单词 | licorn |
释义 | † licornn. Obsolete. ‘An old name for the howitzer of the last [i.e. 18th] century, then but a kind of mortar fitted on a field-carriage to fire shells at low angles’ (Adm. Smyth). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > unicorn one-hornedlOE unicorn?c1225 monocerosc1400 Indian ass1594 licorn1842 1842 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. 106 Licorne,..licorn, Russian howitzer, adopted first in 1744. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1842 |
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