| 单词 | king's ellwand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking's ellwand king's ellwand n. Scottish (now rare) (a) the group of stars known as Orion's Belt (cf. ell-wand n. 3); (b) a foxglove. ΚΠ 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 140 The se'en starns had gaen oure the lum, an' the tail o' the king's elwand was just pointin to the Muchrah Crags. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. 248 King's Elwand (now foolishly termed the Belt of Orion). 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 157 About Greenlaw, the plant, from its stateliness, bears the elegant name of the King's Elwand. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. x. 181 You would have thought the Duchess had stars on her head—all glinting as they do in a frosty sky—and a circle about her neck that looked like the King's Ellwand, but far more of them. 1901 M. P. Milne-Home Stray Leaves from Border Garden viii. 209 The prettiest name they bear is at a place called Green Law or the Green Hill, that of the King's Ellwand. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 191 King's ellwand. 1947 O. Percival Our Old-fashioned Flowers 175 King's Ellwand, Digitalis. < as lemmas |
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