单词 | griffin |
释义 | griffingriffongryphonn.1 1. a. A fabulous animal usually represented as having the head and wings of an eagle and the body and hind quarters of a lion.By the Greeks they were believed to inhabit Scythia, and to keep jealous watch over the gold of that country. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > (egg of) griffin gripec1275 griffin13.. gripe's egg1391 grypha1398 griffiness1834 13.. K. Alis. 496 The griffon of him was agast. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1275 Lik a grifphon looked he aboute [Lansd., Corpus & Hengwrt MSS. griffon, Cambr. MS. grefoun]. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxix. 132 In þat land er many griffouns..þai hafe þe schappe of ane egle before, and behind þe schappe of a lyoun. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. iv. 69 The gryffons wylde whiche haue bodyes of lyouns fleyng. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1981 Frome a greffon he was refte. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 88 The Griphin is a Foule of plentifull and thicke fether, and foure footed withall. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 119 The Griffon is a bird rich feathered, His head is like a Lion, and his flight Is like the Eagles. 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes Propos. The Horse and Gryphin shall together sleepe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 943 As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness..Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stelth Had from his wakeful custody purloind The guarded Gold. View more context for this quotation 1713 Guardian 20 May 2/1 A learned Controversie about the Existence of Griffins. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 258 Amongst these Relicks they show'd me a prodigious claw set in Gold which they call'd the claw of a Griffin. 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 101 A stony desert tenanted by Gryphons and Chimeras. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iii. 142 The great dragons and griffins and ‘laithly worms’ of mediaeval legend. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ix. 138 They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. b. A representation or figure of a griffin, as in Heraldry, Sculpture, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 a1400 Coer de L. 2963 Off red sendel were her baneres. With three gryffouns depaynted wel. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3870 Qwat gome was he this with the gaye armes, With þis gryffoune of golde. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 117 A Skochen of myn Armes..and ij Greffons to bere hit vppe. 1460 Lybeaus Disc. 81 A scheld..Wyth a gryffoun of say. 1552 Inv. Bexley in Archaeologia Cantiana (1872) 8 108 On cope of red with floures and griffens of gold. 1640 J. Yorke Union of Honour 119 A Griffin Sergreant Or. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 33 The griffin, a modern hiero~glyphic, signifying strength and swiftness. 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 67 The Britons..put letters on them [ sc. coins], elephants, and gryphons; things they were before unacquainted with. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 237 The paw remained suspended in the air..like the claw of a heraldic griffin. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Ee2v/1 Griffin Male, in heraldry is represented without wings, having rays of gold issuing from various parts of the body. 1831 W. S. Landor Count Julian in Wks. (1846) II. 514 Gryphens and Eagles, ivory and gold, Can add no clearness to the lamp above. 1863 M. E. Braddon John Marchmont's Legacy I. v. 82 Grim stone griffins surmount the terrace-steps. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 68 A gryphon is the dexter Supporter of the Duke of Cleveland. 2. A vulture; now = griffon-vulture (see Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture gripea1250 vulturec1374 griffin1382 bawtere1486 grape?a1500 geir1565 gryph1570 carrion crow1699 aasvoel1821 carrion-vulture1829 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture) griffin1382 griffon-vulture1831 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xi. 13 An egle, and a griffyn [L. gryphem], and a merlyoun. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xiv. 12 Egle, and griffun. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. xi. 13 The Eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vii. 131 The griffons circled and soared from their eyries. 1876 Oxford Bible-Helps 95 ‘Eagle’ (Deut. xxxii. 11)..the..griffon, great vulture. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 274 The griffin or fulvous-vulture, Gyps fulvus. 3. transferred. A grim-looking or extremely vigilant guardian. (Cf. dragon n.1) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > keeper or guardian > grim or vigilant griffin1824 1824 R. B. Peake Americans Abroad I. ii. 7/1 It [the larder] is always locked up, by that she griffin with a bunch of keys. Compounds C1. General attributive. griffin-beaked adj. ΚΠ 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 140 The griffin-beaked galleys of the ancient Scandinavians. griffin-guarded adj. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 43 The griffin-guarded gates. griffin-like adj. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 18 A corporalty of griffonlike Promooters, and Apparitors. griffin-winged adj. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xiii. 686 Ausonius..makes her [sc. the Sphynx]..griffin-winged. C2. griffin's foot n. a surgical instrument, so called from its form. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instrument for raising depressed bone griffin's foot1611 elevatory1617 levatory1617 levator1672 triploid1750 lever1846 trepanning-elevator1877 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pied de Griffon, a Griffons foot. 1750 Mem. Royal Acad. Surg. Paris I. 162 The instruments hitherto used to raise the bones of the cranium depressed on the dura mater are..the griffin's foot. griffon-vulture n. a vulture of the genus Gyps, esp. G. fulvus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture > genus Gyps (griffin-vulture) griffin1382 griffon-vulture1831 1831 E. T. Bennett Gardens & Menagerie Zool. Soc. II. 97 The Griffon Vulture. Vultur fulvus. 1833 C. Bell Hand iii. 74 If the griffon-vulture be frightened after his repast, he must disgorge, before he flies. 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. IV. 275 The griffon-vulture, Gyps fulvus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). griffinn.2 Anglo-Indian. A European newly arrived in India, and unaccustomed to Indian ways and peculiarities; a novice, new-comer, greenhorn. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > inexperienced person imperite1614 greenhorn1672 unadept1745 griffin1793 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > European > newly arrived griffin1793 griff1829 1793 Child in R. Southey Life Bell (1844) I. 459 Wilks..will..lend you every assistance in forwarding these matters, in which..you must, I presume, be a perfect griffin. 1794 H. Boyd Indian Observ. No. 34. ⁋5 I am little better than an unfledged Griffin, according to the fashionable phrase here [i.e. in Madras]. 1807 J. Johnson Oriental Voy. 73 Every arrival from Europe..as soon as he touches terra~firma is a griffin. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master ii. 30 (note) Young men, immediately on their arrival in India, are termed griffins, and retain this honour until they are twelve months in the country. 1836 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 38 Mrs. Staunton laughs at me, and calls me a ‘griffin’..(N.B. Griffin means a freshman or freshwoman in India.) 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps II. iv. 159 Utter greenhorns or griffins, as Indian phraseology has it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). griffinn.3 slang. A tip (in betting, etc.); a signal, hint. Cf. griff n.6 ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful hint1777 wrinkle1818 tip1845 hunch1849 the straight tip1871 kinklea1873 speech1874 quiff1881 pointer1884 griffin1889 griff1891 tip-off1901 rumble1905 wheeze1906 drum1915 1889 Cassell's Sat. Jrnl. Jan. 305/3 Plank yourself at the corner to give the griffin (signal) if you hear or see owt. 1891 J. Newman Scamping Tricks & Odd Knowl. 95 When he wanted to give the chaps in the office the straight griffin, he used to say, ‘Nelson's my guide.’ 1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara xxiv. 265 ‘This is the Straight Griffin, Fred,’ said Mr. Cozenza: ‘the absolute straight Tip.’ 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 63 Let's give de fellers de griffin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.113..n.21793n.31889 |
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