单词 | membered |
释义 | † memberedadj.1 Obsolete. That has been mentioned or recorded. Also: having a memory, esp. of a specified kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > remembered mindc1225 membereda1382 memorialc1390 remembereda1522 in memory1549 unforgot1653 recollected1700 unforgotten1813 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Tobit iv. 22 Þe aboue membrid [L. supra memoratum] weiȝte of siluer. 1607 Fayre Mayde of Exchange sig. E4v I know you are short membred, but not so short Of your remembrance, that this is newes to you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). memberedadj.2 1. Having members; divided into members; †consisting of links or segments, ornamented with metal plates or links (obsolete). Frequently with modifying word or numeral prefixed: having a member or members of the specified kind or number. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented in other specific ways membereda1425 chained1552 armed1553 shielded1805 sun-rayed1856 repeating1863 ajouré1903 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > having limbedc1320 membereda1425 well-limbedc1425 large-limbed?1440 dolichomorphic1930 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > consisting of parts membereda1425 a1425 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Pierpont Morgan) f. 43v To þe ye so desposid & perfitly membrid. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 28 I am not grete ne membred as a geant. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 219 If..the shape of a membred body [be] without his due measures and simmetry. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 58 Strong-membred, and blacke haired. 1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 335 It is only assumed that a quantity may be divided into members ad infinitum—it does not follow that it is really membered to infinity. 1854 B. Powell Pereira's Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 195 The four-membered or two- and one-axed..system. 1880 J. Caird Introd. Philos. Relig. iv. 108 Instead of the parts being used up for the production of the end, we have a membered totality in the production and maintenance of which the parts have their own natural fulfilment or realisation. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. viii. 69 This six-membered ring structure for the sugars is related to the heterocyclic pyran ring. ?a1958 E. M. Forster Torque in Life to Come (1972) 153 The ravisher covers her, his hot breath beats back her prayers, and his member—and they are membered like horses. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 19 July 1/6 This quality was doubtless a weighty factor in the choice of Judge Froessel in 1966 as one of a five-membered Judicial Commission appointed by the Court. 2. Heraldry. Of a bird: having legs of a different tincture from the body.Occasionally applied to other animals; see also quot. 1610. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > having specific part of different tincture ongled?1503 membered1530 unged1562 beaked1572 crested1572 crined1572 langued1572 legged1572 penned1572 unguled1572 jolloped1610 ungled1675 lingued1680 quilled1688 wattled1688 animé1730 tufted1761 tusked1766 maned1780 velloped1780 crured1804 tushedc1828 1530 in Ancestor (1904) 11 180 A coke silver membred geules. 1565 in Reliquary (1882) 22 51 A Harte passant in his ppr. colour, horned membred and hurt in the Haunch with an arrow gold. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 114v He beareth Argent, a fesse Gules, betwene three Eaglettes Sable, membred and beaked of the second. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xvii. 155 All those that either are whole-footed, or haue their feet diuided, and yet haue no Talants, should be termed membred. 1718 A. Nisbet Ess. Armories Index Membred, is said of the Legs of Birds, when they are of a different Tincture from the Body. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 238 An eagle with two heads displayed, sable, armed and membered, or. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 220 Membred, refers to the legs of birds, as a crane argent, beaked and membered gules. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xvii. 280 Two storks arg., beaked and membered gu. 1969 J. P. Brooke-Little Fox-Davies's Compl. Guide Heraldry xiv. 179 When an eagle has its beak of another colour, it is termed ‘armed’ of that colour, and when the legs differ it is termed ‘membered’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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