angel wingn.

Brit.

/ˈeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)l wɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈeɪndʒəl ˌwɪŋ/

Forms:

α. see angel n. and wing n.

β. 1500s angells wing, 1500s–1600s angels wing, 1700s– angels' wing, 1800s– angel's wing.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: angel n., wing n.

Etymology: In α. forms < angel n. + wing n. In β. forms partly < the genitive singular of angel n., and partly < the genitive plural of angel n. + wing n.Compare slightly earlier post-classical Latin wenges angeli (1391 in a British source; < the plural of English wing n. + classical Latin angeli , genitive singular of angelus angel n.).

1. Chiefly in plural.

a. The wing of an angel or a representation of such a wing; esp. a wing of the type shown in conventional depictions of angels in Western art, typically being large and white, with long feathers at the tip.In figurative or metonymic use, sometimes as a symbol of angelic, divine, or providential protection, guidance, or comfort; cf. angel n. 3.In quot. 1433 with reference to costumes for actors playing the part of angels.

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1433 Indenture in Leeds Stud. Eng. (1971) 5 29 ij paire Aungell wynges with Iren in þe endes.

1575 Inv. Abp. Parker's Goods in Archaeologia 30 25 ij hance potts withe Angells wings chased on the bellies, withe covers annexed, weyinge xliij oz.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 156 Man he made..and, O indignitie! Subjected to his service Angel wings, And flaming Ministers to watch and tend Thir earthie Charge.

1758 London Chron. 10 Jan. 35/1 May Providence around thy head Her Angel-wings divinely spread.

1828 Ipswich Jrnl. 27 Dec. A religion..which has..spread over us its angel wings in all ‘times of our tribulation’.

1956 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 8/7 She wears a pair of angel wings, a tiara, and a benign and trusting smile.

2018 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 Jan. n2 A tattoo with her father's name, a pair of angel wings, and his dates of birth and death.

b. In contexts alluding to the death of a person who is envisaged as having become an angel. Now frequently in to get one's angel wings (and variants): to die. Cf. angel n. 4, Phrases 5.

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?1603 Mournefull Dittie Elizabeths Losse (single sheet) With Angels wings she pearst the starrie skie, When death, grim death, hath shut her mortall eye.

1809 Ann. Reg. 1807 (Otridge ed.) 972 Victorious o'er the grave, and death's fell sting, With angel wings they fly to meet their Heavenly King.

1910 Australasian (Melbourne) 28 May 1366/1 Did you pass my bosom's Queen Drifting on her angel wings? Did you look thro' Heaven's doors..see the path that Peggy trod To the very knees of God?

1948 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 11/6 A frail little Dream Girl, who might get her angel wings at any minute.

2019 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Jan. 4 You grew your angel wings far too early but you are now at peace, not suffering or in pain any more.

2. Chiefly U.S. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pholadidae, which have asymmetric valves with elongated anterior ends thought to resemble the wings of an angel. Also with distinguishing word.Cf. piddock n.

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1824 W. Bullock Six Month's Resid. & Trav. in Mexico 507 That elegant shell-fish the great angel's wing pholas..is sold by the dozen, like oysters, at a very low price.

1940 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 18 Jan. 8/2 Work the hand carefully through the dark smelly mud and grasp the angel wing clam, then jerk it out.

1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life xi. 604 Family Pholadidae (Wing Shells, Angel Wings, and Piddocks). These are boring clams capable of penetrating, not only wood and soft rocks, but quite hard rocks, as well.

2011 B. Witherington & D. Witherington Living Beaches Georgia & Carolinas 130 Campeche angelwings (Pholas campechiensis) have a flared margin in front of the hinge that curves out to cover the umbo.

3. Zoology. A skeletal deformity typically affecting waterfowl, in which lateral rotation of the distal wing causes the feathers at the wing tips to point outwards from the body rather than lie flat against it. Also: a wing affected by this deformity.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > other disorders of birds

pipa1425

gout1486

rank1709

cholera1834

diphtheria1863

fowl pox1908

myelocytomatosis1933

ornithosis1939

puffinosis1948

angel wing1967

1967 Poultry Sci. 46 768 (title) Observations on ‘angel wing’ in white Chinese geese.

1998 Jrnl. Avian Med. & Surg. 12 86/1 Several factors may contribute to the development of angel wing, including the added weight of the blood-filled quills during the rapid growth of the primaries,..causing the wing tips to twist outward.

2008 V. Roberts Brit. Poultry Standards (ed. 6) 373 Faults. Angel wings. Silky plumage on the back of the Curly Breasted variety. Plumage other than white in the white.

Compounds

As a modifier, with the sense ‘resembling the wings of an angel’.

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1883 Vick's Monthly Mag. Sept. 279/2 Will you tell me how to treat the angel-wing Begonia, as some call it, but, I suppose, it is properly called rubra.

