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单词 double v
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double V
1. Illustrations of the use of the letter or of its name. †double V [i.e. U] , = W.
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?1460 in Archaeol. (1842) XXIX. 331 There was an V and thre arres to-gydre.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 440 A byfore V.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) There is a diuersitie betwene the single V. and the dowble W., therfore the alphabete of them shalbe set diuersly.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 132 He that can tickle Mar-prelate with taunts, can twitch double V. to the quicke.
a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iii, in Wks. (1640) III V..is like our i. a letter of a double power.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 16 Some Letters of the same name and shape are used sometimes for Vowels, and sometimes for Consonants; as J, V, W, Y.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. i. iv. 154 An Angle, twice as big as that of a V Consonant.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at U Besides the Vowel U, there is a Consonant of the same Denomination, wrote V, or U.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. (at cited word) Our Saxon ancestors, who commonly substitute f in the place of v.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. V, in some of our old printed books, is invariably used for W.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 151 V is not used as a signature in the printer's alphabet.
1901 Scotsman 9 Oct. 11 The letter for the ensuing year was directed to be changed to V Gothic.
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