An opportunity to canvass the characters of the witnesses.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. viii. 103 It was canvassed and criticised sentence by sentence.
1864 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 487 Clubs where the reputations of men are coolly canvassed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc.
perambulate1450
perlustrate1535
view1539
explorate?1549
explore1577
perlustrea1600
reacknowledge1622
canvass1652
reconnoitre1712
recce1943
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. ii. sig. Qqqq2v Having thorowly canvassed all the Eastern shores, he turned his course.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)]
eatc825
to-fret?c1225
vourc1330
dinec1380
to eat inc1450
engorge1541
tooth1579
canvass1602
get1603
eat1607
manger1609
upeat1630
dispatch1711
feed1725
yam1725
to eat off1733
repartake1751
patter1803
chop1833
smouse1840
to stow away1858
to put oneself outside ——1865
to get outside ——1876
to feed down1887
1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) ii. vi. 33 I inuited the hungry slaue..to the canuasing of a Turkey pie.
d. intransitive. To debate; to discuss.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)]
mootOE
sannc1175
sputea1225
argue1303
argumentc1320
strive1340
proceedc1390
reason?c1425
to roll the stone1581
argumentate1586
discuss1587
litigate1606
canvass1631
argumentizea1641
to take by the beard1809
dudgeon1859
1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 40 That he should neyther canvasse over idle Pamphlets, nor give beleefe to old wives Fables.
a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) V. 169 Having canvassed over the first part of Sir George's letter.
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. x. 178 I..canvassed for a moment whether I should make use of this.
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. iii. 49 We sat there canvassing over the affair.
e. transitive. To scrutinize, so as to reject bad votes. Also in early use: to challenge or dispute (an election). Cf. canvasser n. d. Obsolete exc. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (transitive)] > scrutinize
canvassa1715
scrutinize1750
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 530 The poll was closed when the Court thought they had the majority: But upon casting it up it appeared they had lost it: So they fell to canvass it.
1778 Laws State N.Y. c. 16 §9 The said joint Committee..[shall] canvas and estimate the Votes.
1791 Mass. Mag. Sept. 590/1 General Jackson is canvassing the election of General Wayne.
1792 J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1891) III. 428 Tiogo will most probably not be canvassed, as the box was delivered by a person deputed by a deputy.
1879 Constit. Calif. in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (1888) II. App. 682 The officers..whose duty it is, under law, to receive and canvass the returns from the several precincts of their respective counties..must then and there proceed to canvass the returns.
1947 Chicago Daily News 17 Jan. 14/2 When the popular votes for governor are canvassed by the legislature only a candidate with a majority of all the votes shall be qualified.
ΚΠ
1688 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 289 The hero [William III] is now at St. James's..By what I collect, the ambitious and the covetous will be canvassed for places of honour, and rich employment.
6. intransitive. To solicit; esp. to solicit votes or support previously to an election; also, to solicit support, contributions, orders for goods, etc. (Johnson says ‘To try votes previously to the decisive act’.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > solicit help, votes, etc.
canvass1524
to pray in aid1531
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (intransitive)] > solicit support
canvass1524
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > canvass
canvass1681
randy1709
rand1740
campaign1884
1524 H. Latimer Let. 14 Oct. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 296 This object is so seriously taken up, and canvassed for..in so eager or rather so ardent a spirit.
a1626 F. Bacon Apophthegm 65 in Wks. I. 364 Elizabeth being to resolve upon an officer, and being by some that canvassed for others, put in some doubt of that person she meant to advance.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 510 (R.) He that should give his voice unto Christ, because there was no body else to canvass for it.
1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 342 Every one began to canvas for Elections in the ensuing Parliament.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 119 This crime of canvassing or solliciting for Church-Preferment.
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xv. 160 She had begun to canvass with her brother and her uncle, to bespeak their votes.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xix. 215 Unwilling to canvass personally for a seat in the new Parliament.
7. transitive.† a. To sue for or solicit (a thing). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]
yearnOE
bid971
seek971
askOE
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desirec1330
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nurnc1400
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require1400
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request1549
implore?c1550
to speak for ——1560
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obtest?1577
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mendicate1618
petition1621
imprecate1636
conjurea1704
speer1724
canvass1768
kick1792
I will thank you to do so-and-so1813
quest1897
to hit a person up for1917
1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts Pref. 19 He..was not likely to canvass the favour of the father by prostituting his pen to the humour of the court.
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. iv. 75 Even kings sometimes canvassed that title [‘citizen of Athens’] for themselves and their children.
b. To sue or solicit (persons, a district) for votes, subscriptions, custom, orders, etc.; esp. to solicit the support of a constituency, by going through and interviewing the individual electors; to ascertain by this means the number of one's supporters.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > petition or appeal for > votes, custom, etc.
canvass1812
run1866
pull1896
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (transitive)] > canvass
rand1740
canvass1812
1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 638/1 His inability to canvas the Livery in person.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iii. 161 Mr. Paull, having canvassed unsuccessfully the borough of Westminster, ceased to be a member.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. vi. 342 His most trustworthy agent..was now actively canvassing the governments and peoples of Germany.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxi. 27 Having canvassed the town and county of Aberdeen [for]..adherents to the Covenant.
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n.1611
v.1508- to groan in oneself
- to groan in the spirit
- to groan inwardly
- to groan one's heart out
- to groan with the heart
- to groom up
- to groove into
- to grope a gull
- to grope and grabble
- to lay violent hands on
- to lay violent hands upon
- to lay wait
- to lay waste
- to lay watch
- to lay wed
- to lay weight upon
- to lay woolward
- to lay your heads together
- to lay … before
- to lay, bend, take level
- to lay, fasten a gripe on, upon
- to lay, form a line
- to lay, lap in lead
- to lay, leave in the suds
- to lay, lie, or be at the door of