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单词 almury
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almuryn.

Brit. /ˈalmjᵿri/, U.S. /ˈælməri/
Forms: Middle English almurie, Middle English almurye, Middle English 1800s 2000s– almury, 1500s almuri.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin almuri, almeri.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin almuri (a1350 in a British source; earlier as almeri (c1110 in a British source)) < Arabic al-murī < al the + murī, colloquial variant of literary Arabic mur'ī indicator, use as noun of active participle of arā to show, to demonstrate < the same base as ra'ā to see.
rare. Now historical.
A pointer on the rete of an astrolabe or on a similar instrument.In later use chiefly with reference to Chaucer's use of the term.
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c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §23. 14 Thin almury is cleped the denticle of capricorne or elles the kalkuler.
1585 J. Blagrave Math. Iewel 20 The label, called in Italian Index or ostensorium, the shewer or pointer of some Almuri.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 33 Almury, the upright part of an astrolabe.
2000 Chaucer Rev. 34 412 An almury is a pointer..on an instrument such as an astrolabe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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