| 单词 | furrowed-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfurrowed-grass In senses of the verb; spec. in Masonry (see quots. 1904, 1929); †furrowed-grass: see chameleon n. Compounds 3 there. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved channelled?a1425 guttered1562 chamfered1565 channelured1578 fluted1611 furrowy1611 furrowed1615 striated1646 striate1678 struck1678 cannulated1696 canaliculated1751 grooved1793 goffered1860 cannelured1872 runnelled1876 rilled1899 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 18 Another doth conceale The furrowed wrinkles of his tawny skinne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. 0. 12 The threaden Sayles..Draw the huge Bottomes through the furrowed Sea. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 While the Plowman neer at hand, Whistles ore the Furrow'd Land. 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 4 Every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furr'd brow..is..pronounced for a witch. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 22 July 1/1 The Features are strong and well furrow'd. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 66 The furrowed bosom of the deep. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 305 Thorax furrowed and crenated on the margin. 1855 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes ii. 205 The furrowed marble walls. 1904 C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry 128 Furrowed Work... This labour, used to accentuate quoins, consists in sinking a draught about the four sides of the face of a stone, leaving the central portion projecting about 3/ 8 inch, in which a number of vertical grooves about 3/ 8 inch wide are sunk. 1929 E. G. Warland Mod. Pract. Masonry 24 Furrowed Surfaces.—Small flutings, from 1/ 4 to 3/ 8 in. wide, are worked vertically or horizontally across the surface. < as lemmas |
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