释义 |
† ˈby-slip Obs. [f. by- 2 b + slip n.] 1. A casual or trivial fault.
1612Chapman Widow's T. v, Might it not concur with..your office..to wink a little at a by-slip or so? 2. transf. A bastard. Cf. by-scape.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 37 As Pope Paul the third carried himself to his ungracious by-slips (an Incubus could not have begot worse). |