单词 | macule |
释义 | maculen. 1. a. A blemish or spot. Now rare except in sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > spotted condition > spot speckc725 moleeOE spot?c1225 wen1340 spleck1398 tachea1400 motec1400 macule?a1425 smot1532 fleck1598 iron mould1638 flecket1684 sye1781 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 105v (MED) Of sikenez of cornee..First of maculez, i. spottys, after of catharactez. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxiv. 152 It is a perle, whiche is..wythoute macule or spotte. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Haile, moder and maide but makle. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 167 But ony spot or macull doing spring. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 29v But macull. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xiv. xvi. f. 571v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Macull The Emprioure Henry..defendit his dignite but spot or makill of dishonour. 1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading xi. 111 Various images of life would come and go, pausing among the green macules of light. b. Medicine. A flat circumscribed area of skin discoloration. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark spotOE markOE tachea1400 macula?a1425 ruby1542 plotch1548 flea-biting1552 fleck1598 blanch1608 staina1616 naeve1619 neve1624 dark1637 sunspot1651 pip1676 liver spot1684 beauty spot1795 heat-spot1822 spilus1822 ink-spot1839 punctation1848 punctuation1848 macule1864 soldier's spots1874 pock1894 mouche1959 1864 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 9 ii. 931 Skin diseases..1. Macules and Deformities. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 465 The eruption commonly consists of macules. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) iii. 9 Macules are non-elevated discolorations of the skin, of various shapes, sizes and colours... Papules are small solid, circumscribed elevations of the skin. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 689 (caption) The lesions began as red macules or papules that expanded to form large rings. 1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) iii. 216 Malaise, fever, followed few days later by rash (macules—vesicles—pustules). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > blur or smudge monk1683 mackle1706 slur1770 macule1841 shake1888 workup1948 hickey1961 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 775 Instead of its being a macule, it is nothing more than that part of the blanket which had covered the short cross of other work. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printer's Vocab. 88 Mackle, a printed sheet with a slurred appearance, owing to the frisket dragging, or a defect in the impression. Macule, see Mackle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † maculev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To stain or taint (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope f. cxxiiii I byleue not that this poure [man] may be maculed ne gylty of the blame. ?1518 Kalender of Shepardes (new ed.) sig. F viii For suche synne is all stynkyng & maculeth the body & soule. 2. transitive and intransitive. Printing = mackle v.1 rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > manner or style of printing > style of printing [verb (transitive)] > blur or smudge slur1683 macule1841 mackle1867 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing (at cited word) If the joints of the tympan, or the head, or the nut of the spindle be loose, or any accident happen in pulling, so that the impression be somewhat doubled, and not clear, it is said to be maculed. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 775 I have heard many complaints of the middle pages of a twelves form maculing at a two-pull press. 1867 Fry Playing-Card Terms in Philol. Soc. Trans. 56 To Mackle, To Macule, v. a. To spot, stain, soil; to set off newly printed or painted work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425v.1484 |
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