单词 | mitra |
释义 | † mitran. Obsolete. 1. Classical History. = mitre n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > as mark of effeminacy mitrea1382 mitra1638 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head- or hair-band > types of frontalc1320 mitrea1382 counter-filletc1430 frontlet1478 mitra1638 head-tie1669 sévigné1826 sweat-rag1843 sphendone1850 agal1853 sweat-band1891 Alice band1944 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 146 Above each doore is ingraven the Idea of a Majestique Monarch; his roabe is long, a Tiara or Mithra on his head. 1846 S. Birch in Classical Museum III. 418 Medeia stands draped as here, but wearing on her head a mitra. 1861 L. Shore Hannibal I. ii. iii. 22 Now, lady... Dost thou approve the foldings of thy mitra? 2. Botany. a. A plant of the genus Mitreola (family Loganiaceae). Cf. mitrewort n. 3. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2094/2 Mitra, in botany, the same with mitreola. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Mitra, the name of a plant, the mitreola. b. The galea of a flower; the pileus of certain fungi. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1852 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 107 Mitra, used synonymously with galea, for ‘Helmet’. Also, the thick, rounded, and folded pileus of some fungi. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mitra, applied by Nees von Esenbeck to the hat of mushrooms when it is low, thick, round, and plaited, as in the Helvella and the Morchella. 3. Surgery. A kind of bandage for the head. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mitra, term for a fillet or bandage applied on the head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1638 |
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