单词 | covercle |
释义 | coverclen.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid lidc1000 coverclec1384 lampc1386 cover1459 covertil1463 coverturea1475 covering1479 cure1502 shed1612 bred1808 top1958 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 284 A little roundell..Paraventure as broad as a covercle. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1977) l. 1461 Þe coperounes of þe cauacles [read couacles] þat on þe cuppe reres Wer fetysely formed out in fylyoles longe. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1977) l. 1515 Þer watȝ..Clatering of couacleȝ þat kesten þo burdes. 1434 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 102 A litill couerkell for his coppe ygilt. 1488 Will of Elizabeth Fourmer (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 129 A salt wtoute a couercle. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Covercle or Coverkil (old Word) a Cover, or Lid.] 2. Natural History. Any natural structure, acting as a lid; an operculum. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > lid or cover coverclea1682 opercular1841 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 11 The Covercle of a Shell-fish. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xxiv. 453 Opening the covercle of the lecythis. 1876 Goldsmith's Nat. Hist. II. 535 (note) The hornets line their cells with silk, and stop them with a covercle of the same material. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † coverclev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To close down or hide as under a covercle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal overwryeOE hidec1374 forcover1382 veilc1384 overclosec1400 shroud1426 wimple1532 smotherc1592 encurtain1596 over-curtain1621 coverclea1631 bury1737 stifle1820 visor1872 becurtain1878 a1631 J. Donne in Select. (1840) 233 We cover it [sin] with some pretences, some excuses, some hopes of covercling it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1384v.a1631 |
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