单词 | chilindre |
释义 | † chilindren. Obsolete. A kind of portable sun-dial of cylindrical form used in early times. [See 13–14th cent. treatise De composicione chilindri, and Hoveden's Practica chilindri (Chaucer Soc. pt. 1, 2).] ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial chilindrec1386 dialc1425 sundial1555 clocka1562 cylinder1593 horoscope1623 compass-dial1632 moon dial1664 ring dial1667 heliotrope1669 pole-dial1669 sciatheric1682 spot dial1687 polar dial1688 sun clock1737 meridian ring1839 solarium1842 journey-ring1877 scratch dial1914 c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 204 And lat us dyne as soone as þat ye may ffor by my chilyndre [v.r. chylendere, chilinder] it is pryme of day. c1430 J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun. 119 lf. 18) By my chilyndre I gan anon to se, Thorgh þe sonne þat ful cler gan shyne, Of þe clok that it drogh to nyne. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 74 Chylander or chylawndur, chyndrus [v.r. chillindrus]. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 572 Chilindrus, a leuel vel est instrumentum quo hore notantur [a chylaundre]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/1 Chilandre, chilandre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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