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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125963" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74472" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74472" /> == | ||
<p> The chief hero of [[Troy]] in the war with the Greeks, the son of [[Priam]] and Hecuba; fought with the bravest of the enemy and finally slew Patroclus, the friend of Achilles ( <i> q. v </i> .), which roused the latter from his long lethargy to challenge him to fight; Achilles chased him three times round the city, pierced him with his spear, and dragged his dead body after his chariot round Ilium; his body was at the command of [[Zeus]] delivered up to Priam and buried with great pomp within the city walls. </p> | <p> The chief hero of [[Troy]] in the war with the Greeks, the son of [[Priam]] and Hecuba; fought with the bravest of the enemy and finally slew Patroclus, the friend of Achilles ( <i> q. v </i> .), which roused the latter from his long lethargy to challenge him to fight; Achilles chased him three times round the city, pierced him with his spear, and dragged his dead body after his chariot round Ilium; his body was at the command of [[Zeus]] delivered up to Priam and buried with great pomp within the city walls. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:29, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
(2): ( n.) A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
(3): ( v. t.) To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The chief hero of Troy in the war with the Greeks, the son of Priam and Hecuba; fought with the bravest of the enemy and finally slew Patroclus, the friend of Achilles ( q. v .), which roused the latter from his long lethargy to challenge him to fight; Achilles chased him three times round the city, pierced him with his spear, and dragged his dead body after his chariot round Ilium; his body was at the command of Zeus delivered up to Priam and buried with great pomp within the city walls.
