单词 | bats-wing |
释义 | > as lemmasbats-wing bats-wing adj. (also bat's-wing) = bat-wing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like a wing alary1658 aliform1698 alate1743 alar1791 bats-wing1838 alated1879 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face round eyes and nose > [noun] bats-wing1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 88/2 The burners are of many different forms... The batswing is a thin sheet of gas produced by its passing through a fine saw-cut in a hollow globe. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 753 The gas-burners designated as bat's-wing burners have a narrow slit through which the gas issues: these are cut..by thin circular saws. 1869 Daily News 18 June The common batswing burner..is of about the same illuminating power as the fishtails. 1872 Young Englishwoman Oct. 547/1 The batswing skirt is made in all colours... The best is seamless; the second..in seams..[is] cheaper than the seamless batswing. 1904 Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 8/1 In the red straw hat there are batswing bows. 1908 Practitioner Jan. 22 The bat's-wing area of the face. < as lemmas |
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