| 释义 |
quilled, a. and ppl. a.|kwɪld|
[f. quill n.1 and v. + -ed.]
1. Having the form of a quill or quills.
a. of cinchona bark: see quill n.1 1 d.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Cortex, The small, fine, quilled barks..are the most esteemed. 1786T. Skeetes (title) Experiments and Observations on Quilled and Red Peruvian Bark. 1822–34Good's Stud. Med. (ed. 4) I. 630 The lance-leaved, pale, or quilled bark. 1895Chambers' Encycl. s.v. Cinchona, The quilled form of the thinner bark is acquired in drying.
b. of cloth: see quill v. 1. Also (of persons) quilled up: wearing a quilled ruff.
1783Colman Prose Sev. Occas. (1787) III. 237 (The Maidens of Queen Bess's reign) Quill'd up like Porcupines, they shot their darts. 1804Collins Scripscrap 32 A close quill'd-up coif, their noddles just did fit. 1858–61J. Brown Horæ Subs., Jacob. Fam. (1882) 110 A close cap with a quilled border. 1886St. Stephen's Rev. 13 Mar. 14/1 The border..was entirely composed of fully quilled black lace.
c. of glass: (see quot. 1854).
1800Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 8 It is expedient to have the quilled part accurately ground to the neck of the bottle. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 301 Every portion of the glass tube is of the kind known as quilled glass, not much larger..than the stem of a clay tobacco-pipe.
d. Bot. of florets: Tubular, instead of normally ligulate. Hence of flowers: Having tubular florets.
1825Greenhouse Comp. I. 126 The varieties of the Chrysanthemum..are, the..Quilled white,.. Quilled yellow [etc.]. 1849Florist 233 The quilled form is an instance of it. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 129 In the Dahlia the florets are rendered quilled [by cultivation].
2. Having, or fitted with, a quill or quills.
a. of a receiver: Ending in a narrow tube.
1767Woulfe in Phil. Trans. LVII. 411 The retort was set in a reverberatory furnace, and an adopter and quilled receiver luted to it. 1800Henry Epit. Chem. (1815) I. 7 To some receivers a pipe is added..which may enter partly into a bottle beneath. This vessel..is termed a quilled receiver.
b. of a suture: Having the thread secured to pieces of quill on each side of the wound.
1768tr. Heister's Surg. I. i. vi. 74 A large crooked needle, for stitching large Wounds, with a double Thread, to make the quilled Suture.
c. of a jack in a harpsichord: Tipped with a piece of crow-quill.
1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 349/1 The Spinet had but one string to each note, which was struck by a quilled jack.
d. Her. of a feather: Having a quill (of a specified tincture).
1864in Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) 86. |