单词 | cere |
释义 | ceren. Ornithology. The naked wax-like membrane at the base of the beak in certain birds, in which the nostrils are pierced. It is supposed to be an organ of touch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > parts of cere1486 sheath1781 tomium1824 culmen1833 gape1833 c1230 Fridericus II, De Falconibus ii. (Du Cange) Pars illa corii..ubi sunt nares, quam vocamus ceram.] 1486 Bk. St. Albans A viij a The skynne abowt your hawkys leggis & her fete is callyd the Serys of her leggis & here fete. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xx. 228 The yellow betweene the beake and the eyes [of a Hawk], is called the Sere. 1767 G. White Let. 9 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 30 With regard to the falco..it's cere and feet were yellow. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus viii. 76 A splendid goshawk..with..bright yellow sear. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 98 The nostrils are placed at the anterior margin of the cere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cerev.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > wax waxa1380 cere1490 waxen1552 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 173 Mawgys..toke a threde of sylke, and cered it well. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong at Bougier to ceare veluet, or any silk cloth. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 425 If the vessells be sered with wax. 2. Thesaurus » a. To wrap in a cerecloth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > anoint or cere smearc950 cerec1465 c1465 Eng. Chron. (1856) 21 He leet close and sere him in lynne cloth alle save the visage. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clv. f. lxxxxiiii Ye Corps..to be Seryd and Enoynted with Ryche and precyous Bawmys. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 78 Then do thei ceare it [the bodye] ouer with mirrhe and cinamome. 1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) v. viii Ceere them in thre score folde of ceered cloth. c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew in Archaeologia (1840) 28 144 His body beinge unbowelled and throughtlye seared, he was then chested. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A4 The boweld Corps, May be seard in. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xii. 496/1 First after his departure his body was well sheared and chested, then wrapped in Lead. 1790 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. III. 284 The body..was embalmed, cered and wrapped in lead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin chest1473 cere1525 board1535 coffin1564 incoffin?1575 encoffin1598 hearse1606 kistc1650 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxxvi[xxii]. 706 His body was enbaumed and seared in lead and couered. d. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > seal up inseil?a1000 asseal1297 enseala1340 sigillate1471 cerea1616 obsigillate1623 seal1661 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 117 Seare vp my embracements from a next, With bonds of death. 1818 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 437 Let the silent years Be closed and cered over their memory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1486v.c1465 |
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