cirrusn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɪrəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɪrəs/

Forms: Erroneously cirrhus.

Etymology: < Latin cirrus curl, fringe, etc.

1. literal. A curl-like tuft, fringe, or filament.

ΚΠ

1708 Phillips's New World of Words Cirrus, a Tuft or Lock of Hair curled.

2. Botany. A tendril: see quots. 1845, 1861.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot

tenaclec1500

tendril1538

clasp1577

clasper1577

winder1577

capreol1578

taglet1578

twine1579

string1585

trail1597

tress1605

nervelet1648

cirrus1708

clavicle1725

twister1799

bine1808

1708 Phillips's New World of Words Cirri are also taken for these fine Strings, or Hairs, by which some Plants fasten themselves; in order to their Support in creeping along; as Ivy, etc.

1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) i. 10 The midrib [of the leaf] is lengthened, and acquires the power of twining round small bodies..it then has the name of cirrhus or tendril.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 110 Tendril or Cirrhus..is applied to a thread-like leafless branch, which is twisted in a spiral direction.

3. Zoology. A slender or filamentary process or appendage, as the fleshy barbel or beard of some fishes, the feet of Cirripedes, the lateral processes on the arms of Brachiopoda, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > barbel

beard?1527

barbel1601

wattle1655

barb1688

cirrus1753

barbule1848

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part > filamentary

whiska1618

aculeus1708

cirrus1753

seta1814

setule1826

chaeta1896

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cirrus, certain oblong and soft appendiculæ hanging from the under jaw of fishes.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 126 Tubinicella, body inclosed in a shell, with the cirri small, setaceous, and unequal.

1834 C. Bell Hand (ed. 3) 147 Fishes have cirri which hang from their mouth.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 274 [In barnacles] the mouth is at the bottom and the cirri near the orifice.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 231 In some somites this appendage is a cirrus.

4. Meteorology. A form of cloud, generally at a high elevation, presenting the appearance of diverging filaments or wisps, often resembling a curl or lock of hair or wool. Particular varieties are known as cat's or mare's tails. See cirro- comb. form 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cirrus

cirrus1803

curl-cloud1817

cirrus-cloud1864

1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 2–3 It may be allowable to introduce a Methodical nomenclature, applicable..to the Modifications of Cloud..Cirrus, parallel, flexuous, or diverging fibres, extensible by increase in any or in all directions.

1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) iv. 143 When the cirrus is seen in detached tufts, called Mares' Tails, it may be regarded as a sign of wind.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 565 The moon..disc-hid In a gossamer veil of white cirrhus.

1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World 158 The cirrus or curl-cloud has its seat in the higher regions.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as cirrus-cloud, cirrus-flecked adj. (sense 4).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cirrus

cirrus1803

curl-cloud1817

cirrus-cloud1864

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele 17 The cirrus-flecked nocturnal sky.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 42 The cirrus clouds are..sometimes as much as ten miles above the surface of the earth.

C2.

cirrus-bag n. ‘the sheath containing the cirrus of trematode and other worms’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cirrus
释义	cirrusn.¹ Brit. /ˈsɪrəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪrəs/ Forms: Erroneously cirrhus. Etymology: < Latin cirrus curl, fringe, etc. 1. literal. A curl-like tuft, fringe, or filament. ΚΠ 1708 Phillips's New World of Words Cirrus, a Tuft or Lock of Hair curled. 2. Botany. A tendril: see quots. 1845, 1861. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot tenaclec1500 tendril1538 clasp1577 clasper1577 winder1577 capreol1578 taglet1578 twine1579 string1585 trail1597 tress1605 nervelet1648 cirrus1708 clavicle1725 twister1799 bine1808 1708 Phillips's New World of Words Cirri are also taken for these fine Strings, or Hairs, by which some Plants fasten themselves; in order to their Support in creeping along; as Ivy, etc. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) i. 10 The midrib [of the leaf] is lengthened, and acquires the power of twining round small bodies..it then has the name of cirrhus or tendril. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iii. 110 Tendril or Cirrhus..is applied to a thread-like leafless branch, which is twisted in a spiral direction. 3. Zoology. A slender or filamentary process or appendage, as the fleshy barbel or beard of some fishes, the feet of Cirripedes, the lateral processes on the arms of Brachiopoda, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > barbel beard?1527 barbel1601 wattle1655 barb1688 cirrus1753 barbule1848 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part > filamentary whiska1618 aculeus1708 cirrus1753 seta1814 setule1826 chaeta1896 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cirrus, certain oblong and soft appendiculæ hanging from the under jaw of fishes. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 126 Tubinicella, body inclosed in a shell, with the cirri small, setaceous, and unequal. 1834 C. Bell Hand (ed. 3) 147 Fishes have cirri which hang from their mouth. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 274 [In barnacles] the mouth is at the bottom and the cirri near the orifice. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 231 In some somites this appendage is a cirrus. 4. Meteorology. A form of cloud, generally at a high elevation, presenting the appearance of diverging filaments or wisps, often resembling a curl or lock of hair or wool. Particular varieties are known as cat's or mare's tails. See cirro- comb. form 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cirrus cirrus1803 curl-cloud1817 cirrus-cloud1864 1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 2–3 It may be allowable to introduce a Methodical nomenclature, applicable..to the Modifications of Cloud..Cirrus, parallel, flexuous, or diverging fibres, extensible by increase in any or in all directions. 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) iv. 143 When the cirrus is seen in detached tufts, called Mares' Tails, it may be regarded as a sign of wind. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 565 The moon..disc-hid In a gossamer veil of white cirrhus. 1874 tr. G. Hartwig Aerial World 158 The cirrus or curl-cloud has its seat in the higher regions. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as cirrus-cloud, cirrus-flecked adj. (sense 4). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cirrus cirrus1803 curl-cloud1817 cirrus-cloud1864 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele 17 The cirrus-flecked nocturnal sky. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 42 The cirrus clouds are..sometimes as much as ten miles above the surface of the earth. C2. cirrus-bag n. ‘the sheath containing the cirrus of trematode and other worms’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cirrusn.² ? Obsolete f. (or misprint) of ceruse n. Π 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §291 Metalls..in their Putrefactions, or Rusts; as Vermilion, Verdegrease, Bise, Cirrus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹1708n.²1626
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