单词 | clavellated |
释义 | † clavellatedadj. Obsolete. 1. in clavellated ashes: ‘Potash of superior quality obtained from the dried and calcined lees of wine, for the use of dyers’ (Godefroy). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > material used in dyeing woad ash1354 clavellated ashes1660 slip1667 white bath1791 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis ii. 58 Of the Alkali of the Ashes..we make a clavellated gnawing Salt. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 504 Clavellated or gravelled Ashes are nothing else but the calx of the Lees of Wine, etc., etc. 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies 66 Air, transmitted through clavellated Ashes into an exhausted Receiver, loses Weight. 2. [as < clāva club] Shaped like a little club. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective] stoba1500 stubbeda1529 stubbleda1529 strunt1577 stumpy1600 chubby1611 stumpish1618 chubbed1674 squat1684 chubbish1685 chub1688 squabbed1694 cloddy1712 clavellated1713 pluggy1720 squab1723 puddy1747 tubbish1786 stunt1788 bunting1808–25 dumpy1808 clumpy1820 dubby1825 stubby1831 chunky1833 snubbed1835 tubby1835 pudgy1862 squatty1881 squidgy1891 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. iv. 402 The lamellated Antennæ of some, the clavellated of others. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1660 |
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