单词 | flanch |
释义 | flanchn.1 Heraldry. A sub-ordinary formed on each side of the shield by a line arched or convex towards the centre, always borne double or in pairs.We have not been able to find direct evidence that flanche was used in French in the heraldic sense; but the form flanque, and the adjectives flanché, flanqué, are in Geliot (ed. Palliot 1664). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > segments of circle on sides of shield flanch1562 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 70 b He beareth Ermin, ij Flaunches, Vert. This is one degree vnder the aforesaide Flasques. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iv. 39 He beareth Gules, two Flanches Argent. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) Flanches are always born by Pairs; the Flanch bends more than the Flask. 1828–40 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Flanch, Flanque, or Flasque. Leigh would make flanch and flasque two distinct subordinate ordinaries, but Gibbon very judiciously accounts them both as one. Derivatives flanched adj. having flanches. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > other manners or types of subordinary plumettyc1460 fretty1562 billeté1572 flanched1688 flasqued1881 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. ix. 93 He beareth Vert, a Pile, and two demy ones Imbowed or Flanched. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 62/1 A shield of Fitz-Alan, flanched ar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flanchn.2 = flange n. 2. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > projecting rim or flange flanch1728 flange1735 rib1791 1728 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 81 With a Shoulder or Flaunch screw'd within the Circle O O by 4 other Screws. 1784 Darwin in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 3 Another leaden ring or flanch was soldered round the leaden pipe. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 8 With flanches cast upon the tire of the waggon-wheels to keep them on the track. Compounds flanch-chuck n. (see quot.) Π 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Flanch Chuck, a..chuck, formed like a flanch; but instead of holes being bored in it..furnished with several points, upon which the article to be turned is fixed. flanch-mill n. (see quot.) Π 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. x. 249 Coffee is ground by what is called a flanch mill, having the body composed of rolled iron, and being screwed against a post in the kitchen. Derivatives flanched adj. having a flanch. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] > having (type of) flange flanched1793 flanged1797 gutter-flanged1869 flanging1880 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 196 The flanched border..which surrounds the face of the pillars. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 7 Tubs having flanched wheels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flanchv. intransitive. To spread, widen out; to slope outwards towards the top. Also with out, off. to flanch up: to slope inwards towards the top; applied especially to the outsides of chimney-shafts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > flare at extremity [verb (intransitive)] flanch1776 flange1820 flare1834 bell1922 the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (intransitive)] > towards the top flanch1833 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 357 Dark grey and smooth within; the border flanching out. 1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 288 The sides, from the floor-heads to the top of the gunwale, flaunch off on each side. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §234 Each flue to have a Roman cement chimney shaft..flanched up (sloped in a way to throw off wet). Derivatives ˈflanching adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [adjective] flaring1627 flue1676 cyathiform1776 flanching1802 wineglass-cooler1884 aflare1895 umbelliferous1896 flared1928 1802 Capt. Reed in Naval Chron. 7 490 The curvature of the keel and the flaunching sides..render it almost impossible to be upset. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11562n.21728v.1776 |
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