| 释义 |
† compage Obs.
[ad. L. compāges joining together, structure, f. com- together + pag- root of pangĕre, pactum to fasten, fix. App. associated in sense with nouns in -age suffix, like jointage.]
1. = compages 2.
1550Veron Godly Sayings (1846) 47 The joynture and compage of the members. 1607Topsell Serpents (1608) 680 Lest..the whole compage and juncture of the body should be utterly dissolved. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 27 Fixed bodies of the Metalline compage of Steel.
b. Means of joining, connecting matter.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 69 A very valid and strong compage to the thing.
2. = compages 1.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. ii. §3 (1756) 58 The compage of all physical truths is not so closely jointed, but opposition may find intrusion. 1694R. Burthogge Reason 239 Where the Body is a Compage, or System of Organs, the Soul must be a System of Faculties. |