单词 | long-sided |
释义 | long-sidedadj. That has long sides; spec. †(of a person) tall (obsolete (U.S. in later use)). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > side > [adjective] > types of long-sidedc1450 fiddle-flankedc1785 slab-sided1817 c1450 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 72 And at revell for to se yow hoppe, Ys joy y-now so ye your lyggus streyne; Ye lade longe sydyde as a loppe. 1613 J. Floyd Purgatories Triumph ouer Hell Pref. sig. A4v Couering the wolues-skin of a Lycaonite, with the long-sided shirts of a fooles coate. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 5 There is a Tall Long-sided Dame, (But wondrous light) ycleped Fame. 1747 B. Franklin Notice in Philadelphia Gaz. 21 May in Papers (1961) III. 233 Strayed from off the commons of Philadelphia, a white horse, low in flesh, long sided, long switch tail, pretty well set. 1787 G. Lee Let. 28 Apr. in G. Washington Papers (1997) Confederation Ser. V. 160 I have sent you a small quantity of the great longsided scots cabbage seed. 1830 J. K. Paulding Politician in Chrons. City of Gotham 208 I found a queer, long-sided man, at least six feet high, with a little apple head. 1845 Amer. Rev. Dec. 608/2 We lost sight, in the headlong action of the incidents last described, of our long-sided friend, Bill Johnson. 1876 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 443 The long rush coats and long-sided straw hats equally remove all vestige of humanity. 1920 Connersville (Indiana) News-Examiner 2 Sept. 1/2 There will be fifteen long-sided gentlemen, not one of them weighing more than 140 pounds, against ten human behemoths. 1936 E. A. Valk Togo & Rise of Japanese Sea Power vi. 119 The long-sided triangle of Chile, Great Britain and Japan. 1989 R. Rhodes Farm i. iv. 48 They were all lean and long-sided compared to old-fashioned hogs. 2007 Country Living (Nexis) Jan. 62 Brick is laid in a running bond pattern, in which rows of long-sided bricks are configured in overlapping layers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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