单词 | codd |
释义 | † coddn.1 Obsolete. 1. The stem of a plant. Cf. caudex n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] stealc700 stemc888 spirea1000 stalka1366 caulc1420 codd?1440 stalec1440 thighc1440 shank1513 pipe?1523 start?1523 spindle1577 leg1597 scape1601 haulm1623 caulicle1657 culm1657 thyrse1658 scapus1704 stemlet1838 stam1839 caulis1861 caulome1875 tige1900 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) v. l. 111 In wynter to his codde [L. codici] an heep of stonys Is good. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 148 Yeerly from the codde [L. codice] awey let take The plauntes. 2. Architecture. Each of the stalks which support the volutes and helices in a Corinthian capital; = caulis n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > capital > parts of specific types of capital caulis1563 helix1563 vase1563 voluta1563 cyllerie1592 codd1601 cilery1611 roll1611 turning1631 pillow1664 volute1696 tambour1706 collarino1715 annulet1728 colarin1728 drum1728 caulicoles1815 intervolute1831 bolster1842 stalk1842 horn1847 bell1848 cauliculusa1878 1601 I. T. in tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. Table Caulis, the coddes out of which the Helices grow in the Corinthian head. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 128 The Caules, and Codds breaking with the Helices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). coddn.2 slang. At Charterhouse School: a pensioner of the old foundation established by the school's founder Thomas Sutton, and resident in the almshouses adjacent to the original London site of the school. Now historical.Often modified by old. ΚΠ 1851 C. D. Bevan Let. 26 July in T. L. Beddoes Poems (1851) I. p. cxxx [At the Charterhouse]..In those days the pensioners, or as we called them ‘Cods’, were not remarkable..for cleanliness. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxvii. 333 The old reverend black-gowns..the Cistercian lads called these old gentlemen Codds, I know not wherefore. 1895 E. P. E. Wilmot & E. C. Streatfeild Charterhouse Old & New 152 Most of their names it is now impossible to remember, but Codd Barty, Codd Larky, Codd Brown Wig still linger in my memory. 1944 Carthusian Mar. 115/1 On Friday, December 10th..there assembled for a Founder's Day Service in the Chapel of the London Charterhouse some twenty Old Carthusians, together with the Headmaster, six present members of the School, and one Codd. 1984 N. Gash Lord Liverpool i. 11 Charterhouse was also an asylum for aged men; but though the Old Codds, as the ancient pensioners of the foundation were nicknamed, died off regularly each winter, the boys kept healthy enough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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