单词 | pendule |
释义 | pendulen.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended hanging1549 pendule1578 lob1688 suspension1793 hang1857 mouse1860 hang-down1888 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > pendant pendantc1400 pendicle1488 drop1502 pennon1546 pendeloque1623 bob1648 pendulea1699 pear drop1785 dropperc1825 tassel-drop1849 hanger- 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. f. 90 A round, long, and litle thicke pendule, called..Vuula. a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 108 Yea, one pendule of his crown should not be yielded. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxviii. 230 [He] rejoiced in a couple of barbaric pendules, doubtless of bad gold, but good conducting power. 1855 S. Whiting Heliondé 143 The roof was domed, and from its arcuature fell..pendules. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock > pendulum pendule1660 pendulum1660 simple pendulum1673 bob-pendulum1685 swing1696 quicksilver pendulum1726 pendle1741 gridiron pendulum1751 mercurial pendulum1786 gridiron1793 wanrest1794 seconds pendulum1795 conical pendulum1813 ticker1821 noddy1844 1660 R. Moray Let. 3 Aug. in E. L. Edwardes Story of Pendulum Clock (1977) 58 Those watches are best that have the pendule fast to the axel tree that hath the two pallets. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 12 Moved by a spring, pendule, or poise, which first gives motion to the first wheel. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 16 Apr. 181/1 Let playful Pendules quick vibration feel. 1873 W. D. Howells Poems 94 With sullen throbs of the pendule Sighed the time-worn clock for the death of the days that were perished. b. Mountaineering. A swinging movement used by a climber; = pendulum n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > actions glissading1832 rock climb1861 glissade1862 traversea1877 step cutting1884 hand traverse1897 conquest1902 bouldering1920 lay-back1925 soloing1929 hand-jamming1937 safing1937 rappelling1938 leading through1945 pendulum1945 free-climbing1946 laybacking1955 pendule1957 finger jam1959 jumar1966 jam1967 prusiking1968 jumaring1971 free solo1977 redpoint1986 mantel1987 crimping1990 1957 E. A. Wrangham Sel. Climbs Range Mont Blanc 170 Rappel down from the summit on the Verte side, go over a gendarme by a small pendule on the Charpoua side. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xvi. 232 We had a spectacular pendule by Tom Patey, as he swung out from the base of the over~hanging rock. 1992 W. Unsworth Encycl. Mountaineering (rev. ed.) 254 Pendule, a horizontal abseil used to change a line of ascent or descent e.g. from one vertical crack to another. 3. More fully pendule clock, a (usually small and ornamental) timepiece with a pendulum. Also more generally: any clock. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock pendulum clock1663 pendule clock1664 pendulum1664 pendulum-piece1734 wag-at-the-wall1825 longcase clock1851 grandfather clock1883 trunk dial1884 grandfather1894 grandmother clock1898 longcase1899 granddaughter clock1926 grandmother1931 granddaughter1968 1664–5 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 14 The difference..will not be at all perceived in the Penduls. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 276 That greate Mathematicia<n> & virtuoso Monsieur Zulecum, Inventor of the Pendule Clock. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 285 I..return'd by Fromantel the famous Clock maker to see some Pendules. 1772 D. Garrick Let. 22 Aug. in Private Corr. (1831) I. 481 There may be no time lost in having his four pendules..packed up and forwarded to Linsley. 1817 S. Morgan France (ed. 2) I. i. 27 Madelaine drew our attention also to the high chimney-piece, where ticked a handsome pendule. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 159 Escape wheels of French pendules make two revolutions a minute. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 30 July An excellent Pendule-Clock inclosed in the curious flower-work of Mr Gibbons in the midst of the Vestibule, is very remarkable. CompoundsΚΠ 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 152 They sow also a Wheat about Weston on the Green, which from the hanging of its ear they call Pendule Wheat. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 135 There are other Wheats, that have been sown in some Parts, as..Poland Wheat, Knot Wheat, and Pendul Wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pendulev. rare. transitive (reflexive). To propel oneself by means of swinging. Also intransitive (Mountaineering): to perform a pendulum. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > mountaineer or climb [verb (reflexive)] > climbing techniques unrope1673 pendule1883 prusik1959 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > mountaineer or climb [verb (intransitive)] > climbing techniques glissade1837 sidle1867 traverse1897 abseil1908 to back up1909 bridge1909 to rope down1935 jam1950 rappel1950 prusik1959 solo1964 free-climb1968 hand jam1968 jumar1969 layback1972 pendule1973 top-rope1974 crimp1989 free solo1992 1883 G. MacDonald Princess & Curdie xvi. 128 He dropped himself a little below its level, gave the rope a swing by pushing his feet against the side of the cleft, and so penduled himself into it. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon x. 148 He was now sixty feet up. He paused,..let out some rope and penduled back and forth across the face, trying to work out the best line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578v.1883 |
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