1904 Independent (N. Y.) 26 May 1189/2 She would suggest the ethereal by wearing ‘angel wing’ sleeves.

1989 New Eng. Living 65/1 Jasminium nitidum, the angelwing jasmine from the Admiralty Islands, is not as well-known as maid of Orleans.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 June iv. 4/3 Petunias, verbena, salvia,..‘Angel Wing’ begonias and other trendy tropicals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angel wing
释义	angel wingn. Brit. /ˈeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)l wɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈeɪndʒəl ˌwɪŋ/ Forms: α. see angel n. and wing n. β. 1500s angells wing, 1500s–1600s angels wing, 1700s– angels' wing, 1800s– angel's wing. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: angel n., wing n. Etymology: In α. forms < angel n. + wing n. In β. forms partly < the genitive singular of angel n., and partly < the genitive plural of angel n. + wing n.Compare slightly earlier post-classical Latin wenges angeli (1391 in a British source; < the plural of English wing n. + classical Latin angeli , genitive singular of angelus angel n.). 1. Chiefly in plural. a. The wing of an angel or a representation of such a wing; esp. a wing of the type shown in conventional depictions of angels in Western art, typically being large and white, with long feathers at the tip.In figurative or metonymic use, sometimes as a symbol of angelic, divine, or providential protection, guidance, or comfort; cf. angel n. 3.In quot. 1433 with reference to costumes for actors playing the part of angels. ΚΠ 1433 Indenture in Leeds Stud. Eng. (1971) 5 29 ij paire Aungell wynges with Iren in þe endes. 1575 Inv. Abp. Parker's Goods in Archaeologia 30 25 ij hance potts withe Angells wings chased on the bellies, withe covers annexed, weyinge xliij oz. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 156 Man he made..and, O indignitie! Subjected to his service Angel wings, And flaming Ministers to watch and tend Thir earthie Charge. 1758 London Chron. 10 Jan. 35/1 May Providence around thy head Her Angel-wings divinely spread. 1828 Ipswich Jrnl. 27 Dec. A religion..which has..spread over us its angel wings in all ‘times of our tribulation’. 1956 Daily Mail 13 Dec. 8/7 She wears a pair of angel wings, a tiara, and a benign and trusting smile. 2018 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 30 Jan. n2 A tattoo with her father's name, a pair of angel wings, and his dates of birth and death. b. In contexts alluding to the death of a person who is envisaged as having become an angel. Now frequently in to get one's angel wings (and variants): to die. Cf. angel n. 4, Phrases 5. ΚΠ ?1603 Mournefull Dittie Elizabeths Losse (single sheet) With Angels wings she pearst the starrie skie, When death, grim death, hath shut her mortall eye. 1809 Ann. Reg. 1807 (Otridge ed.) 972 Victorious o'er the grave, and death's fell sting, With angel wings they fly to meet their Heavenly King. 1910 Australasian (Melbourne) 28 May 1366/1 Did you pass my bosom's Queen Drifting on her angel wings? Did you look thro' Heaven's doors..see the path that Peggy trod To the very knees of God? 1948 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 11/6 A frail little Dream Girl, who might get her angel wings at any minute. 2019 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Jan. 4 You grew your angel wings far too early but you are now at peace, not suffering or in pain any more. 2. Chiefly U.S. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pholadidae, which have asymmetric valves with elongated anterior ends thought to resemble the wings of an angel. Also with distinguishing word.Cf. piddock n. ΚΠ 1824 W. Bullock Six Month's Resid. & Trav. in Mexico 507 That elegant shell-fish the great angel's wing pholas..is sold by the dozen, like oysters, at a very low price. 1940 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 18 Jan. 8/2 Work the hand carefully through the dark smelly mud and grasp the angel wing clam, then jerk it out. 1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life xi. 604 Family Pholadidae (Wing Shells, Angel Wings, and Piddocks). These are boring clams capable of penetrating, not only wood and soft rocks, but quite hard rocks, as well. 2011 B. Witherington & D. Witherington Living Beaches Georgia & Carolinas 130 Campeche angelwings (Pholas campechiensis) have a flared margin in front of the hinge that curves out to cover the umbo. 3. Zoology. A skeletal deformity typically affecting waterfowl, in which lateral rotation of the distal wing causes the feathers at the wing tips to point outwards from the body rather than lie flat against it. Also: a wing affected by this deformity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > other disorders of birds pipa1425 gout1486 rank1709 cholera1834 diphtheria1863 fowl pox1908 myelocytomatosis1933 ornithosis1939 puffinosis1948 angel wing1967 1967 Poultry Sci. 46 768 (title) Observations on ‘angel wing’ in white Chinese geese. 1998 Jrnl. Avian Med. & Surg. 12 86/1 Several factors may contribute to the development of angel wing, including the added weight of the blood-filled quills during the rapid growth of the primaries,..causing the wing tips to twist outward. 2008 V. Roberts Brit. Poultry Standards (ed. 6) 373 Faults. Angel wings. Silky plumage on the back of the Curly Breasted variety. Plumage other than white in the white. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘resembling the wings of an angel’. ΚΠ 1883 Vick's Monthly Mag. Sept. 279/2 Will you tell me how to treat the angel-wing Begonia, as some call it, but, I suppose, it is properly called rubra. 1904 Independent (N. Y.) 26 May 1189/2 She would suggest the ethereal by wearing ‘angel wing’ sleeves. 1989 New Eng. Living 65/1 Jasminium nitidum, the angelwing jasmine from the Admiralty Islands, is not as well-known as maid of Orleans. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 June iv. 4/3 Petunias, verbena, salvia,..‘Angel Wing’ begonias and other trendy tropicals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1433
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