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单词 covercle
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coverclen.

/ˈkʌvək(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English couercle, covercle, covercule, coverkell, covakylle, covakyl, cowerkylle, 1700s coverkil, Middle English– covercle.
Etymology: < Old French covercle (modern French couvercle ), < Latin cooperculum a cover, < cooperīre to cover v.1
1. A cover (of a vessel), a lid. Obsolete.
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.
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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.

Etymology: < covercle n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To close down or hide as under a covercle.
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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).
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