| 单词 | in boss |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin boss a. A round prominence in hammered or carved work, etc.; e.g. a raised ornament in bookbinding (in earlier use, esp. the ‘umbo’ or round knob, often of precious metal, which occupied the centre of the cover); one of the metal knobs on each side of the bit of a bridle (French bossette); a metal stud used for ornament. †in boss: in high relief; cf. French en bosse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > bosses and knobs pommel1345 knop1362 bossa1382 knotc1394 stooth1397 stud1420 bullion1463 torea1572 bossing1583 knurl1608 button1669 tachette1688 knosp1808 nail head1836 pellet1842 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [adverb] > in (high) relief in boss1651 in relievoa1660 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. iii. 18 The Lord shal don awei the ournement of shon, and boces, and beȝes. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 5 A basyn of siluer with boses apon the brerdes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Boce or boos of a booke or oþer lyke [Phillipps booce], turgiolum. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 264/2 The bosses of his bridell were worth a great treasure. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi. xlvi Where all harmonious Instruments they spie Drawn out in Bosse. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 2 Nov. (1970) I. 281 In the afternoon I..saw some silver bosses put upon my new Bible. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura i. 4 Those who..work in Bosse with the Puntion. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 347 The Bosses of the Bridle had stuck in his Teeth. 1879 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxvi. 8 Enriched with elaborate metal bosses. < as lemmas |
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