单词 | cornered |
释义 | corneredadj. 1. Having a corner or corners. (Frequently in compounds, as three-cornered, sharp-cornered.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] corneredc1330 corneledc1400 angulousa1460 angulated1486 unrounded1519 nookedc1550 corned1564 angular1570 cornery1576 angled1612 angulate1670 angulose1694 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10310 Cornered as a cheker quarre. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiv. 768 Þer is a six-cornerde stone þat maketh a reynebowe in þe eyre. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 93 Corneryd, angulatus. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 Cornered bodies be most vnapt for to run. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 139 Whose cornered shield was laid with skilfull blew. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 The indented creekes and cornered nouks [of Peloponnesus]. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal v. 114 The leaves are cornered and smooth. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 9 A large four cornered sail. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 25 Sharp cornered, as in quartz and calcedony... Blunt-cornered, as in common opal. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > having specific property > having angles cornered1551 corneled1552 angular1570 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. xxx Those iij. lines will make a triangle equally cornered to the triangle assigned. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 44 A Cornered Line is framed of sundry lines meeting together corner-wise. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > academic four-cornered capc1440 corner-cap1566 cornered cap1583 square cap1584 cap1611 university cap1646 trencher-cap1721 trencher1834 muffin cap1837 mortarboard1854 house cap1863 colleger1889 square1928 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. P6 The cornered cappe say these misterious fellows doth signifie..the whole monarchy of the world, East, West, North, & South. 1590 J. Greenwood Answere Giffords Def. 26 If yt be not necessarie, put such conueniency in your cornerd Capp, or surplus. c1640 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 139 Will make the Pope curse his mishap And Prelats wail their corner'd cap. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 75 His corner'd Cap (for fear of cold) on's Head. 4. See corner v. 2, 3. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.c1330 |
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