osseletn.

Brit.

/ˈɒs(ə)lᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈɑs(ə)lət/

Forms: 1600s– osselet, 1700s oslet, 1700s osslet.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French osselet.

Etymology: < French osselet small bone (1174 in Old French), kind of game (1538 in Middle French), swelling of the fetlock (1680), internal bone of a fossil cephalopod (1841 or earlier) < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + French -let -let suffix.

a. Zoology and Anatomy. Originally: any of the small bones of the carpus or tarsus of a horse. Later also: any of various other types of small bone or ossicle. Now rare or historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun]

boat-bone1615

osselet1683

metapodial1873

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse v. xi. 219 The Seven Osselets or little Bones that make the Knee.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse v. xvi. 233 The Leg-bone and Ranges of Osselets which make that part we call the Hock.

1859 Philos. Trans. 1858 (Royal Soc.) 148 882 In the fossil species no such spine-bearing scales occur, the first fin-rays being supported by interapophysial osselets.

1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 161 The osselets of the lower lobe of the tail are articulated to the swollen outer extremities of the hæmal spines.

1978 Jrnl. Laryngol. & Otol. 92 453 The fourth auditory ossicle (the Os Orbiculare or Lenticulare, or the Osselet of Sylvius) was described and depicted in all books on anatomy or otology up to the turn of the century.

b. In plural. A game like knuckle-bones or jacks, played with the carpal or tarsal bones of a quadruped (or objects of similar size). rare.

ΚΠ

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 318 Athenæus..says, that the ‘games of dice and osselets were in use at the time Troy was besieged by the Greeks’.

1898 T. Sulman in Good Words June 410/1 Two of them have been playing at osselets, and the rest..are keenly watching the game.

1994 Chicago Mag. Nov. 90 At a toy store, she bought him a set of ‘osselets’: five aluminum ‘lamb bones’. The object of the game was to throw up one bone and catch it with one hand while picking up the four bones with the other hand.

2. Veterinary Medicine. A hard or bony growth on a joint of a horse; spec. such a growth on the fetlock. Also (in plural): the condition of having such a growth or growths; periostitis in the region of the fetlock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > caused by tumours > tumour

spavin1426

ringbonec1465

blood spavin?1523

curb?1523

serew?1523

splint?1523

thorough-serewe?1523

thorough spavin?1523

windgall?1523

bone spavin1566

boneshavea1585

grape1600

surot1601

hough-bony1607

lichen1607

gorge1610

bog-spavin1631

splint-bone1704

splinter1704

star1710

fuseec1720

jardonc1720

osseletc1720

jarde1727

thorough-pin1789

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxxviii. 275 Oslets are little hard Substances that arise among the small Bones of the Knee.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xl. 551 Splents, Oslets [1756 Osslets], Spavins, and Ring-bones.

1777 H. Bracken Ten Minutes Advice 17 Splents come near the knees, and osselets near the fetlocks... The first [of the three kinds of osselets] is the simple osselet, which does not grow near the joint of the fetlock or the nerve.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. c11 Then he popped an osselet.

1990 Chron. Horse 11 May 43/1 DMSO can be used on almost any injury, bruise or strain that produces swelling and inflammation, including bucked shins, osselets, strained tendons.

†3. Palaeontology. The internal bone of a fossil cephalopod. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > cuttlebone

osselet1848

1848 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 138 174 The elongated conical fossil commonly known as the Belemnite, and termed by naturalists the guard or osselet of the same.

1862 J. D. Dana Elem. Geol. 455 (caption) View, reduced, of the complete osselet of a Belemnite.

1870 H. A. Ward Catal. Acad. Series Casts of Fossils 43 Besides these fossil parts, which were the osselets or guards of ancient Cephalopods allied to the Squid, there have been found remains of the ink-bag.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	osselet
释义	osseletn. Brit. /ˈɒs(ə)lᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɑs(ə)lət/ Forms: 1600s– osselet, 1700s oslet, 1700s osslet. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French osselet. Etymology: < French osselet small bone (1174 in Old French), kind of game (1538 in Middle French), swelling of the fetlock (1680), internal bone of a fossil cephalopod (1841 or earlier) < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + French -let -let suffix. 1. a. Zoology and Anatomy. Originally: any of the small bones of the carpus or tarsus of a horse. Later also: any of various other types of small bone or ossicle. Now rare or historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > [noun] boat-bone1615 osselet1683 metapodial1873 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse v. xi. 219 The Seven Osselets or little Bones that make the Knee. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse v. xvi. 233 The Leg-bone and Ranges of Osselets which make that part we call the Hock. 1859 Philos. Trans. 1858 (Royal Soc.) 148 882 In the fossil species no such spine-bearing scales occur, the first fin-rays being supported by interapophysial osselets. 1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 161 The osselets of the lower lobe of the tail are articulated to the swollen outer extremities of the hæmal spines. 1978 Jrnl. Laryngol. & Otol. 92 453 The fourth auditory ossicle (the Os Orbiculare or Lenticulare, or the Osselet of Sylvius) was described and depicted in all books on anatomy or otology up to the turn of the century. b. In plural. A game like knuckle-bones or jacks, played with the carpal or tarsal bones of a quadruped (or objects of similar size). rare. ΚΠ 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 318 Athenæus..says, that the ‘games of dice and osselets were in use at the time Troy was besieged by the Greeks’. 1898 T. Sulman in Good Words June 410/1 Two of them have been playing at osselets, and the rest..are keenly watching the game. 1994 Chicago Mag. Nov. 90 At a toy store, she bought him a set of ‘osselets’: five aluminum ‘lamb bones’. The object of the game was to throw up one bone and catch it with one hand while picking up the four bones with the other hand. 2. Veterinary Medicine. A hard or bony growth on a joint of a horse; spec. such a growth on the fetlock. Also (in plural): the condition of having such a growth or growths; periostitis in the region of the fetlock. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > caused by tumours > tumour spavin1426 ringbonec1465 blood spavin?1523 curb?1523 serew?1523 splint?1523 thorough-serewe?1523 thorough spavin?1523 windgall?1523 bone spavin1566 boneshavea1585 grape1600 surot1601 hough-bony1607 lichen1607 gorge1610 bog-spavin1631 splint-bone1704 splinter1704 star1710 fuseec1720 jardonc1720 osseletc1720 jarde1727 thorough-pin1789 c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxxviii. 275 Oslets are little hard Substances that arise among the small Bones of the Knee. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xl. 551 Splents, Oslets [1756 Osslets], Spavins, and Ring-bones. 1777 H. Bracken Ten Minutes Advice 17 Splents come near the knees, and osselets near the fetlocks... The first [of the three kinds of osselets] is the simple osselet, which does not grow near the joint of the fetlock or the nerve. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. c11 Then he popped an osselet. 1990 Chron. Horse 11 May 43/1 DMSO can be used on almost any injury, bruise or strain that produces swelling and inflammation, including bucked shins, osselets, strained tendons. †3. Palaeontology. The internal bone of a fossil cephalopod. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > cuttlebone osselet1848 1848 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 138 174 The elongated conical fossil commonly known as the Belemnite, and termed by naturalists the guard or osselet of the same. 1862 J. D. Dana Elem. Geol. 455 (caption) View, reduced, of the complete osselet of a Belemnite. 1870 H. A. Ward Catal. Acad. Series Casts of Fossils 43 Besides these fossil parts, which were the osselets or guards of ancient Cephalopods allied to the Squid, there have been found remains of the ink-bag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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