单词 | fiddle-back wood |
释义 | > as lemmasfiddle-back wood fiddle-back n. (a) a back (of a chair) shaped like a fiddle, also attributive in fiddle-back wood, a name given to various ornamental woods used for the covers of books; (b) = fiddler beetle n. at fiddler n. Compounds 2; (c) a chasuble with the front section shaped like a fiddle; (d) a grain found in wood used for violin-making. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > grain long grain1542 grain1565 felt-grain1703 silver grain1801 figure1875 fiddle-back1890 society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > chasuble > with front like fiddle fiddle-back1890 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > eupoecila australasiae (fiddler beetle) fiddle-back1890 fiddler beetle1917 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > back > type of splat1833 yoke back1835 fiddle-back1890 shield1897 comb-back1901 spoon-back1909 1890 Longman's Mag. Jan. 312 A tall, old Chippendale arm~chair, with a quaintly-carved ‘fiddle’-back. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 144/1 Fiddle-back, name given in Australia to the beetle, Schizorrhina australasiæ. 1899 P. Dearmer Parson's Handbk. iii. 91 There is no need in an English vestment for the pieces of ribbon without which it seems impossible to keep a ‘fiddle~back’ in position. 1908 P. Macquoid Hist. Eng. Furnit. IV. ii. 62 Harewood or hairwood is the same cutting of sycamore as that used in the manufacture of violins, and consequently termed fiddleback. 1938 H. E. Desch Timber iv. 42 Wavy grain..gives rise to a series of..variations in the reflection of light from the surface of the fibres: this is called fiddle-back figure. 1948 T. Corkhill Gloss. Wood 185 Fiddleback... Fine wavy grain common to sycamore and maple and used for the backs of violins. 1948 T. Corkhill Gloss. Wood 327 Highly figured wood is called Bird's Eye, Blister, Curly, and Fiddleback Maple. 1956 F. W. Jane Struct. Wood x. 227 Because it has become almost a convention to use wood so figured for the backs of violins, it is commonly known as fiddle-back figure. 1960 P. F. Anson Fashions Church Furnishings xxx. 319 Skirts ending at the knees went with fiddle-back chasubles of about the same length in the more extreme Anglo-Catholic churches. 1960 P. F. Anson Fashions Church Furnishings xxx. 363 Fiddle-back vestments of Baroque or Rococo style were taboo. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 439 Fiddle~back..occurs in some logs of sycamore, maple, mahogany, satinwood, etc. < as lemmas |
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