单词 | crows foot |
释义 | crow's footn. 1. One of the small wrinkles formed by age or anxiety round the outer corner of the eye, ‘thought to resemble the impression of the feet of crows’ (Todd). Now commonly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > wrinkle rimpleeOE rivellingOE rivelc1325 crow's footc1374 frounce1390 wrinklea1400 frumplec1440 freckle1519 line1538 lirkc1540 shrivel1547 plait1574 furrow1589 trench1594 crowfoot1614 seam1765 thought-line1858 laughter line1867 laugh line1913 smile-line1921 worry lines1972 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 354 So longe mot ye lyue and alle prowde, Till crowes feet ben growen vnder youre eye. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 12v When the blacke crowes foote shall appeare in theyr eye. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. 136 By myne eie the Crow his clawe dooth wright.] 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Crespatura..a wrinkling, a withering, as we say a Crowes-foote in a womans face. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 79 I begin already to see a few crows feet about the corner of my eyes. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. xvii. 254 The bloodshot eyes and the puckered crowsfeet beneath them. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > group of small cords through block yuffrouw1494 crowfoot1627 crow's foot1627 crowfoot dead-eye1769 euphroe1815 centipede1857 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 19 Dead mens eyes are blocks..the Crowes-feet reeued thorow them are a many of small lines. 1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 459 Crow's feet..scarcely of any other use than to make a shew of small rigging. 3. Military. A caltrop; = crowfoot n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > anti-cavalry barrier turnpikec1420 caltrop1519 harrow1548 chausse-trap1591 swine feather1639 swine's pike1639 crowfoot1678 cheval de frise1688 horse de frise1688 hersillon1704 herse1728 crow's foot1772 trou-de-loup1780 cheval-trap1787 frise1809 spear1823 punji stake (or stick)1849 night-cat1863 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Crows-feet, an iron of four points..used against cavalry. 1884 Daily News 15 Sept. 5/3 One implement of war of which the British soldier is not proud..is the ‘crow's-foot’. 4. a. A three-pointed figure in embroidery. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > designs or patterns imagerya1393 imagery work1500 roundel1546 essefirme1600 branch1606 rundlet1672 veining1814 tracery1827 crow's foot1830 Berlin pattern1841 Venetian bar1882 wheatear1882 wheel1903 1830 O. W. Holmes Myst. Visitor 64 What if the creature should arise,..And swallow down a sophomore, Coat, crow's-foot, cap, and all! 1835 Class Poem Harvard 18, in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (1851) 88 The corded crow's-feet, and the collar square. 1879 Uniform Reg. in Navy List July (1882) 497/1 Crow's foot of round gold cord on sleeve. b. A mark or symbol resembling a bird's foot. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 1871 Scribner's Monthly 2 502 [A chart] adorned at this point by the crowsfeet that call for a chain of mountains. c. Textiles. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > defects or irregularities in burlc1440 scawe1463 stour1472 brack1552 pirn1688 sheave1696 sprit1737 sprat1756 crow's foot1948 pill1954 soil1959 1948 J. T. Marsh Textile Sci. xiv. 300 Creases should not be allowed to form or they will tend to become fixed in the cloth and form ‘crows' feet marks’. 1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (ed. 3) 35 Crowsfeet, undesirable creases, particularly in crêpe fabrics, that prevent the production of a uniform surface appearance. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ii. 8 A heat-setting process had a stabilising effect and prevented the subsequent formation of a multiplicity of little wrinkles or crow's-feet marks when the fabric was relaxed. 5. Mechanics. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Crow's-foot. 1. (Well-boring.) A bent hook adapted to engage the shoulder or collar on a drill-rod or well-tube while lowering it into a well or drilled shaft, or to hold the same while a section above it is being attached or detached. 6. = crowfoot n. 2f. ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 156 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI ‘Crow's foot’..grows with great vigor, though an annual grass. Derivatives ˈcrow's-footed adj. (also crowsfooted) marked with crow's-feet round the eyes. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > wrinkle rivelledlOE frounced1422 rivelling1481 wrinkleda1529 rideled1530 writhled1565 rugged1590 furrow-faced1607 shrivelled1607 corrugated1623 furrow-fronted1640 seamed1656 pursed1676 corrugate1745 crow's-footed1831 crow-footed1834 lined1839 crowed1851 wrinkled1859 1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i Whose physiognomy..blighted, sallowed, and crow's footed. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Feb. This dark face, strongly marked, livid and crowsfooted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1374 |
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