单词 | nebule |
释义 | nebulen.1 rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud welkinc825 clouda1300 skya1300 nebulec1450 walka1522 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] misteOE roke1292 vapourc1386 nyle1481 stove1513 fumec1550 rouka1586 misting1604 steam1612 dampa1616 petty-fog1641 smoke1648 brume1694 muga1728 ure1818 nebule1869 nebula1894 moist1903 M1904 clag1940 c1450 J. Lydgate Ballade Our Lady (Sloane) 53 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 257 Þu lyght withoutyn nebule, shynyng in thi spere. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. iii. 25 The Baroness will not touch unless a nebule be formed outside the glass. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps (1887) 175 Nebules of logic, dialectic fogs, and thunderstorms of enthymem. 2. A nebula (nebula n. 2). Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > nebula > [noun] nebula1718 nubecula1719 nebule1830 spiral1850 the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [noun] > nebula nebulous star1675 nebula1718 nebulose1719 nebule1830 star cloud1839 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 179 The nebule of returning culture in Germany first became visible to the naked eye at Zurich and Leipzig. 1837 ‘P. Parley’ Tales Sun, Moon & Stars (ed. 2) xxxii. 185 Small luminous spots, of a cloudy appearance, which we thence call nebulæ or nebules. a1918 W. Owen Sonnet in Compl. Poems & Fragments (1983) I. 64 And it is not enough to gaze upon a nebule-streak, Forget, or half-forget, and gaze again. 3. Pharmacology. A proprietary name for: a container for a pharmaceutical adapted for inhalation by means of a nebulizer or atomizer; such a container and its contents; the contents themselves. Cf. nebula n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > spray or atomizer atomizer1865 handball1865 nebulizer1867 spray1881 nebule1983 1983 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Mar. 411/2 Nebule... Containers adapted for holding pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations and substances and for use with nebulizers... 3rd February, 1981. 1987 Anaesthesia 42 1332 (title) Ventolin nebules. 1993 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 158 751 Group 1 received one Nebule (2.5 mg salbutamol in 2.5 mL aqueous solution) delivered by wet nebulisation. 2003 Pharmaceut. Technol. N. Amer. (Nexis) Jan. 15 Previous FDA rules require ‘permeable-plastic’ nebules to be marketed in labeled foil pouches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nebulen.2 Architecture. Now rare. A moulding of a wavy or serpentine form. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > other mouldings bowtell1376 crownwork1594 protypum1601 chaplet1623 bandeleta1645 bedding-moulding1664 quadra1664 surbase1678 platband1696 bed-moulding1703 eyebrow1703 square1703 gorge1706 nerve1728 heel1734 quirk-moulding1776 star1781 bead1799 rope moulding1813 zigzag1814 chevron-moulding1815 nebule1823 billet1835 dancette1838 pellet moulding1838 vignette moulding1842 bird's beak moulding1845 beak-head ornament1848 beak-head1849 billet moulding1851 beading1858 bead-work1881 Venetian dentil1892 chevron-work- society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding bowtelled?1578 bolectioned1693 reconciling1754 zigzag1765 quirked1774 reeded1801 nebule1823 studded1838 nail-headed1842 stuck1850 keeleda1878 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 589 Nebule; a zigzag ornament, but without angles, frequently found in the remains of Saxon architecture. 1836 H. G. Knight Archit. Tour Normandy 199 The most common mouldings are the billet,..hatchet, nebule, star, rope. 1845 Antiq. & Archit. Year Bk. 377 The second string-course exhibits the plain nebule corbel table. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 251 (note) The stocking is of silver tissue, worked with gold birds..and a peculiar ornament—a nebule, white and blue, with yellow rays shooting from its edge. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1515/2 Nebule-molding,..an ornament of the zig zag form, but without angles. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. (at cited word) Nebule, Romanesque ornament, slightly resembling an undulating rounded chevron moulding, the lower part of which forms a continuous waving overhang usually found on corbel-tables. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1450n.21823 |
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