单词 | outcurved |
释义 | outcurvedadj. Curved outwards; spec. (of the bow of a violin or other stringed instrument) having a curve in the direction away from the hair. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [adjective] > type of bow well-strung1602 rosined1714 unrosined1714 outcurved1868 Tourte1889 1868 Once a Week 25 July 74/2 Let the centre-piece be one of Wedgwood's fine black tazzas..and the snowy salt be in those exquisite toys of his executed in a black body, ornamented in the same coloured relief, and set on tiny outcurved feet. 1882 Morning Post 18 May 2/5 The mean diurnal veering of the wind is explained by the fact that in cyclones the wind is a little more incurved, and in anticyclones a little more outcurved by night than by day. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) I. 855/2 The mechanics of a bow with slight positive curve (away from the hair; out-curved) necessarily differ somewhat from those of an incurved bow. 1970 Daily Tel. 5 May 16/2 She had used an archaic ‘outcurved’ bow to play gamba sonatas by J. S. and W. F. Bach on a modern viola. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen viii. 157 The picture of Celestine in the slip, shadowed in the narrow hall, full and outcurved like the prow of a boat, rose in his mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1868 |
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