girandolan.

/dʒɪˈrandələ/

Forms: Also 1600s gyrondola, 1700s girondola.

Etymology: < Italian girandola girandole n. < girare to turn in a circle, < Latin gȳrare, < gȳrus, < Greek γῦρος circle.

1. A kind of revolving firework; a discharge of rockets, etc. from a revolving wheel.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > rotating or Catherine wheel > girandola

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1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 250 The Girandola and fire workes vpon S. Peters Eue.

1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 395 Being the Queenes Birth-day, there was..fire works upon the Thames before White-hall, with pageants of Castles, Forts, & other devices of Gyrandolas, Serpents..all represented in fire.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 670 Rockets were let off, starring again this Campus Stellæ, with a St. Peter's Girandola, on a small scale.

1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. vi. 259 They witnessed..the fireworks at the Castle of St. Angelo, which exhibited, in addition to the customary girandola, the Mausoleum of Hadrian in a fiery restoration.

2. A revolving jet of water, or a series of jets in an ornamental fountain.

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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout

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water jet1727

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sea-spout1867

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 129 A Dolphin that casts a girandola of water neere 30 foote high.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 366 The Girandola and other water works.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 395 In the midst of these stands a Janus quadrifrons that cast forth 4 girandolas.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 303 The Girondola or dragon fountain throws up a vast column of water to the height of twenty palmi.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	girandola
释义	girandolan. /dʒɪˈrandələ/ Forms: Also 1600s gyrondola, 1700s girondola. Etymology: < Italian girandola girandole n. < girare to turn in a circle, < Latin gȳrare, < gȳrus, < Greek γῦρος circle. 1. A kind of revolving firework; a discharge of rockets, etc. from a revolving wheel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > rotating or Catherine wheel > girandola girandole1634 girandola1670 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 250 The Girandola and fire workes vpon S. Peters Eue. 1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 395 Being the Queenes Birth-day, there was..fire works upon the Thames before White-hall, with pageants of Castles, Forts, & other devices of Gyrandolas, Serpents..all represented in fire. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 670 Rockets were let off, starring again this Campus Stellæ, with a St. Peter's Girandola, on a small scale. 1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. vi. 259 They witnessed..the fireworks at the Castle of St. Angelo, which exhibited, in addition to the customary girandola, the Mausoleum of Hadrian in a fiery restoration. 2. A revolving jet of water, or a series of jets in an ornamental fountain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout waterspout1607 jettoa1660 girandolac1660 jet d'eau1669 gerbe1699 jetteau1710 grille1712 spirt1716 water jet1727 spurt1775 girandole1813 spring1818 water-bow1855 sea-spout1867 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 129 A Dolphin that casts a girandola of water neere 30 foote high. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 366 The Girandola and other water works. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 395 In the midst of these stands a Janus quadrifrons that cast forth 4 girandolas. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 303 The Girondola or dragon fountain throws up a vast column of water to the height of twenty palmi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1660
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