单词 | incise |
释义 | † inciseadj. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. = incised adj. ΚΠ 1828 [see incisely adv. at Derivatives]. Derivatives inˈcisely adv. ΚΠ 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Incisely, in the manner of incisions or notches. Eaton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). incisev. 1. a. transitive. To cut into, make a cut or incision in; to cut marks or figures upon, engrave with figures. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > make a cut in gash1562 incise1567 chop1669 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > incise (marks or figures) [verb (transitive)] > incise (a surface) writea1325 gravec1374 engrail1548 incise1567 re-engravea1631 engrave1832 intaglio1847 1567 [see incising n. at Derivatives]. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. v. 14 Flesh being cut or incised into many parts, yet is euery part still flesh. 1640 T. Carew Poems 42 Fond man, that canst beleeve..that thy weake steele can incize The Crystall case, wherin it lyes. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 615 The other parts of the lungs were..imbued with a yellowish frothy serum, which escaped from them when incised. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xxiv. 342 Glacial deposits were swept out of the valleys, and the solid rocks themselves deeply incised. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lx. 198 The wood was beautifully incised with Arabic lettering. b. absol. To make a cut or incision. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (intransitive)] carve?c1225 rivec1275 shearc1275 cutc1400 racea1413 incise?1541 slash1548 slive1558 hackle1577 haggle1577 slice1606 snipa1680 chip1844 bite1849 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens i. sig. Aiij By incysynge, cuttynge, or scaturysyng. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 2 It behoueth the Surgion to regard if he incise deepe. a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. C2/1 Ye can incise To a haires bredth without defacing. c. transitive. Geology. Of a river: to cut (a channel or valley) in an underlying landform. Also absol. Usually as incised adj. (cf. incised adj. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > erode [verb (transitive)] > cut channels or holes gull1577 rout1726 wash1766 scour1773 gully1775 erode1830 gorge1849 ravine1858 ream1859 channel1862 canyon1878 to plough out1886 cañon1889 incise1893 runnel1920 1893 Science 17 Nov. 278/1 The process by which the present ravines are forming is not a direct continuation of the process by which the gentler slopes of the upland were formed. The former are incised in the latter. 1896 National Geographic Mag. 7 190 With the uplift of the region the meandering river would proceed to incise its channel beneath the uplifted surface. 1926 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 34 31 Green River has a highly meandering course which is deeply incised in the rocks of the plateau. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. vi. 147 Heavily loaded streams are more likely to cut laterally as they incise their valleys than those with lesser loads. 1972 Science 27 Oct. 409/2 Meandering rivers that have incised in bedrock and yet have maintained a sinuous pattern may be of two basic types. 2. To produce, form, or trace by cutting; to carve, engrave (a statue, figure, inscription, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > incise (marks or figures) [verb (transitive)] > form by incising writeOE incise1633 1633 T. Carew Elegie Death Donne in J. Donne Poems 388 I on thy Tombe this Epitaph incise. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 54 'Twas Mars's Steel that Venus did incize. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. vii. 151 The upper stone is also occasionally decorated with various ornaments, incised or in relief. 1876 S. Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 35 A nation..incising virtues and not vices for public consideration. Derivatives inˈcising n. = incision n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > [noun] scissure?a1425 incision1474 section1559 incising1567 discission1684 keyhole1973 1567 in S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 315 The desections or incysynges of the body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828v.?1541 |
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