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单词 master-vein
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master-veinn.

Brit. /ˈmɑːstəveɪn/, /ˈmastəveɪn/, U.S. /ˈmæstərˌveɪn/
Forms: see master n.1 and vein n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: master n.1 and adj., vein n.
Etymology: < master n.1 and adj. + vein n.
1.
a. poetic in later use. A large vein or other major blood vessel in the body.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > main
master-veinc1425
mastering vein1605
truncus1693
main line1931
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 12604 (MED) It ȝede thorow his pesayn And cut In-two his mayster-veyn.
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 632 Sophena, the mayster vayne.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. iiii Iewys..at Yorke to the nombre of .CCCC. & mo cutte theyr mayster veynys & bled to deth.
?1545 C. Langton Introd. Phisycke sig. Eiiiiv Th[e] veyne which is called Porta, & also of th[at], that is called Caua vena, we haue no names in our tung whych be propre or peculier to them only, but muste be fayne to call them master veynes.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. xxxvi One of the Master-Veins breaking, all the Blood in his Body emptied it self out at his Mouth.
1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 122 Some too mighty strain..Had burst her bosom's master-vein.
b. figurative and in figurative context. to hit the master-vein (slang): to make a sexual conquest. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > specifically of a man
to hit the master-vein1592
possess1592
to get one's leg over1599
roger1763
to have one's way with1884
to dip (one's) wick1958
to lay pipe1967
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. Cv My faire daughter was hit on the master vaine and gotten with childe.
1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe ii. sig. D2 I know a lad Can hit the maister-vaine.
1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 732 The venome of originall lust, the master-vein wherein is Atheisme.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. vii. 313 By some called the Master-vein of our original Corruption.
2. The midrib of a leaf. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein
nerve?a1425
ribc1450
vein?c1450
sinew1551
brawn1601
master-vein1658
costa1699
venule1766
pen1773
surculus1775
midrib1793
venule1806
veinlet1807
rachis1830
nervure1842
nerving1854
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 174 Even in the nerves and master veines of the leaves the acute angle ruleth.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 85/1 The Rib is the chief vein, from the stalk to the end of the leaf: the Master-vein.
3. The principal vein in a mine. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > principal
master-vein1670
master lode1671
mother-lode1863
masterly lode1868
1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 42 For, say they, when we approach to the Master-vein of a Mine..they usuallie here knocking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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