dactyln.

/ˈdaktɪl/

Forms: Also Middle English -ylle, Middle English–1500s -ile, 1500s -il, -ill, 1600s–1800s -yle.

Etymology: < (perhaps through French dactyle) Latin dactylus, < Greek δάκτυλος, a finger, a date, a dactyl (from its 3 joints).

†1. The fruit of the date-palm; a date. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > date

datec1300

dactyl1483

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > date

datec1300

dactyl1483

satchel-date1633

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxvi. 1009 In Syria and in Egipte ofte þe fruyt þerof [sc. Palma] is ycleped dactilus.]

1483 Cath. Angl. 88 A Dactylle fute (fruytt A.), dactilis.

?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Xij^v Powdre of dactiles.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia sig. Aiij Thus while the gratefull Age offer whole springs Of Palme, my zeale an humble Dactyle brings.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dactyle,..a Date, the fruit of the Palm-Tree.

2. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of a long syllable followed by two short (or, in modern verse, of an accented syllable and two unaccented).

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > dactyl

dactylc1420

dactylet1597

c1420 Wyclif Bible, Job Prol. (1850) II. 671 Vers of sixe feet, rennende with dactile and sponde feet.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L2 The French..hath not one word, that hath his accent in..Antepenultima, and little more hath the Spanish: and therefore, very gracelesly may they vse Dactiles.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 106 This distique..standing all vpon perfect dactils.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 13 If..upon the first scanning, he knows a sponde from a dactyl..A forward Boy, cries the School-Master.

1779 Burney in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 196 If he discovers a partiality for any particular measure, it is for dactyls of one long and two short notes.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 336 The first foot of each verse is generally a dactyle.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 30.

3. A mollusc, the piddock ( Pholas dactylus).

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1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 528 The Dactyle Pholas.

a. A finger or toe.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun]

fingerOE

talons1594

nimblesa1637

the ten stealers1655

Welsh comb1788

forks1819

hooks1829

fingerlet1836

bread hook1845

dactyl1889

grab-hook1946

1889 Cent. Dict. Dactyl, a digit, whether of the hand or foot.

b. = dactylopodite n. at dactylo- comb. form .

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1960 T. H. Waterman Physiol. Crustacea I. xvii. 564 In this crab autotomy never results after injury to the dactyl, the most distal segment of a walking leg.

c. A part of the pretarsus of an insect.

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1946 Nature 9 Nov. 668/2 In ecdysis, any available rough surface is used to anchor the dactyl-claws of the walking legs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dactyl
释义	dactyln. /ˈdaktɪl/ Forms: Also Middle English -ylle, Middle English–1500s -ile, 1500s -il, -ill, 1600s–1800s -yle. Etymology: < (perhaps through French dactyle) Latin dactylus, < Greek δάκτυλος, a finger, a date, a dactyl (from its 3 joints). †1. The fruit of the date-palm; a date. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > date datec1300 dactyl1483 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > date datec1300 dactyl1483 satchel-date1633 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxvi. 1009 In Syria and in Egipte ofte þe fruyt þerof [sc. Palma] is ycleped dactilus.] 1483 Cath. Angl. 88 A Dactylle fute (fruytt A.), dactilis. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Xij^v Powdre of dactiles. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia sig. Aiij Thus while the gratefull Age offer whole springs Of Palme, my zeale an humble Dactyle brings. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dactyle,..a Date, the fruit of the Palm-Tree. 2. Prosody. A metrical foot consisting of a long syllable followed by two short (or, in modern verse, of an accented syllable and two unaccented). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > foot > dactyl dactylc1420 dactylet1597 c1420 Wyclif Bible, Job Prol. (1850) II. 671 Vers of sixe feet, rennende with dactile and sponde feet. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L2 The French..hath not one word, that hath his accent in..Antepenultima, and little more hath the Spanish: and therefore, very gracelesly may they vse Dactiles. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 106 This distique..standing all vpon perfect dactils. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 13 If..upon the first scanning, he knows a sponde from a dactyl..A forward Boy, cries the School-Master. 1779 Burney in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 196 If he discovers a partiality for any particular measure, it is for dactyls of one long and two short notes. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 336 The first foot of each verse is generally a dactyle. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 30. 3. A mollusc, the piddock ( Pholas dactylus). ΚΠ 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 528 The Dactyle Pholas. 4. a. A finger or toe. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] fingerOE talons1594 nimblesa1637 the ten stealers1655 Welsh comb1788 forks1819 hooks1829 fingerlet1836 bread hook1845 dactyl1889 grab-hook1946 1889 Cent. Dict. Dactyl, a digit, whether of the hand or foot. b. = dactylopodite n. at dactylo- comb. form . ΚΠ 1960 T. H. Waterman Physiol. Crustacea I. xvii. 564 In this crab autotomy never results after injury to the dactyl, the most distal segment of a walking leg. c. A part of the pretarsus of an insect. ΚΠ 1946 Nature 9 Nov. 668/2 In ecdysis, any available rough surface is used to anchor the dactyl-claws of the walking legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see also also refers to : -dactylcomb. form < n.c1420 see also
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