单词 | barber's knot |
释义 | > as lemmasbarber's knot b. Often with qualifying word, naming different forms of knots, as bowline, diamond, draw-, fisher's, French, granny's, loop-, reef-, riding, slip-, surgeon's, wall-, water-, weaver's knot, etc.; for the more important of these, see the first element. Also barber's knot. ΚΠ c1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 3220 On a towaile ȝhe made knotte riding, Aboute his nekke ȝhe hit þrew. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knotte whiche runneth to, called a rydynge knot, capulum. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 112 And making a running bowling Knot on the End of another Rope, I cast it over. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Knot, a..knob formed on the extremity of a rope, by untwisting the ends..and interweaving them..amongst each other. There are several sorts,..the diamond-knot, the rose-knot, the wall-knot or walnut. 1795 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (at cited word) Fig. 11, a Barber's knot, or a knot for cawls of wigs. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 267 We passed,..a crooked needle under the artery, threaded with a double waxed thread, part whereof we passed above the aperture in the vessel, and the other below, which were afterwards tied with a double knot called the surgeon's knot. 1860 All Year Round 28 July 382 ‘Which knot?’ asked Toby. ‘Single or double wall, single or double diamond, Matthew Walker, spritsail-sheet, stopper, or shroud?’ 1881 Naval Encycl. 421 They [knots]..are named either from the manner in which they are made, or the use to which they are applied, as stopper knot, diamond knot, double-diamond knot, single and double wall knots, etc. 1899 W. G. P. Townsend Embroidery vi. 90 French Knots.—A very ancient stitch, much used by the Chinese for all kinds of elaborate embroidery. 1900 Home Needlework Mag. Oct. 3/1 Flowers are mostly worked in Satin stitch, highly raised... Flowers are embellished with French knots. < as lemmas |
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