单词 | perrier |
释义 | perriern.1 Weaponry. Now historical. 1. A ballistic engine for shooting or catapulting stones. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > gun for firing stones perrier1481 stone-gun1495 pedrero1598 petrary1610 potaroc1700 partridge1788 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxxiv. 257 They..dyde do make engyns, perierers, Magonneauls, castellys, chattes. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 111 If þou shall assayll castels, vse Instrumentz castyng stones, as Mangoles or Perrerers. 1885 C. Oman Art of War 57 Against walls fifteen to thirty feet thick, the feeble siege-artillery of the day, perrieres, catapults,..and so forth, beat without perceptible effect. 1992 P. H. Humphries Engines of War (Welsh Historic Monuments leaflet) The second engine which relied on counterpoise was the perrier. This probably originated in Asia and seems to have become well established in the west by the mid twelfth century. 2000 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 13 Oct. 19 The group will..be building a small medieval siege engine, called a perrier, designed to throw boulders at castle walls. 2. = pedrero n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > types of naval gun portpiece1527 fowler1548 port-base1600 perrier1643 carronade1779 Long Tom1812 Dahlgren1861 cow-gun1902 whispering Willie1918 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Bvj Artyllery of the turkes..canonnes perryers of brasse that shot a stone of .iii. fote and a halfe. ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 102/2 Cannons peryers. 1643 Lanc. Tracts 174 The noise of 9 canon and 2 periers. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Perriers, a small sort of Great Guns that shoot Stones, carried by Privateers. 1978 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 41 243 A diagram to show the method of tertiating the madfa' al-ḥajjāra (Sp. ‘pedrero’ perrier). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Perriern.2 A proprietary name for: a sparkling natural mineral water from the south of France; a drink of this. More fully Perrier water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > mineral water > types of acidulae1670 Malvern water1756 Saratoga water1793 barége1811 Vichy1858 Congress water1865 Apollinaris1875 Contrexéville1877 Polly1878 Poland1881 St. Galmier1883 Vittel1895 Perrier1904 Evian1907 San Pellegrino1924 1904 Times 25 Oct. 10/5 (advt.) Perrier Water fulfills to a remarkable exactness the fundamental requirements of the ideal table water. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xiii. 244 If only Grace could be bottled like Perrier water. 1957 G. Bellairs Death in High Provence vii. 80 Two long Italians with some ice and perrier, please. 2001 N.Y. Times 21 June c6/4 Perrier was the original ‘new age’ beverage, which is defined as drinks that are healthy alternatives to soft drinks and alcohol. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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