单词 | flect |
释义 | † flectn. Obsolete. A hamlet, small village. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > small village or hamlet towneOE hamletc1330 hamelc1514 endware1577 endship1590 quillet1597 flect1637 peasantship1762 villaget1781 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 89 On this River of the Maine where the Townes and pleasant Flects lie by the water..Their Dorpes and Flects walled about. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018). flectadj. Heraldry. = flected adj. ΚΠ 1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Flect, Flectant, and Flected, any thing bowed or bent. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 62/2 Flect, bowed or bent in contrary directions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † flectv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To bend, turn. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > move (a member) > bend or turn flect1548 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > affect by suggestion, influence > in particular direction toucha1425 flect1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccviv He with..faire woordes, did receiue and intertain, to the intent to flecte and allure the hartes of other men. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 33 Those Muscles, by whose benefite..the thighe is outward flected. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1637adj.1830v.1548 |
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