| 单词 | raven's bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraven's bone raven's bone n. now historical and rare a cartilaginous part of the breastbone of a deer (probably the xiphoid process); = corbin-bone n. at corbin n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > food eaten by birds > food for ravens corbel's feec1400 raven's morselc1560 raven's bone1575 raven-bone1819 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliv. 135 There is a litle gristle which is vpon the spoone of the brysket, which we cal the Rauens bone, bycause it is cast vp to the Crowes or Rauens whiche attende hunters. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. vi. 42 in Wks. (1640) III Mar...the brisket-bone, upon the spoone Of which, a little gristle growes, you call it—— Rob. the Ravens-bone. 1784 T. Davies Dramatic Misc. I. 48 Ravens..are..said to..attend the dissection of deer for a certain morsel, which hunters used formerly to call the raven's bone. 1967 Speculum 42 273 A piece called the ‘raven's bone’, os corbin or escorbin, was to be placed high in a tree as the ravens' portion. < as lemmas |
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