单词 | delphin |
释义 | delphinn.adj. 1. a. = dolphin n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > delphinus delphis (dolphin) mereswineeOE delphinc1300 dolphin13.. dolphin-fish1513 dolphinet1595 Delphinusa1672 c1300 K. Alis. 6576 A water..Tiger..Heo noriceth delfyns, and cokadrill. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 41 Thar buth oft ytake delphyns, & se-calues. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 54 Brunswyne or delfyne..delphinus. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. viii. f. 131 Of a maruelous sence or memorie as are the elephant and the delphyn. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs vii. xiii. 47 in Purple Island The lively Delphins dance, and brisly Seales give eare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes gripe's egg1391 gripe-shell15.. Priapus1613 man with the beard1631 delphin1638 belly-cup1673 spout cup1702 leaf cup1716 image mug1788 rhyton1820 toby1841 Sussex pig1846 bell-cupa1849 biberon1853 moustache cup1863 trembleuse cup1869 steeple-cup1909 thistle cup1947 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 162 Some artificiall drinking vessels made after the manner of a dolphin, were called delphines. 2. Chemistry. Short for delphinin (see -in suffix1): A neutral fat found in the oil of several species of dolphin; called also dolphin-fat and phocenin. ΚΠ 1864 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 309 Delphin is an oil very mobile at 17° C. B. adj. [attributive use of Latin delphīnī in phrase ad usum Delphini ‘for the use of the Dauphin’.] Of or pertaining to the Dauphin of France, and to the edition of Latin classics, prepared ‘for the use of the dauphin’, son of Louis XIV. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > edition > [adjective] > specific edition Aldine1654 dauphin1705 delphin1775 princeps1809 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 330. ⁋4 All the Boys in the School, but I, have the Classick Authors in usum Delphini, gilt and letter'd on the Back.] 1775 E. Harwood Classics (1778) 222 Delphin Classics, quarto. 1802 T. F. Dibdin Introd. Knowl. Rare Ed. Classics 10 (note) One of the rarest of the Delphin editions. 1818 Advt. in Valpy's Grk. Gram. (ed. 6) 215 The best text will be used, and not the Delphin. 1877 Globe Encycl. II. 361 Valpy's Variorum Latin Classics..contain the Delphin notes and Interpretatio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.c1300 |
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