oyster shelln.

Brit.

/ˈɔɪstə ʃɛl/, U.S.

/ˈɔɪstər ˌʃɛl/

Forms: see oyster n. and shell n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oyster n., shell n.

Etymology: < oyster n. + shell n. Compare Old High German aostorskāla.

The shell of an oyster. Also as a mass noun.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > shell of

oyster shelleOE

flake1577

onion-shell1753

shuck1881

eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. ii. 308 Hwit cwudu & gebærned oster scyl gnid to duste.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 174 (MED) Strongest medicines ben as vnslecked lime of stones, of oyster schelles, and of eye schelles, Resalgar and oþer sucche.

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 90 (MED) Þis oyntment is hard, and þerfore when it is nede to vse it, take of it and putte in ane holow oistre schelle and melt it aboue colez.

a1500 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 239 (MED) Falsehed and sche byn bothe of oon substaunce; Alle be they not worth an oyster-schelle.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cj^v Theyr fete are round..of the bignes of great oystershelles.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 132 The marrow [of a hart]..mingled with the pouder of Oyster-shels,..cureth kibes and chilblanes.

1698 J. Crull tr. C. Dellon Voy. to E.-Indies 160 The Houses of Goa are..somewhat Dark at their Windows, being made out of certain Oister-shells very thin cut.

1777 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 243 Virginia is a..country, in which there is scarce a hill or stone to be seen, except here and there..some banks of petrified oyster shells.

1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 124 The black markings or Wampum-spots in the American oyster-shell were..cut out, made into beads, and used as money or ornaments by the Indians.

1921 Times 11 Apr. 6/7 The food fed to laying hens..needs supplementing by a regular supply of crushed oyster shell or dry bone.

1995 J. F. Garner Once upon more Enlightened Time 32 Kelpie was generally not very vain, but she let her mer-kin adorn her with red seaweed, glittering coral, and bright oyster shells.

Compounds

oyster shell bark-louse n. North American (now rare) = oyster shell scale n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > lepidosaphes ulmi (oyster-shell scale)

oyster shell bark-louse1868

oyster shell scale1877

1868 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1867 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 73 The oyster shell bark louse or scale insect..is said to be exterminated by washing the tree with a mixture of two parts of soft soap, eight parts of water, and lime enough to give it the consistence of whitewash.

1904 Science 8 Jan. 65/2 The mussel scale, or, as it is more familiarly known in America, oyster-shell bark-louse.

oyster shell scale n. chiefly North American (a) any of several scale insects mainly of the genus Lepidosaphes, esp. L. ulmi, which attacks many trees and shrubs, including commercial fruit and hardwood trees (also called mussel scale); (b) the disease caused by such insects, characterized by small curved scales on the plant's bark.

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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > caused by insects

canker1555

grubbing1844

oyster shell scale1877

aphis-blight1882

big bud1884

blackfly1884

fly-blight1887

scale-blight1898

parasitization1909

oyster shell bark-louse1868

oyster shell scale1877

1877 4th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1876–7 150 The insect is shorter and stouter than that of the oyster shell scale.

1924 C. C. Deam Shrubs of Indiana 233 Some individuals of several species are attacked and even killed both in cultivation and in the wild state by the oyster-shell scale.

1993 R. H. Arnett Amer. Insects 241/2 L[epidosaphes] ulmi (Linnaeus) (Oyster Shell Scale). This very common scale insect on many ornamental and fruit trees is one species that may be recognized by its characteristic shape, which is that of an oyster shell.

† oyster shell stain n. Photography Obsolete in the collodion process, a stain on the plate formed by a deposit of silver.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > specific part > relating to specific process

oyster shell stain1868

1868 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. 247 Marbled Stains.—‘Oyster-shell’ stains of reduced silver, with a gray metallic surface and in curious curved and arabesque patterns occasionally make their appearance.

oyster shell veneer n. = oyster veneer n. at oyster n. and adj. Compounds 3.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering > material > specific type of material

oyster veneer1909

oyster veneering1916

oyster shell veneer1925

1925 Times 7 Feb. 12/4 A Queen Anne walnut chest of drawers with oyster-shell veneer.

1997 Colonial Homes (Nexis) June 52 Often the cabinets were embellished with rich floral marquetry work or ‘oyster-shell’ veneers.

