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hearth-rug
ˈhearth-rug a. A rug laid before a fireplace to protect the carpet or floor.1824 Scott St. Ronan's viii, A setter is..fitter for his place on the hearth-rug than a pointer. 1835 Dickens Sk. Boz, Brokers & Mar.-Store, A bright red, blue, and yellow hearth-rug. 1869 Trollope He Knew i. (1878) 6 He wou...
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Mrs Dalloway
The narrator describes Septimus and Evans behaving together like "two dogs playing on a hearth-rug" who, inseparable, "had to be together, share with each
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ominously
ominously, adv. (ˈɒmɪnəslɪ) [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an ominous manner, by way of omen or presage, portentously. † a. In general sense; or spec. With presage of good, auspiciously, happily. Obs.1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 21/1, I have my selfe very luckylye and ominouslye done the same. a ...
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rug
rug/rʌg; rʌɡ/ n1 thick floor-mat (usu smaller than a carpet) 厚地毯(通常比carpet小) a `hearth-rug 壁炉前的小地毯.2 piece of thick warm fabric used as a blanket or covering 厚毯子 a `travelling-rug, ie for covering a passenger's knees in a car, etc 旅行毯(乘坐汽车等时, 盖住膝部的).3 (idm 习语) pull the carpet/rug from under sb's fee...
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rug
▪ I. rug, n.1 Sc. (rʌg) Also 5 ruge. [f. rug v.1] 1. A pull, a tug.c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 367 Wiþe a ruge þe rapis al He crakkyt in to pecis smalle. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxii. 60 The claith that claif to his clere hyde, Thai raif away with ruggis rude. 1719 Ramsay To Arbuckle 23, I ga'e the ...
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stir
▪ I. stir, n.1 (stɜː(r)) Forms: see stir v. [f. the verb. ONorthumbrian had ᵹestir (only once, glossing actio in Rit. Dunelm. 187). The cognate ON. styr-r masc. (see stir v.) may possibly be in part the source of the Sc. and northern uses, which (in the β forms) are recorded from the 14th c.] The ac...
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