单词 | formica |
释义 | formican.1 1. Entomology. The typical genus of the family Formicidæ; the ant. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant anteOE emmeteOE mirea1300 maur1366 pismirec1395 formice1484 merpyss1527 calicrat?1590 pissant1649 formica1865 muryan1865 macraner1907 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > family Formicidae or genus Formica formica1865 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi ix. 190 We could not [sleep] because of the attacks by the fighting battalions of a small species of formica. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 272 Many Hymenoptera, Formica, Cynips, also possess it. 2. A kind of abscess, ulcer, or excrescence, occurring esp. in a hawk's bill or a dog's ears. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun] formicac1400 running woodnessa1425 founder1547 distemper1746 blotch1824 kennel lameness1841 foul1854 dog ill1874 salmon disease1880 piblokto1894 strongyloidiasis1907 strongyloidosis1907 salmon poisoning1925 hard-pad1948 Rubarth's disease1951 canine parvovirus1972 parvovirus1979 the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > disorders of hawks crampc1430 frouncea1450 teena1450 crayc1450 ryec1450 aggresteyne1486 agrum1486 fallera1486 filanders1486 gall1575 pantas1575 pin1575 pin gout1575 stroke1575 apoplexy1614 crock1614 formica1614 privy evil1614 back-worma1682 verol1688 croak1707 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 213 Pustule þat comeþ of humours corrupt as ignis persicus & miliaris & fformica schall be purged. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 20v/2 Formica is a lytle pustle, or many pustles that come vpon the skynne..The thyrde [sygne] is pryckynge, and it is a sodayn bytyng as it were of an ante wherof it hath hys name. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 161 The Formicas in Hawkes is a hard horne growing vpon the beake of a Hawke. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 167 Of the Formica. This is a Distemper which commonly seiseth on the horn of Hawks Beaks, which will eat the Beak away. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 211 Formica, or Scab in the Ears [of a dog]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Formican.2 The proprietary name of a hard, durable plastic laminate used esp. as a decorative surfacing material. Also attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [noun] > plastic > plastic laminate Formica1922 Warerite1951 1922 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Jan. 409/2 The Formica Insulation Company, Cincinnati, Ohio..Formica. Electric Insulating Compound. 1946 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 12 Mar. 179/2 The Formica Insulation Company, Cincinnati, Ohio... Formica. For laminated sheets of wood, fabric, or paper impregnated with synthetic resin and consolidated under heat and pressure, for use on table tops, furniture and wall panelling. 1957 Oxf. Mail 16 Oct. (Suppl.) 6/5 Red upholstered chairs with chromium legs and tables in formica. 1958 House & Garden Feb. 91 (advt.) Furniture surfaced for ever with Formica decorative laminates. 1958 Woman's Own 5 Mar. 11/4 Formica-topped units link the automatic electric cooker (with eye-level grill) and sink unit into an ideal one-level working surface. 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder i. 9 One tinselly formica-and-chrome establishment. 1960 Guardian 25 Apr. 2/4 A Formica-covered table top. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1c1400n.21922 |
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