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PIÈGE, m._, amorce, embûche.— French Conversation and Composition
PIÈGE, _m. _, amorce, embûche.— French Conversation and Composition
One explained it as ` ` to prime, '' as when one primes a musket, from O.Fr. _amorce_, powder for the touchhole (Cotgrave), and the other by ` ` to bite '' (Lat. _mordere_), hence ` ` to indulge in biting, stinging or gnawing thoughts of slaughter. ''— Literary Blunders
[ "Ie commencay par vn temoignage de grand amour en son endroit, et par des louanges que ie luy iettay comme vne amorce pour le prendre dans les filets de la verite.— The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century
Wolff commenta l’ingénieux système de Leibnitz sur les monades, et noya dans un déluge de paroles, d’arguments, de corollaires, et de citations, quelques problèmes que Leibnitz avait jetées peut-être comme une amorce aux métaphysiciens.— Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities
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