单词 | impaler |
释义 | impalern. One who or that which impales; applied by Grew to each of the calyx-leaves or sepals of a simple flower, and the bracts or phyllaries of a composite (cf. impalement n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > calyx > sepal(s) five brothers (of the rose)1578 supporter1626 impaler1672 pale1682 leaflet1785 sepal1829 the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > killer with sharp instrument sworder1594 sabrer1831 impaler1969 society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > impaling or picketing > one who impales impaler1969 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 129 Each Empaler..being as another little Leaf. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. v. 130 The continuation of all the three aforesaid Parts into each Empaler, is discoverable, I think, no where better than in an Artichoke, which is a true Flower, and whose Empalers are of that amplitude, as fairly to shew them all. 1969 New Yorker 6 Sept. 106/2 Ceauçescu..probably the most popular Rumanian national leader since Vlad IV, called the Impaler, who successfully fought the Turks in the mid-fifteenth century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1672 |
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