A burying-place; a sepulchre, tomb.
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] (117) buriels854 A burying-place; a sepulchre, tomb. througheOE A coffin, esp. one made of stone; a sarcophagus. Also: a tomb, a sepulchre; a grave. Obsolete. burianOE A tomb, sepulchre. Obsolete. graveOE A place of burial; an excavation in the earth for the reception of a corpse; †formerly often applied loosely to a receptacle for the dead not formed… lairc1000 The resting place of a corpse; a grave, tomb. Now only Scottish, a plot in a graveyard. lair-stowc1000 a burial-place. lich-restc1000 a place for a corpse to rest, a burial-place. pitOE A hole dug in the ground for a dead body; a grave; (now chiefly) a mass grave. Cf. plague pit n. at plague, n. compounds 2, pit-hole, n. 2. grass-bedOE a person's grave; (also) a battlefield on which a warrior dies. buriness1175 A burial-place; a grave, tomb. earth housec1200 figurative. A grave. Obsolete. sepulchrec1200 A tomb or burial-place, a building, vault, or excavation, made for the interment of a human body. Now only rhetorical or Historical. tombc1300 A place of burial; an excavation, chamber, vault, or other space used for the interment of the dead; a grave. lakec1320 A pit; a den (of lions); occasionally a grave. Obsolete. buriala1325 A burying place, grave, or tomb. Obsolete. monumenta1325 A tomb, a sepulchre. Also figurative (see quot. 1475). Obsolete. burying-place1382 A place of burial, a tomb; now usually = burying-ground, n. resting placea1387 More fully last (also final) resting place. The place where a dead person is laid to rest, esp. a grave. sepulturea1387 A burial-place, grave, tomb: = sepulchre, n. 1. Now only archaic. beda1400 figurative. The grave: usually with some qualification, as narrow bed, or contextual indication. earth-beda1400 Chiefly poetic. A grave. Cf. bed, n. 4. Obsolete. longhousea1400 The grave; the last resting place after death. Cf. long home at home, n.1 3. Obsolete. laystow1452 = laystall, n. 1. lying1480 spec. The state of being buried; concrete place of sepulture. Obsolete. delfa1500 A grave. Obsolete. worms' kitchen?a1500 (with the) the grave. bier1513 transferred. A tomb, a sepulchre. laystall1527 A burial-place. Obsolete. funeral?a1534 A person's death. Obsolete. lay-bed1541 The bed in which something is laid or lies. A grave. Now dialect. restall1557 A tomb, grave, vault, etc., in which a person is buried; a burial place. cellarc1560 In extended and figurative use. Something likened to a cellar, esp. in being dark, deep, or hidden. burying-grave1599 pit-hole1602 A grave. Now English regional (Suffolk). urn1607 An earthenware or metal vessel or vase of a rounded or ovaloid form and with a circular base, used by various peoples esp. in former times (notably… cell1609 Applied to the grave (often with some notion of sense 4). Now chiefly in narrow cell: see narrow cell, n. 2. hearse1610 A bier; a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave. Obsolete or archaic. polyandrum1627 A tomb, a grave. requietory1631 A sepulchre. burial-place1633 A place of burial; a place, as a vault, church, piece of ground, etc., set apart for the interment of the dead; a burying-place. mortuary1654 A burial place, a sepulchre. Obsolete. narrow cell1686 Chiefly poetic. The grave. Cf. narrow house n. at narrow, adj. n.compounds 2. ground-sweat1699 the grave; to take a ground-sweat, to lie in the grave. sacred place1728 narrow house1792 the grave; cf. narrow cell, n. 2. plot1852 Originally North American = burial plot n. at burial, n. additions. Frequently in family plot. narrow bed1854 Phrases and locutions belonging to preceding senses. Qualified by an adjective or attributive noun, as narrow bed, the grave; wedlock bed = marriag… Subcategories:— anything like or used as (3) — within a church (3) — of holy man (1) — of one dead by bloodshed (1) — of one who died in battle (3) — common grave (4) — containing stone implements (1) — cave (2) — mound (22) — stone covering grave (15) — grave goods (13) — shroud to cover Muslim tombs (2) |
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