The phrase "Against The Day" in Mason & Dixon

[David Payne]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:25:42 -0600, Dave Monroe fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:
> Is it ["against the day"] listsed in the OED anybody?
Yes -- it appears in nine usage quotations (BTW, many public and university libraries offer free use of the OED online):
 
1560 in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. xvii. 208 Against the day of ordering.., to give open recognizations to all men.
 
1596 BACON Elem. Common Lawes (1635) II. i. 21 Against the day they should have appeared above, to returne the verdict read in the Court above, which returne is called a Postea.
 
1620 J. ROGERS Disc. Christian Watchfulnesse 93 Wee make Queries: and put cases, and beate our braines to deceiue our selues against the day of the Lord.
 
1761 T. MORTIMER Ev. Man his own Broker ii. (1762) 82 Against the day of settling he has made out, what he calls his list.
 
1726 J. THOMPSON Winter 7 Where are..your aerial Magazines reserv'd, Against the Day of Tempest perilous?
 
1848 CLOUGH Amours de Voy. I. 106 These, that fanaticized Europe. 1860 Sat. Rev. X. 357/2 The object is..to fanaticize the mob against the day of trial.
 
1956 Nature 21 Jan. 120/1 The information can be conveniently stored against the day when better interpretation methods allow one to make the fullest use of the recordings, without having to reshoot in areas which are often exceedingly difficult of access.
 
1966 I. JEFFERIES House Surgeon iii. 31 Anybody graph the survival rates against the day of admission?
 
1977 F. BRANSTON Up & Coming Man xv. 172 We..broke open a fine crusted bottle of Sainsbury's Spanish which we had been hoarding against the day when we could afford to cook in wine again.

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