单词 | receptory |
释义 | receptoryn.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > organ receiving secretion > [noun] receptaclea1398 receptory?a1425 receptaculum1667 retentives1678 the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > function of part > receptacle receptory?a1425 reservatory1670 reservoir1710 receptacle1832 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 17 (MED) Þe splene is receptorie [?c1425 Paris resceyuour; L. receptorium] of melancolious superfluitee gendred in þe lyuer. ?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe iii. i. f. 53 The humours..fylleth and extendeth the receptories of the body, as the stomake, the vaines, and bowels. 1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism ii. 67 The skull of a Louse hath more ventricles or receptaries for the numerous swarms of Animal spirits, then the spatious Amphitheatre of Rome had seats for the spectators. 2. = receptacle n. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] receivera1398 resetc1400 receipta1425 receptaclec1425 repository1485 receptorya1500 pot1503 container?1504 hold1517 containing?1541 continent?1541 receptable1566 nest1589 conceptacle1611 keep1617 house1625 reception1646 inholder1660 conceptaculum1691 penholder1815 holder1833 carrier1855 compactum1907 a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1931) II. 408 (MED) Our lembykes shall not be lutid with her receptories, but stopped with dry linnen cloth. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 68 Put these in a Glasse styll wyth his receptorye well luted. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 222 A paile or trey made of kids or goats leather for a receptory. 1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1053 A Current that turneth the Liquor into a Receptory, from whence it is pumped into another Pit or Mine. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiii. 282 Those three Rivers..disembogue at one Mouth into the common Receptory of Rivers. ?1797 J. Baker Picturesque Guide to Local Beauties of Wales II. 244 There is a curious memorial on the receptory of the heart of one of the family, who dying in Italy, it was brought by his servant and thus deposited. 1849 Amer. Farmer 1 June 408/2 By meeting in such assemblies.., each one becomes as it were a compend, receptory, a magazine of the aggregated information of the whole. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Sept. Fair employment practices in Northern Ireland, the administration of justice, and the proposal to build an underwater nuclear waste receptory off the Cumbrian coast are issues liable to lead to Anglo Irish friction. 1997 J. R. Fisher Econ. Aspects Span. Imperialism in Amer. iv. 47 The Casa..functioned as a post office and a receptory for royal treasure, and fulfilled important legal functions. 3. = receptacle n. 5. Also: a place where goods in transit are received. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > place of shelter shroudc1380 receipta1393 recept1423 receptaclec1425 cottage1535 shelterage1632 ambalama1807 receptory1856 1856 Rep. Commercial Rel. U.S. Foreign Nations (U.S. Dept. of State) I. 775 The President is authorized to determine the roads and channels by which goods leaving the receptory of Salto, for reshipment or transit, shall be conveyed. 1867 Times 18 May 16/3 (advt.) The farms and lands..being formerly a receptory of the Knights of St. John, the chapel still remaining, being converted into a farm-house. 1938 Times 17 May 23/7 The Customs Houses and Receptories may issue certificates for clearance to the local market of merchandise imported by prior permit to an amount exceeding up to 5 per cent. of the sums fixed in the respective prior permits. 1994 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 11 Jan. 14 Supporters..have been raising private funds for interior work on the Germanic country house-style receptory and stables built in 1896. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). receptoryadj. Of or relating to reception; receptive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [adjective] receptory1565 recipient1610 suscipient1649 accipient1730 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality or capacity of taking in receptory1565 1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 24 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Beinge put wyth other medicynes, bothe liquide and dry, it [sc. cera] is to them as a body or common receptory substance. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 17) 305 You see, the forme of the words is Receptory; He received. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋170 Dam up the receptory vessels. 1776 Entick's New Spelling Dict. (rev. ed.) Receptory, generally admitted. 1824 Imperial Mag. Aug. 323 It is a receptory maxim, which reason and experience teach us to approve, that ‘we should profit by the fall of others’. 1929 Hamilton (Ohio) Evening Jrnl. 23 Mar. It is a commonplace of science that all woman's receptory nerves remain attached to the love centers. 1956 W. H. Thorpe Learning & Instinct in Animals iii. xiv. 309 Dew-drops supply a sign-stimulus which fits an innate receptory correlate, and so are instinctively sought as the first source of water. 2005 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 7 Every $5000 bottle of Vi-aqua comes with a 100 centimetre machete with which to create..the point at which product and receptory infrastructure..meet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.1565 |
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