单词 | anglewise |
释义 | anglewiseadv. After the manner of, or so as to form an angle; = cornerwise adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adverb] anglewise1570 angularly1601 angulately1830 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vi. f. 162v Let those right lynes hauyng proportion be ioyned together directly, that they may make all one right lyne, and then ioyne them to the lyne geuen anglewise. 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. xvi. 44 Fishes..haue all heads for the most part sharpe, and thence Anglewise are inlarged into the grossenesse of their bodie. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 150 Two timber-beams, joyning anglewise. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Chimney The lowermost Part of which [funnel] will descend anglewise into the Pipe. 1812 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 21 16 With respect to longer drains,..I would recommend the bricks to be laid anglewise, in order to promote strength in covering. 1880 R. Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 282 Long clay pipes, stacked anglewise. 1882 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 447 It is pigeon-hole, all up and down, and anglewise, of this plain deal screen that shuts off the door. 1922 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 8 51 A breast-high wall..was thrown up anglewise between the buttress-end of the Long Wall and the southernmost house of West Street. 1972 Winnipeg Free Press 11 Mar. 27/1 Building roads anglewise across our present mile-square municipal road system, for a minority who did not wish to go around by the square. 2007 A. Brooks Pevsner's Worcestershire (rev. ed.) 41 Brick chimneyshafts clustered in star plan, or as lozenges and squares set anglewise, tower above their roofs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1570 |
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