单词 | navelled |
释义 | navelledadj. Chiefly literary and poetic. Having a central depression or other formation resembling a navel. Of a pane of glass: having a boss in the centre; knobbed, bull's-eyed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass blownc1425 Bohemian1682 grounded1698 soft1758 unsilvered1772 navelledc1817 drawn-out1822 muffled1847 ambitty1856 muffed1868 roughcast1868 Sandwich1881 fumé1883 hand-blown1885 peach-blow1886 opaque1907 mould-blown1925 offhand1941 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis (1694) vi. 138 The Navled Venus-Shell. a1794 W. Jones in Asiatick Researches (1795) 4 305 Berry one-seeded, navelled, smooth, somewhat flattened. c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 204 A few panes of thick blue, navelled glass. 1939 G. Jones Slum-World in M. Stephens Coll. Poems (1996) i. 17 Down his lane of lies drummed barrow and bawdy banana man, Down the navelled finger-nail of road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1681 |
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