单词 | circulatory |
释义 | † circulatoryn. Obsolete. A vessel for the old chemical process of circulation; an alembic or retort having the neck or necks bent back so as to re-enter the lower part of the retort, a ‘pelican’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > distillation apparatus bodya1400 descensoryc1405 circulatory1559 receiver1576 bolt-glass1594 adopter1741 Woulfe's apparatus1800 alcogene1828 fractionating column1908 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 11 Suffred..to putrifie in a circulatory or a blynde limbeck. 1651 J. French Art Distillation iv. 99 Digest them in a Circulatory ten days. 1708 Phillips's New World of Words Circulatory, a Glass-Vessel, in which the Steam of the distilled Liquor, by its rising and falling, rolls about as it were in a Circle. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There are two Kinds of Circulatories, the Diota, or double Vessel; and the Pelican. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). circulatoryadj. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, circulation. 1. Pertaining to the circulation of the blood, or of any analogous fluid or current. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle > specifically of air or fluids > relating to circulation of fluid circulatory1605 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xv. 72 The veyne called vena caua..is..the vessel circulatorie. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 59 It is carried up and down in circulatory Vessels. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 14 The Blood..continually moves through the circulatory Organs. 1862 A. Maclaren in Macmillan's Mag. V. 517 Their nervous and circulatory systems are readily irritated. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iii. 131 The circulatory current revolving to the left. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to distillation > for the purpose of circulatory1676 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 158 Old Glauber..by the assistance of certain Circulatory Vessels to prepare the Oylie succus, and pinguid Juice. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. iii. 132 Unless they be made in a Circulatory Vessel. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > performing in street circulatory1652 circulatoriousa1677 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 275 Detecting the circulatory and præstigious fallacy. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 348 A præstigious jugler, being taken at Paris, escaped prison by his circulatory tricks. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxiii. 76 Borde's circulatory peregrinations, in the quality of a quack-doctor. a. = circulary adj.In the following, circulatory varies with circulary (the reading of editions 1611 and 1617). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] > circular circulatory1597 circulary1610 circular?1637 tautologicala1856 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liii. 112 Crosse and circulatorie [1611 circularie] speeches, wherein there are attributed to God such things as belong to manhood, and to man such as properly concerne the deitie of Christ Iesus. b. circulatory letter n. = Circular letter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter intended for many recipients fire briefa1643 circular letter1659 circulatory letter1668 circular1818 omnibus letter1861 round robin1871 chain letter1906 form letter1909 1668 London Gaz. No. 229/3 A Circulatory Letter sent to all the Princes and Potentates. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Circulatory Letters, Letters sent into all parts of a Kingdom, by General Commissioners, upon particular occasions. 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 242 Circulatory Letters from him to the Christian Princes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1559adj.1597 |
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