单词 | angelique |
释义 | angeliquen. 1. Music. A plucked stringed instrument of the baroque period, resembling a lute or theorbo in form, having a round back and a long neck with two pegboxes, the lower having ten single strings and the upper having six or seven. Cf. angel lute n. at angel n. Compounds 2, angelot n. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > guitar > other guitars slidec1608 samisen1616 angelique1660 angelot1678 angel lutea1708 strim-stramc1730 sitar1777 balalaika1788 ramkie1805 sancho1817 sanxian1839 bass guitar1855 gimbri1876 cuatro1904 electric guitar1933 requinto1937 tamburitza1941 tiple1942 dobro1952 acoustic guitar1953 acoustical guitar1957 bottleneck guitar1961 acoustic1962 slide guitar1968 1660 S. Pepys Diary 23 June (1970) I. 183 He showed me..an instrument he called an Angelique. 1894 I. S. E. Stigand tr. J. Mattheson in tr. W. J. von Wasielewski Violoncello 22 (note) The Angelique, somewhat resembling the lute, must have been far easier to play. 1953 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 6 111 Though several books of tablature for the angélique are still in existence, it would seem that only one example of the instrument itself has survived. 1998 Early Music 26 348 There are listed no fewer than 50 sources for his most widespread composition..: 36 for lute, one for the related angelique, [etc.] 2. A hardwood derived from tropical South American leguminous trees of the genus Dicorynia, which is highly resistant to decay and used in carpentry, construction, and shipbuilding. Also: any of these trees, esp. D. guianensis. Also called basralocus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > wood of other specific trees thornc1330 poplara1450 asp1551 angelin1670 dogwood1670 serpent-wood1681 locust wood1742 canarium1776 stave-wood1778 lacewood1803 Canary wood1820 chestnut1823 brier-wood1868 jasmine-wood1870 angelique1873 sakura1911 1873 Technologist 3 264 The principal specimens [of the woods of French Guiana] are:—Angélique (Dicorynea paraensis). For ship-building. 1922 Zool. Soc. Bull. May 63/2 These enormously tall and comparatively slender trees (an Angelique that we felled proved to be 160 feet high), covered with lianas and epiphytes, creates a very special atmosphere. 1979 Forest Products Jrnl. June 34/2 Angelique heartwood can be distinguished..by its rose or russet to dark-gray or purplish-brown color. 2000 C. R. Self Cabinets & Countertops 189 Angelique is stronger than teak and white oak, whether green or air-dried. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1660 |
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