单词 | head-place |
释义 | head-placen. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house hallc1000 boroughc1175 court1297 manorc1300 palacec1300 mansion1375 placea1387 manor-place1392 chemis1408 head-place1463 mansion place1473 manse1490 court-hall1552 manery1563 manor house1575 seat1607 country seat1615 great house1623 mansion house1651 country house1664 manor-seata1667 place-house1675 mansion-seat1697 hall-house1702 big house1753 ha'-house1814 manoir1830 manor hall1840 yashiki1863 seigneury1895 stately home1934 stately2009 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 20 I wil yt my newe hous..be deseverid and partyd froom the hefd place. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 21 The seid hefd place, or whoo that ocupyeth it, to paye the hool rente. b. Any principal or main place; spec. the capital or administrative centre of a district, region, etc.; the chief seat or residence of a domain. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iv. f. cxlv The speciall heade place of yt religion was Astrige. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 89 There is a towne by a Germane name called Weisford, the Head place of the whole County. 1677 J. Logan Analogia Honorum ii. xi. 52/2 The chief Castle or Mannor of such Baron, which always stands afterwards for the head place of the Barony. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 249 Laufenburg, the head-place of an ancient county, and a fortified town, situated on both sides of the river Rhine. 1818 J. Adolphus Polit. State Brit. Empire IV. 39 The village of Clackmannan is the head place of the county. 1853 J. Jackson in J. E. Erskine Jrnl. Cruise Islands W. Pacific 451 I was in hopes I should secure myself a passage to Bau, which place I wanted to go to..because it was the head-place of the Feejees. 1918 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 7 Dec. 4/2 General repairs on small electrical appliances are now made by a young woman at the head place of the Edison company in Boston. 1958 Boys' Life July 70/3 An older man had just taken the head place at a table. 1966 Oceania 31 66 No chant belongs to this shelter of the Kundju main camp or head-place. 2009 M. Brown Sc. Baronial Castles 19 Kildrummy was the caput, the head place, of Mar from the late 13th to 15th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of discourse > division of contenu1477 content1509 head-place1559 section1576 topica1661 subhead1672 heading1861 1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. vii. 414 For the better understandinge of the same [reasons], I will brynge them unto three head-places. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1463 |
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