单词 | ferula |
释义 | ferulan. 1. Botany. A genus of plants; the giant fennel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > giant fennel ferulaa1398 fennel-giant1578 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > fennel fennela700 finklea1300 ferulaa1398 ferulec1420 finochio1723 Indian fennel1796 sweet fennel1796 fennel-flower1863 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxi. 960 Ferula is an herbe. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 1v The nature of Ferula is the sorest enemie that can be to Lampreys. 1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 465 Vossius..affirms them to be Arborescent Ferula's. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 171 This species of ferula is a native of..Persia. 1868 Mrs. H. L. Evans Last Winter in Algeria 25 The beautiful feathery leaf of the ferula. 2. From the use of the fennel-stalk in Roman times: A cane, rod, or other instrument of punishment, esp. a flat piece of wood (see ferule n. 2); figurative school discipline. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch sallow twigc1440 ferule-rod1528 ferule1559 ferula1579 cane1590 ferular1594 saplinga1712 jemmy1753 bamboo rattan1796 sallow switch1802 lathi1850 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > ferule or flat piece of wood palmeryc1300 palmera1387 ferule-rod1528 ferule1559 ferula1579 ferular1594 paddle1828 spatula1830 society > education > teaching > systematic or formal teaching > [noun] > school-teaching > school discipline ferula1579 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 792 Many..doe put forth their handes to be striken..with the ferula. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xix. 215 I have laboured and striuen by Ferula, and all meanes of seuerity. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 123 We..had Ferula's made to punish Swearing. 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 316 They had never known the infliction of chastisement from either cane or ferula. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. iv. 40 His ever-changing course..which was passed so nomadically, under ferulas of various colour. 3. Surgery. A long splint. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 444. 1884 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398 |
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