slovo | definícia |
Maihem (gcide) | Maihem \Mai"hem\ (m[=a]"h[e^]m), n.
See Maim, and Mayhem.
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maihem (gcide) | Maim \Maim\, n. [Written in law language maihem, and
mayhem.] [OF. mehaing. See Maim, v.]
1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body,
by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to
annoy his adversary.
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2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling;
mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential.
See Mayhem.
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Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want
there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
--Hooker.
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A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history
that the acts of Parliament should not be recited.
--Hayward.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
maihem (gcide) | Maihem \Mai"hem\ (m[=a]"h[e^]m), n.
See Maim, and Mayhem.
[1913 Webster]Maim \Maim\, n. [Written in law language maihem, and
mayhem.] [OF. mehaing. See Maim, v.]
1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body,
by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to
annoy his adversary.
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2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling;
mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential.
See Mayhem.
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Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want
there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
--Hooker.
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A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history
that the acts of Parliament should not be recited.
--Hayward.
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