单词 | fastigiate |
释义 | fastigiateadj. 1. a. Rising or tapering towards a point or sharp ridge; shaped like a cone or pyramid, or a pitched roof. Cf. fastigiated adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top copped1460 mitreda1547 coppled1600 coped1611 fastigiated1647 cop-crowned1650 copped-crowned1650 copple-crowned1699 fastigiatea1705 tenting1818 tectiform1834 pedimented1875 pedimental1890 a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 176 That noted Hill..the Top whereof is fastigiate, like a Sugar Loaf. 1879 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 8 322 The outline above is fastigiate, and the sides somewhat rounded and lofty. 1978 Britannia 9 405 In Phase II (c. 100–120) the ditch was re-cut with fastigiate profile. ΚΠ 1800 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature II. 404 Aurulenta. Shells 2-toothed fastigiate [L. fastigiatis] green, the edge and body golden: thorax subpunctured. 1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. Gloss. 785/1 Fastigiate, when the base-covers are of equal or greater length than the abdomen, and transverse at the end. 1906 J. B. Smith Explan. Terms Entomol. 49 Fastigiate,..also applied to elytra that extend a little beyond the abdomen. c. Botany. Having branches or stalks more or less upright and parallel to the main stem, typically resulting in a narrow tapering form. Also: designating such branches or stalks. ΚΠ 1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. iv. 419 Fastigiate (fastigiatus); when all the parts are nearly parallel, with each pointing upwards to the sky; as the branches of Populus fastigiata, and many other trees. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 349 Taxus fastigiata..(Irish or Florence-court yew) is a fastigiate variety. 1929 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 9. 285 As to the ash, I found a fastigiate form in Mr. Trotter's grounds at Leigh Vale. 1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 166/1 ‘Stricta’ is a white flowered form with fastigiate branches, developing a narrow upright crown and suitable for street tree use or for confined spaces. 2010 J. Varkulevicius Pruning Flowers & Fruit iv. 51/1 Fastigiate or very upright slender trees that grow to create a column of foliage like pencil pines or Lombardy poplars. 2. Botany and Zoology. Having or forming a flat surface at the top. ΚΠ 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. viii. 17 (note) Peduncles, flower-stalks, are called Fastigiate, when their Lengths are so proportioned, that the Flowers which they support form an even Surface. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 446 The character..of these two trees is totally different—the latter..having a fastigiate or flat top. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 175 Mussa fastigiata. Fastigiate: disks usually nearly circular. 1877 Garden 25 Aug. 189/2 The flowers, which are disposed in small, fastigiate panicles.., are of a bright pink or red colour. 1902 E. L. Greene Pittonia V. 74 E. floribunda... Inflorescence a large very dense fastigiate corymb of uncommonly small heads. 2004 Annales Botanici Fennici 41 148/1 Umbel hemispherical or fastigiate. Derivatives faˈstigiately adv. ΚΠ 1803 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 17 632 Gladiolus Milleri. Miller's Corn-flag... Bulb about the size of a pigeon's egg fastigiately ovate. 1985 Econ. Bot. 39 518 These new and accessory branches differed..in growing fastigiately instead of spreading horizontally. 2005 SIDA, Contrib. Bot. 21 1620 Stems erect to ascending, often fastigiately or intricately branched; bark typically tan, becoming white to gray when older. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fastigiatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make (something) taper or rise towards a point. Also intransitive: to taper up towards a point. Cf. fastigate v., fastigiate adj. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Fastigiate, to raise up, or grow up to a sharp top. 1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. i. xxii. 174 Alhazenus and Vitellio seem to assert, that all colours are represented in a Pyramid, that is, by being equally fastigiated from their extream circumference unto a point of reflection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < |
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