α. 1600s chanke, 1700s chonk, 1700s– chank, 1800s chunk, 1800s shank, 1800s– shankh.
β. 1800s– shankha.
单词 | chank |
释义 | chankn.1α. 1600s chanke, 1700s chonk, 1700s– chank, 1800s chunk, 1800s shank, 1800s– shankh. β. 1800s– shankha. The large spiral shell of the gastropod mollusc Turbinella rapa found in the Indian Ocean, considered sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism; (also) the gastropod itself. In later use also: the shell of any of various other molluscs of the genus Turbinella.In Hinduism the shell is commonly used as a ceremonial trumpet that is sounded times of worship. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Turbinellidae > member of chank1673 chank shell1798 1673 S. Hervet 26 June in East India Company Orig. Corr. (BL: IOR/E/3/34) f. 62 Your Chancke as I haue formerly advized cannot for the present yield any good price here. c1680 T. Bowrey Geogr. Acct. Countries Bay of Bengal (1905) 208 Many of them have the Shackles on theire arms made of Chanke, a great Shell brought from Tutacree. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xii. 130 Chonk, a Shell-fish in Shape of a Perriwinkle, but as large about as a Man's Arm above the Elbow. 1798 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) II. iv. iii. 276 Nor armed himself with any other panoply than the sacred chank. 1863 C. R. Markham in Intellectual Observer 4 420 Large conch shells called chanks. 1873 R. H. Busk Sagas from Far East 397 The shankha or concha seems to have been the earliest form of trumpet used in war. 1913 E. Thurston Madras Presidency xxiv. 223 The rare right-handed chank..is said to have been sometimes priced at a lakh of rupees. 2009 Asian Perspectives 48 13 Large quantities of dried and salted fish were produced for the interior markets, as well as chanks, mother-of-pearl, and other sea products. Compounds General attributive, as chank bed, chank fishery, chank shell. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Turbinellidae > member of chank1673 chank shell1798 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 6 (heading) Chank shells. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 1 The chank beds that enrich the north-west coast of the island. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. iv. vii. 471 Chank-shells contributed to swell the din. 1861 P. P. Carpenter Lect. Mollusca 33 The shank-shell is carved by the Cingalese; when found reversed it is considered sacred. 1923 J. Hornell Indian Boat Designs 156 A slightly smaller size,..is used in off-shore driftnetting and by divers engaged in the chank fishery. 1947 Yale Law Jrnl. 56 364 Courts have held pearl and chank beds..to be controlled by the littoral nation. 2015 H. Scales Spirals in Time ii. 64 Trumpets... are made from a large species of Indian Ocean gastropod, known in English as a chank shell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † chankn.2 Obsolete. rare. A chancre. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > ulcer > of venereal disease dosser1547 buttons of Naples1575 chancrea1585 pock-sore1625 chank1686 pockroyal1694 1686 Lupton's Thousand Notable Things (new ed.) x. 227 An Angel-like Water of a marvellous vertue against blearedness of the Eyes, Chanks [1660 and earlier eds. cankers; 1670 canks] & burning with fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). chankv. colloquial and regional in later use. transitive. To chew (something), esp. noisily or enthusiastically; to munch. Also intransitive with into, on, etc. Cf. champ v.With quot. 1903 cf. champ v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > munch or crunch gruse?c1225 maungec1400 muncha1425 champ1530 crash1530 cham1531 chank1567 scranch1620 grouze1628 craunch1632 crump1647 denticate1799 crinch1808 crunch1814 scrunch1825 chomp1848 chump1854 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 108v Ramping vp the grasse With ougly nayles, and chanking it [L. vellentem dentibus]. 1845 N.Y. Herald 13 Feb. 1/3 Three or four thousand people, sucking sour oranges, chanking pea-nuts,..and holding the extinguished stumps of American cigars in their hands. 1875 Notes & Queries 27 Feb. 166/1 A mother would say to her child: ‘I'll gée ye a dod [sweet], but ye marnt chank it—you must suck it.’ 1903 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 5 Mar. 5/2 Charlie was naturally frisky;..always chanking the bit. 1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost xxi. 393 ‘Did they eat it?’ demanded Wesley. ‘They just chanked into it,’ replied Billy. 1986 R. David Elysium in Halls Of Hell 69 I took one [toffee] home to my beloved, who chanked it with abandon. 2014 Wilts. Gaz. & Herald (Nexis) 6 Mar. Barely pausing from chanking on gum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11673n.21686v.1567 |
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