单词 | gargoyle |
释义 | gargoylen. a. A grotesque spout, representing some animal or human figure, projecting from the gutter of a building (esp. in Gothic architecture), in order to carry the rainwater clear of the walls. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of some quality > person of unpleasant appearance gargoyle13.. slam1697 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > spout gargoyle13.. spout1392 rainspout1720 eaves-spout1846 eaves-shoot1889 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > gargoyles or grotesques gargoyle13.. baboonc1400 antic1532 marmoset1687 mask1731 antefix1819 figurehead1874 13.. S. Erkenwald 48 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 267 Hit was a throghe of thykke stone..With gargeles garnysht aboute, all of gray marbre. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi And euery hous keuered was with lede And many gargoyl, and many hidous hede. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186/2 Gargulye, yn a walle, gorgona, gurgulio. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. iiijv Out of the mouthes of certain beastes, or gargels, did runne red, white, & claret wine. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 552 His inuention it was to set vp Gargils or Antiques at the top of a Gauill end, as a finiall to the crest tiles. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 66 It is also of excellent use to Statuaries, for making Moddels, Gargills, or Anticks. 1841 B. Ferrey Antiq. Christ-Church Priory 24 There are, also, gorgoils, or water spouts wrought into projecting heads of the most hideous aspect. 1847 Handbk. Eng. Ecclesiology 185 Gurgoyles. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 20 The spouts and gargoyles of these towers. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters ii. ii. 81 A rusty iron chute on wooden legs came flying, like a monstrous gargoyle, across the parapet. b. transferred. A projection resembling a gargoyle. ΚΠ 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. ii. 28 A tall brass candlestick with gruesome gargoyles carved on the base. Compounds attributive, as gargoyle-face, gargoyle-head; gargoyle-faced adj. ΚΠ 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. c viiv What is it to se dogges and cattes, Gargell heddes and Cardinall hattes, Paynted on walles with moche cost. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 354/2 The bare vgly gargyle faces of their abhominable heresie. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 60v Of ougly gargle-faced bigger Beare. 1848 Archæol. Cambrensis 1st Ser. III. 220 Above the window runs a string course, with gurgoyl heads. 1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 138 I felt disposed to pity her..despite her gurgoyle face. Derivatives ˈgargoyled adj. ornamented with gargoyles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > gargoyled gargoyled1509 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure 15 [A tower] Gargeyld with gray-houndes and with many lyons. 1864 H. W. Longfellow Divina Comm. Sonnet ii Fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.13.. |
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