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waved, ppl. a.|weɪvd| [f. wave v. + -ed1.] 1. Having the form of waves, presenting a wavy outline or appearance, undulating, undulated. a. gen.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 86 In the hole is laied good store of wood, whereon is raised gallantly a waued roofe. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iv. Captains 114 A large Cave,..Whose waved Seeling,..The Nymphs..rarely had imbost With Pearls and Rubies. 1768Boswell Corsica i. (ed. 2) 25 A rich waved country..reaches along the east and south coasts to Bonifaccio. 1808E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 61 This surface..is gently waved, rising with a varied swell from a small hollow, or valley. 1863Illustr. Lond. News 1 Aug. 116/4 Advt., Crinoline.—The Patent Ondina, or Waved Jupon, does away with the unsightly results of the ordinary hoops. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Waved Wheel. The edge of the wheel is waved or convoluted so that as it revolves it imparts a lateral oscillation to an arm, pitman, or what not. 1890Hessels Corpus Gloss. Introd. p. xi, [The letter] l, with a waved stroke through it, indicates uel. b. of hair, etc.
1863‘Holme Lee’ A. Warleigh III. 58 Her hat in her lap, and her waved brown hair uncovered. 1884McLaren Spinning (ed. 2) 6 Take some hairs and some fibres of South Down wool and hold them together. The hair will hang straight and smooth, the wool will be curly, something like a corkscrew, and will have a waved appearance. 1913Play Pictorial No. 138, p. vi/2 The waved hair is drawn smoothly back from the forehead. c. Her. = undee, wavé, wavy.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. iii. 44 Of these [Lines] some are..Waued. 1680Sir G. Mackenzie Sci. Her. 26 Waved is so call'd, from the waves of the Sea, which it represents, and is therefore called undê, and is used for signifying that the Bearer got his Arms for service done at sea. Ibid. 44 A cross waved. Crux undosa. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Waved or Wavy. d. Of a sword, dagger, etc.: Having the edge undulated. Also in Her.
1688Holme Armoury iii. xviii. (Roxb.) 126/1 He beareth Azure, a waved sword, or a sword waved, or wavey. 1780Edmondson Heraldry II. Gloss., Waved Sword, by some erroneously called a flaming sword. 1855tr. Labarte's Arts Mid. Ages p. xxxv, Malay knife.., blade waved. 2. Having undulated markings. Of silk, etc. = watered. Also in comb. † waved-wise adv.
1547in Feuillerat Revels Edw. VI (1914) 14 Gardyd abowtes with clothe of golde wavyd wyse. 1601Holland Pliny viii. xlviii. I. 228 The waved water chamelot was from the beginning esteemed the richest and bravest wearing. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 406 Fish..through Groves Of Coral stray, or sporting with quick glance Show to the Sun thir wav'd coats dropt with Gold. 1711Fr. Bk. Rates 378 Camblets, watered and not watered, waved, and not waved. 3. Bot., Zool., and Min. Undulate; having a wavy form or texture; having wavy markings.
1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 6 The Gray, or Horse-Fly. Her eye is..of a semisphæroidal figure; black and waved. 1776J. Lee Introd. Bot. Expl. Terms 379 Flexuosus, waved, bent backwards and forwards from Bud to Bud. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 673 Leaves..waved at the edge. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 187 The hinge..without tooth, waved and rather sinuous and unequal. 1841Florist's Jrnl. (1846) II. 277 The sepals and petals are very linear and waved. 1843W. Humble Dict. Geol. etc. (ed. 2), Waved,..In botany, applied to the margins of leaves, when bordered alternately with numerous minute segments of circles and angles. In entomology, applied to insects when the margin of the body is marked with a succession of arched incisions. 1845A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 2) 112 A slightly waved or sinuous margin is said to be repand. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 276 Lobes of lower lip subequal, waved and toothed. b. In specific names of animals, plants, etc.
1668Charleton Onomast. 130 Raia Vndulata..the waved Scate. 1681Grew Musæum i. §vi. ii. 147 The Great Waved-Muscle..is commonly found in the Red-Sea. 1822Hortus Anglicus II. 397 Aster Undulatus. Waved Star Wort. 1824R. K. Greville Flora Edin. 20 Aira flexuosa..Waved Hair-grass. 1832Rennie Consp. Butterfl. & Moths 139 The Waved Carpet (Emmelesia sylvata, Stephens). Comb.1796Marshall Planting II. 66 The Curled Cistus, or Waved-leaved Rock Rose. 4. Moved in waves.
1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. iv. 187 'Tis the deep music of the rolling world Kindling within the strings of the waved air æolian modulations. 5. Held aloft and moved to and fro.
1883R. Broughton Belinda i. iii, A burly middle-aged figure gesticulating with raised arms and waved umbrella in mid-road. 1891F. Tennyson Daphne 3 Beeches swung their heads Before the waved banners of the winds. 1916Bayfield tr. Ovid's Met. xi. in 19th Cent. May 1013 She..was the first to see Her lord..Who with waved hand made signal, and her own She waved in answer. |