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semicircled, ppl. a. Chiefly poet.|ˈsɛmɪsɜːk(ə)ld|
[f. semicircle n. + -ed.]
Of the form of a semicircle; arranged as in a semicircle.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. iii. i, When the Moon begins To ioine in one her semi-circled hornes. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. iii. 68 A semi-circled farthingale. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farm ii. xlviii. 241 Seeds, which as soone as they are ripe, are like Marigold seeds, white, rough, and semicircled. 1629Quarles Argalus & Parth. iii. Wks. (Grosart) III. 277/1 Now and then a kisse Would interpose like a parenthesis, Betweene their semicircled armes, inclos'd. 1834Disraeli Rev. Epick i. i. 9 Rank above rank in semicircled grace. |