单词 | engrail |
释义 | engrailv. 1. a. Heraldry. To indent the edge of (an ordinary) with a series of contiguous curvilinear notches. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [verb (transitive)] > indent engrailc1420 c1420 Anturs of Arth. xl With his griffuns of gold engrelet fulle gay. a1440 Sir Degrev. 1030 He beres in cheef of azour Engrelyd with a satur [i.e. saltire]. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 136 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 99 The first, hole croce; the tother, engrelit be. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 27 The quarters in the division of the Escocheon be engrayled. 1637 W. Camden Remaines (ed. 5) 214 They bare for their Armes Argent a Bend ingreyled Gules. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3081/4 A Lyon Rampant with Ermine in a border ingral'd. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss. Engrailed, This word signifies a thing the hail has fallen upon, and broken off the edges, like the leaves of a tree notched by hail-stones. 1840 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. Pref. p. iv The Ingoldsby escutcheon, (Ermine a saltire engrailed Gules). 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xv. 186 They also engrail the bend itself. b. Hence gen. to ornament the edge of (anything) with an indented pattern of this kind.Almost exclusively in past participle: see engrailed adj. ΚΠ 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 248 A curious ring was exhibited..It is engrailed. 2. transferred. To give a serrated appearance to; formerly sometimes, to roughen, render prickly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > make uneven [verb (transitive)] > make rough engrail1576 roughen1582 unplain1611 unsmooth1626 asperate1656 granulate1692 to rough upa1722 rough1728 ruffle1731 jar18.. crizzle1821 bristle1872 grain1888 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > indent the edge of [verb (transitive)] > serrate tedc1440 tooth1483 engrail1576 serrate1753 saw1780 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > project sharply from [verb (transitive)] > furnish with (a) sharp projection(s) > cover with sharp projections engrail1576 jag1748 bristle1837 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions 286 Their bodyes..engrayled with lothsome blisters. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Iv The eighth had all his armour throughout engrayled lyke a crabbed brierie hawthorne bush. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxix. 153 I [the river Wear] endent the earth, and then I it engrayle With many a turne and trace. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. ii. 23 Ingraling the earth by the waved lines of water. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 143 Or over hills with peaky tops engrail'd. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > incise (marks or figures) [verb (transitive)] > incise (a surface) writea1325 gravec1374 engrail1548 incise1567 re-engravea1631 engrave1832 intaglio1847 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxiij A fountayne of enbowed woorke, gylte with fine gold, and bice, ingrayled with anticke woorkes. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fviijv The executours of Staberie, Engraylde on his graue, What were his ample legaces. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bv Lawes to ingrale in during brasse. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The..famous conquest of so woorthy a Potentate shoulde be engrayled in perpetuall memorie. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 63 Their countenances were resembled and engrailed in their Armorie. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)] chequer?a1400 fleckc1430 engrail1483 shoot1532 begary1538 intermingle1553 enchase1590 diaper1592 sinew1592 motley1602 intercolour1607 damask1610 particolour1610 inshade1613 freta1616 enamel1650 discolour1656 variegatea1728 jasper1799 intershoot1845 patchwork1853 pattern1898 strand1914 harlequin- 1483 in Antiq. Repert. (1807) I. 50 Rede cloth engreyled with vj yerdes of white woolen cloth. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. viijv Clothe of gold set with redde roses, ingreyled with gold of brouderye. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 761 Æacides then shows..a caldron new, engrail'd with twenty hues. 5. In modern poetry sometimes used for: To ornament with (metal).It is not clear whether any more definite sense is intended in the examples here quoted. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > ornament with metal engrail1814 1814 R. Southey Roderick 1 White turbans, glittering armour, shields engrail'd With gold. 1823 Bowles Grave of Last Saxon iv. 552 The lion ramps Upon his mailed breast, engrailed with gold. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. x. 318 The car Engrailed with brass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1420 |
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