α. Middle English gemetrien, Middle English geometrien, Middle English geometryen, 1500s geometryan, 1500s–1600s geometrian.
β. Middle English geometren, Middle English geometreon.
单词 | geometrian |
释义 | † geometriann.α. Middle English gemetrien, Middle English geometrien, Middle English geometryen, 1500s geometryan, 1500s–1600s geometrian. β. Middle English geometren, Middle English geometreon. Obsolete. A geometer. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor geometrian?c1400 geometrician?1537 surveyor1551 land-meter1582 land-measurer1632 measurer1636 geodesian1650 geometrist1772 geometer1773 arpenteur1789 land-surveyor1792 fieldman1838 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. x. l. 2552 Þise geometriens..ben wont to bryngen in þinges þat þei clepen porismes. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 1201 (MED) Makyng his masouns For to compasse and castyn there deuises, Gemetriens in ther dyuysiouns. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 11908 Many on..Ys nat ther-for A Geometryen Wyth-In a compas..Thogh he konne out the centre fynde. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. A.ii What causeth geometrians so hyghly enhauncyd? 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 44 If once a Geometrian give up the infallible number of the Miles which the Earth will reach to in compasse. 1662 R. Baxter Mischiefs of Self-ignorance 137 The Geometrian teacheth me to measure spacious grounds: let him rather teach me to measure how much is sufficient for a man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?c1400 |
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