单词 | columbine |
释义 | columbinen.2 1. The English name for plants of the genus Aquilegia, esp. the long-cultivated A. vulgaris, or common columbine, the inverted flower of which has some resemblance to five pigeons clustered together.The horned nectaries suggested to an earlier age allusions to cuckoldry: cf. quots. 1604, 1605. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > columbine columbinea1350 cocksfoota1425 hawk's-foota1500 ancoly1561 culverwort1597 aquilegia1599 Jupiter's flower1601 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 31 Þe primerole he passeþ, the peruenke of pris..Coynte ase columbine such hire cunde ys. a1400 Pistel of Susan 111 Columbyne and Charuwe. c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 42. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxiv The seconde Course. Gely coloured with Columbyne floures. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207/1 Columbyne floure, cocquelourde. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 136 Bring hether the Pincke and purple Cullambine. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 179 There's Fennill for you, and Colembines, there's Rewe for you, & heere's some for me. View more context for this quotation 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles What's that? a columbine? No: that thankless flower grows not in my garden. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 214 Columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. a1861 E. B. Browning Lost Bower xxiv The large-leaved columbine. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > vervain berbineeOE ironhardOE vervain?a1300 verbena?a1425 columbinec1450 holy herb1567 Juno's tears1597 pigeon's grass1597 simpler's joy1754 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 170 Berbena..ys culfron swiðe hiwcuð, þanan hy eac sum þeodscipe columbinam hateð.] c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 142. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 581 Veruain is called..of some Pigeons grasse, or Columbine, bicause Pigeons are delighted to be amongst it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > thalictrum or meadow rue feathered columbine1629 meadow rue1648 meadow rhubarb1656 Thalictrum1664 rue anemone1817 muskrat weed1830 fen-rue1863 feather-columbine1878 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 274 Thalictrum Hispanicum album, White Spanish tufted Colombines. Thalictrum Montanum purpureum, Purple tufted Colombines. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > flowers flowerc1230 flourishingc1384 fleuronc1385 rose1415 pansyc1450 columbine1459 lily1459 fleur-de-lis1475 heartseasea1542 honeysuckle1548 flower-work1601 floretry1615 branching1652 fleuret1811 anthemion1816 rosace1823 fleur1841 flowering1862 flowerage1864 millefleurs1908 rosette1931 1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 106 A stondynge cuppe gilt, shapp of a columbyn.] 1459 Inventory Sir J. Fastolf's Goods in Paston Lett. I. 473 Item, j. gobelet, gilt, with j. columbyne in the bottom. 1491 Will of Richard Bufford (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 327 A colombyne of siluer. 1554 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 145 Oon flat silver pece wt a collumbyne in the bottome. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ii. 4 Columbine leafed Pyony. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 80 A Tea-spoonful of Columbine Seeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). Columbinen.3 A character in Italian Comedy, the mistress of Harlequin, transferred to English pantomime or harlequinade. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character hobby-horse1557 harlequin1590 play-mare1598 Columbinea1723 clown1727 hobby1778 pantaloon1781 harlequiness1785 Pierrot?1789 pierrette1847 harlequina1867 dobby1879 principal boy1892 principal girl1893 dame1902 a1723 T. D'Urfey Eng. Stage Italianiz'd (1727) Dram. Pers. 8 Colombine, a Coquet, in Love with every Body. 1736 H. Fielding Tumble-down Dick 9 Harlequin re-enters, considering how to regain Colombine. 1749 W. R. Chetwood Gen. Hist. Stage 130 An agreeable Actress when the part suited her voice, a tolerable dancer and a pleasing Colombine. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 66 O could I as Harlequin frisk, And thou be my Columbine fair. 1862 All Year Round 13 Sept. 12 Joey and I both fell in love with the columbine. She was a pretty girl and clever, and as good as she was both. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). columbineadj.n.1 A. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, a dove or pigeon. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [adjective] > of or belonging to pigeon and dove columbaceous1693 columbine1773 peristeronic1868 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Columbine..Dove-like, pertaining to a Dove or Pigeon. 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds (1781) Pref. 15 The Columbine race make a most artless nest; a few sticks laid across suffice. 1835 Selby in Penny Cycl. VII. 367/1 The deviation from the proper Columbine form. 2. transferred. Dove-like; resembling the dove as a type of innocence or gentleness. (Frequently with reference to Matthew x. 16.) ? Obsolete. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 897 The turtle voys is herd, my dowue sweete..Com forth now with thyne eyen columbyn. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 8 Vij maydens..Most columbyne of chere and of lokyng. 1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome sig. A.viiiv To fense our selfes ayenst the wyly and craftye foxes with columbyne prudencie. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 151 Whether with this serpentine prudence hee had columbine simplicity. 1651 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Wisdome ii. x Columbine innocency and simplicity. 3. Of the colour of a pigeon's neck, dove-coloured. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > pinkish or purplish grey columbinec1420 columbe1561 dove-colour1598 dove-coloured1727 lavender-grey1834 lilac-grey1880 dove1895 pinko-grey1953 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 372 Stone tiburtyne or floody columbyne or spongy rede [cf. Isidore Orig. xix. x. §3 Lapides..Tiburtinus, columbinus, fluvialis, spongia, rubrus]. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Colombino, doue colour: columbine colour. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 506 The Columbine marle, the Gauls call in their language..Pelias (Doue or Pigeon marle). 1635 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art (ed. 2) iii. 204 Lake and azure make a violet or columbine colour. 1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I Columbine-colour, or dove-colour, among painters, denotes a kind of violet. 1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 18 Pigeon neck or columbine tarnish. B. n.1 1. Short for columbine colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > pinkish or purplish grey columbine1606 pigeon wing1807 lavender-grey1834 1606 H. Peacham Graphice (1612) 95 Violets, Columbines and the like. 1763 Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 671 From the same mixture of blue, crimson, and red, are formed the columbine, or dove-colour. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 410 Of all vines, the Columbines yeeld most gleaning. ΚΠ 1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 72 This innocent Columbine, he, That was the marke of rage before, O cannot now admired be, But still admired, still needs more. ΚΠ 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 342 He describes a sort of Bird call'd a Columbine, making a Noise like a Bittern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.2a1350n.3a1723adj.n.1c1386 |
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