单词 | penned |
释义 | pennedadj.1 Now rare. 1. Feathered; having wing feathers or quills (now only as the second element of compounds: see sense 2). Later also (Heraldry): having feathers of a specified tincture. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] featheredc1300 penneda1398 well-feathered1525 well-plumed1575 plumy1590 feathery1637 well-fledged1650 pennigerous1656 plumigerous1656 penniferous1722 flighted1735 plumaged1777 fledgy1818 plumulose1826 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > having feathers on penneda1398 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [adjective] > quilled (of porcupine) penned?a1500 quilled1606 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > having specific part of different tincture ongled?1503 membered1530 unged1562 beaked1572 crested1572 crined1572 langued1572 legged1572 penned1572 unguled1572 jolloped1610 ungled1675 lingued1680 quilled1688 wattled1688 animé1730 tufted1761 tusked1766 maned1780 velloped1780 crured1804 tushedc1828 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xciv. 1245 Þe lusard..is nought feþered nouþer ypenned [1495 pennyd]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10626 (MED) Hir wijt, hir vertu, hir loueword, Mai naman writte wit penned ord. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 904 in Poems (1981) 38 Baith otter and aip, and pennit porcupyne. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Penned, pennatus, plumatus. Penned or franked, altilis, ut altilis cygnus. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 46v S. beareth Sable, a Sphinx d'argent, crined, and penned d'Or. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 467 In case the quill should differ in tincture from the rest of the feather, the term penned, quilled, or shafted may be employed. 2. With modifying word, as hard, tender, weak, etc.: having feathers of the kind or quality specified (used esp. of a hawk). ΚΠ 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aviiiv As longe as an hawke stondeth vnder the nombre of vij barris..she is bot tender Pennyd. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aviiiv She is not harde pennyde no more than a soore hawke. 1596 W. Smith Chloris (1877) 4 My maiden verse..Whose weake pend muse to flie too soone doth proue. 1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 79 I started training Kes after I'd had her about a fortnight, when she was hard penned, that means her tail feathers and wing feathers had gone hard at their bases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pennedadj.2 1. Written or drawn with or as with a pen; set down in writing. Frequently with qualifying adverb, as carefully, closely, etc. See also well-penned adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adjective] writtenOE pricked1463 penned1567 handwritten1583 paper1616 literal1621 inditeda1640 in manuscript1646 scribed1662 scriptory1704 scriptured1763 pen and ink1810 scriptitious1815 paper-and-pencil1927 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Fviij That they shoulde for very spyte My penned poems teare. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 146 Nor to their pend [1623 pen'd] speach render we no grace. View more context for this quotation 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. 85 I fear, it was a dismal penned Piece. 1787 J. Bentham Def. Usury vi. 56 It is not likely..that the worst-penned law made for this purpose should be altogether destitute of effect. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. Pref. p. x A carefully penned outline for the etcher. 1875 H. Butterworth Story of Hymns 207 She was surprised to find it outgrowing in popularity all of her more carefully penned and elaborate productions. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 4 283 Shreve's carefully penned description and well chosen and admirably executed plates. 1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 52 Four closely penned pages of his impressions of the Great Outback. 1990 D. Peterson Dress Gray iv. 97 That made it easy to slip the five or so pages of penned emotions under his pillow, kiss him on the cheek, and return to my own barracks undetected. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [adjective] > relating to suture > types of suture penned1598 quilled1723 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 15/2 Called the penned stitchinge, because it is done with little quilles or shaftes of a penne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pennedadj.3 Shut up or enclosed in a pen; (of water) confined in a river by a weir, lock, etc. Frequently with in, up. Also figurative. Cf. pent adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [adjective] > confined (of water) penned1794 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 24 Your liberty..has been greatly widened, and enlarged by me; whereas I found you a pen'd up people. 1794 W. Vanderstegen Pres. State Thames 29 The practicability of rendering the rapid river Severn a penn'd navigation. 1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 138 The further your penned-up dock went up the river the better. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War 19 Mar. (1885) 82 We had not marched more than four miles when we came upon our penned-in men and released them before the Mexicans discovered them. 1919 Amer. Naturalist 53 357 A penned-up cat, scratching wildly at the objects in its cage. 1995 Esquire Aug. 96/1 ‘This is what we call the bull pen’, says White, leading us indoors through a penned-in area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1a1398adj.21567adj.31682 |
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