单词 | lily-pot |
释义 | lily-potn. 1. A flowerpot with a lily growing in it; a representation of this, commonly occurring as a symbolic accessory in pictures of the Annunciation, and hence frequent as a religious emblem. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > flower-pot with lily growing in it lily-pot1540 1540 Invent. Ch. Goods in Gentleman's Mag. Libr., Ecclesiology 157 A single vestment of white damask imbroidrede with lily pots. 1578–9 New Year's Gifts in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 251 A lylly pot of agathe, a lylly flower going owte of it garnesshed with roses of rubyes. 1898 Archaeol. Jrnl. 55 172 On the brass of Bishop Andreas at Posen, dated 1479,..the lily-pot forms the central upright band of the episcopal mitre. 2. a. An ornamental vase imitating the ‘lily-pot’ of sacred art; in the early 17th cent. apparently spec. a tobacco-jar. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vase > [noun] > specific types hanse-pot1561 lily-pot1612 rolwagen1701 campana1802 potiche1829 kelebe1858 Long Eliza1869 rouleau1873 wall-pocket1880 monota1887 wall vase1889 mei ping1915 baluster vase1933 pedestal vase1960 Medici vase1974 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii He keepes it [Tobacco] in fine Lilly-pots, that open'd, Smell like conserue of Roses, or French Beanes. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaa4v/1 Vint. Look into the Lilly-pot. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden ii. ii. 34 in Five New Playes (1659) Vint. Y'are welcome, Gentlemen, take up the lillie-pot. b. Heraldry. (See quot. 1780: the use seems incorrect.) ΚΠ 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Lily-Pot, see Covered Cup. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size paper royal1497 paper rial1501 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 lily-pot1593 grape1611 cap1620 crown paper1620 post1648 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 Kentish cap1766 vessel of paper1790 antiquarian1815 quartern1819 quatrain1819 Albert note1846 cap-paper1854 sermon paper1855 Albert1859 columbier1875 Albert notepaper1881 cuatro1904 duchess1923 half-imperial- 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 138 Stationers..finde more gaine in the lillypot blanke, then in the lillypot Euphued. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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