单词 | grison |
释义 | † grisonn.1 Obsolete. 1. grison stone n. (= French peirre de grison): a kind of freestone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > freestone or building stone Caen-stone1421 french peirec1620 Portland stone1633 grison stone1653 hazle1794 roach1911 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxix. 193 Riflandouille or pudding-plunderer, who was armed cap-a-pe with grison stones. 2. ‘A servant without livery, dressed in grey, for secret errands’ (Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands > secretly grisona1692 a1692 T. Shadwell Volunteers (1693) ii. i. 14 I think I must keep a Secretary, I keep Grisons [printed Grifons] Fellows out of Livery, privately for nothing, but to carry Answers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). grisonn.2 1. A carnivorous quadruped of South America, Galictis vittata, belonging to the family Mustelidæ, and thus allied to the glutton and marten. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > other types of water-cat1756 grison1796 mariput1828 tayra1854 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 41 That animal mentioned by Mr. Allemand, in the Count de Buffon..which he there calls the grison or grey-weazel...If this be the same animal (as I doubt not, and have therefore given it the name of the crabbo-dago or grison). 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 485/1 The Grison, Gulo vittatus of Desmarest..and Galictis vittata of Bell. 1884 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 397. 2. A South American monkey (see quot. 1840). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > miscellaneous types of grison1840 uakari1863 Satan monkey1881 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1849) 61 The Caparo..and the Grison (Lagothrix canus Geof.; Gastromargas infumatus Spix.)—Inhabitants of the interior of South America, said to be remarkable gluttons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † grisonadj. Obsolete. Grey. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] greyeOE grisc1386 grizzlec1425 grison1438 kennet-colour1530 grisy1590 grizzly1594 grisard1607 1438 Alexander the Great (Bannatyne) 115 With lyart berd and hare gresone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11653n.21796adj.1438 |
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