oyster shell veneering n. = oyster veneer n. at oyster n. and adj. Compounds 3.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > veneering > processes in making veneers

rotary cutting1927

oyster shell veneering1955

1955 R. Fastnedge Eng. Furnit. Styles 286 This oystershell veneering, used for cabinet doors and drawer fronts, was introduced from Holland in the late seventeenth century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oyster shell
释义	oyster shelln. Brit. /ˈɔɪstə ʃɛl/, U.S. /ˈɔɪstər ˌʃɛl/ Forms: see oyster n. and shell n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oyster n., shell n. Etymology: < oyster n. + shell n. Compare Old High German aostorskāla. The shell of an oyster. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > shell of oyster shelleOE flake1577 onion-shell1753 shuck1881 eOE Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) iii. ii. 308 Hwit cwudu & gebærned oster scyl gnid to duste. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 174 (MED) Strongest medicines ben as vnslecked lime of stones, of oyster schelles, and of eye schelles, Resalgar and oþer sucche. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 90 (MED) Þis oyntment is hard, and þerfore when it is nede to vse it, take of it and putte in ane holow oistre schelle and melt it aboue colez. a1500 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 239 (MED) Falsehed and sche byn bothe of oon substaunce; Alle be they not worth an oyster-schelle. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cj^v Theyr fete are round..of the bignes of great oystershelles. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 132 The marrow [of a hart]..mingled with the pouder of Oyster-shels,..cureth kibes and chilblanes. 1698 J. Crull tr. C. Dellon Voy. to E.-Indies 160 The Houses of Goa are..somewhat Dark at their Windows, being made out of certain Oister-shells very thin cut. 1777 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 243 Virginia is a..country, in which there is scarce a hill or stone to be seen, except here and there..some banks of petrified oyster shells. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 124 The black markings or Wampum-spots in the American oyster-shell were..cut out, made into beads, and used as money or ornaments by the Indians. 1921 Times 11 Apr. 6/7 The food fed to laying hens..needs supplementing by a regular supply of crushed oyster shell or dry bone. 1995 J. F. Garner Once upon more Enlightened Time 32 Kelpie was generally not very vain, but she let her mer-kin adorn her with red seaweed, glittering coral, and bright oyster shells. Compounds oyster shell bark-louse n. North American (now rare) = oyster shell scale n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > lepidosaphes ulmi (oyster-shell scale) oyster shell bark-louse1868 oyster shell scale1877 1868 Rep. Comm. Agric. 1867 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 73 The oyster shell bark louse or scale insect..is said to be exterminated by washing the tree with a mixture of two parts of soft soap, eight parts of water, and lime enough to give it the consistence of whitewash. 1904 Science 8 Jan. 65/2 The mussel scale, or, as it is more familiarly known in America, oyster-shell bark-louse. oyster shell scale n. chiefly North American (a) any of several scale insects mainly of the genus Lepidosaphes, esp. L. ulmi, which attacks many trees and shrubs, including commercial fruit and hardwood trees (also called mussel scale); (b) the disease caused by such insects, characterized by small curved scales on the plant's bark. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > caused by insects canker1555 grubbing1844 oyster shell scale1877 aphis-blight1882 big bud1884 blackfly1884 fly-blight1887 scale-blight1898 parasitization1909 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > lepidosaphes ulmi (oyster-shell scale) oyster shell bark-louse1868 oyster shell scale1877 1877 4th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1876–7 150 The insect is shorter and stouter than that of the oyster shell scale. 1924 C. C. Deam Shrubs of Indiana 233 Some individuals of several species are attacked and even killed both in cultivation and in the wild state by the oyster-shell scale. 1993 R. H. Arnett Amer. Insects 241/2 L[epidosaphes] ulmi (Linnaeus) (Oyster Shell Scale). This very common scale insect on many ornamental and fruit trees is one species that may be recognized by its characteristic shape, which is that of an oyster shell. † oyster shell stain n. Photography Obsolete in the collodion process, a stain on the plate formed by a deposit of silver. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > specific part > relating to specific process oyster shell stain1868 1868 M. C. Lea Man. Photogr. 247 Marbled Stains.—‘Oyster-shell’ stains of reduced silver, with a gray metallic surface and in curious curved and arabesque patterns occasionally make their appearance. oyster shell veneer n. = oyster veneer n. at oyster n. and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering > material > specific type of material oyster veneer1909 oyster veneering1916 oyster shell veneer1925 1925 Times 7 Feb. 12/4 A Queen Anne walnut chest of drawers with oyster-shell veneer. 1997 Colonial Homes (Nexis) June 52 Often the cabinets were embellished with rich floral marquetry work or ‘oyster-shell’ veneers. oyster shell veneering n. = oyster veneer n. at oyster n. and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > veneering > processes in making veneers rotary cutting1927 oyster shell veneering1955 1955 R. Fastnedge Eng. Furnit. Styles 286 This oystershell veneering, used for cabinet doors and drawer fronts, was introduced from Holland in the late seventeenth century. 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