 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 Seiten
...to obstruct. Not used. The rebek besieged them, winning the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants sight, and dead their shut. Carrw. To BLEND, va prêt. I blended ; anciently, bleat, [ble nban, Saxon.] I. To mingle together.... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...even ground on the top, by carrying ". up great trusses of hay before them to blench the " defendant's sight, and dead their shot ; after " which they could...resistance, for " no sooner should any one within peep his head " over those unflanked wals, but he became an " open marke to an whole showre of arrows.... | |
 | Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale - 1824 - 406 Seiten
...(fround on the top, by carrying up great trusses of Hoy before them to hlench the defender's sight, nnd dead their shot, after which they could make but slender resistance, for no sooucr shonld any one within pvep his head over those unflanked walls, but he hecame an open mark to... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 Seiten
...cause doth minister. fd. The rebels besieged them, winning the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants sight, and dead their shot. Careta. BLENCH, or BLANCH, a sort of tenure of land. To hold land in blench, is by payment of a sugarloaf,... | |
 | Clarkson Stanfield - 1836 - 304 Seiten
...the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them to blench the defenders' sight, and dead their shot, after which they could...slender resistance; for no sooner should any one within peep his head over those unflanked walls, but he became an open mark to a whole shower of arrows. This... | |
 | Alfred Henry Malan - 1902 - 392 Seiten
...the hill's foot by assault when the water was out, and then the even ground on the top by carrying up great trusses of hay before them to blench the defendants' sight and dead their shot. After which the resistance was but slender ; for as soon as any one within appeared he became an open mark for... | |
 | John Stephen Farmer - 1907 - 490 Seiten
...deceive, hinder, obstruct. " The rebels besieged them, winning the even ground on the top, by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants' sight, and dead their shot." — Carew, Survey of Cornwall (1602). BLEST, "God's dear blest" (IP3i6,c), ie happy or blessed, " people... | |
 | Frances Rose-Troup - 1913 - 560 Seiten
...on top by carrying great trusses of hay before them to— " blench the defendants' sight and deaden their shot : after which they could make but slender resistance : for no sooner should one within peep out his head over those enflanking walls, but he became an open mark to a whole shower... | |
 | Mrs. Frances James Rose-Troup - 1913 - 562 Seiten
...Mount, and, by assault won the plain at the hill's foot. They gained the even ground on top by carrying great trusses of hay before them to — " blench the defendants' sight and deaden their shot : after which they could make but slender resistance : for no sooner should one within... | |
 | 1898 - 630 Seiten
...the hill's foot by assault when the water was out, and then the even ground on the top by carrying up great trusses of hay before them to blench the defendants' sight and dead their shot. After which the resistance was but slender ; for as soon as any one within appeared he became an open mark for... | |
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... by assault when the water was out, and then the even ground on the top by carrying up great trusses of hay before them, to blench the defendants 
