单词 | reeded |
释义 | reededadj. 1. Thatched with reed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of reed(s) reedena1382 reeded1570 sedgy1624 flaggy1626 reedish1629 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific coupledc1384 thatched1467 stone-heled1578 slate-hung1648 slate-roofed1648 raftered1670 rafted1739 stob-thatched1792 reeded1819 hip-roofed1821 wagon-vaulted1835 span-roofed1842 saddle-backed1853 thatchy1864 tortoise-roofed1886 mansarded1890 monopitch1961 skillion-roofed1967 1570 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 137-8 The greate number of reded and thacked houses. 1778 J. Bampfylde Sixteen Sonnets 16 Counting the frequent drop from reeded eaves. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad v. 263 Grassy fences..That glittering hang the reeded eaves beneath. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. iv. 65 Blunt cone-headed turrets..rose often from the low, thatched, and reeded roofs. 1956 Hammond (Louisiana) Times 26 Nov. 17/3 The reeded roofs were, undoubtedly, a flash-back from ‘the old country’. 1998 Western Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 19 Mar. Thatcher Jason Kings pieces together reeded roofing on new houses in Wonston. ΚΠ 1682 in J. A. Johnston Probate Inventories Lincoln Citizens (1991) 78 In the Chamber ouer the Shopp Hangings Of the Roome 13 reeded wrought Chares and stooles. 3. a. Chiefly Architecture and Joinery. Decorated or ornamented with reedings (reeding n. 2a). See also reed n.1 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > moulding > types of moulding bowtelled?1578 bolectioned1693 reconciling1754 zigzag1765 quirked1774 reeded1801 nebule1823 studded1838 nail-headed1842 stuck1850 keeleda1878 1801 Catal. Househ. Furnit. W. Beckford 12 An elegant wainscot four-post bedstead, double screwed, lath bottom, 6 feet 2 wide, with carved and reeded feet posts. 1812 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 306 One Sette of Astragal one sette of Reeded Jambs with Blocks, Hearth and fixings. $80. a1894 W. Pater Gaston de Latour (1896) iii. 79 Frames of reeded ebony or jewelled filigree. 1952 Archit. Rev. 112 408/3 The desk for Unilevers, designed by Charles Kenrick, in agba, with a black bean top and reeded hardboard case. 1978 R. Rendell Sleeping Life ii. 14 No one came when they rang the bell on the neighbouring front door, a far more trendy and ambitious affair of wrought iron and reeded glass. 2002 D. Harris Portable Writing Desks 13 The drawer actuates a reeded tambour, backed with canvas. b. Coining (chiefly U.S.). Of the edge of a coin: having a uniform grooved pattern; milled. Also of the die used to cast coins with such an edge. Cf. reeding n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [adjective] > milled or unmilled edge milled1639 unmilled1695 engrailed1830 reeded1854 1854 Bankers' Mag. & Statist. Reg. Nov. 364 It must be understood that the operation there termed ‘milling’ is merely for the purpose of thickening and preparing the edge,..the ornament or reed..being given to the piece by the reeded collar of the die in which the piece is struck. 1861 Harper's Mag. Dec. 27/1 The intense pressure expands the blank about the sixteenth of an inch, filling the collar and producing on to the coin the fluted or reeded edge. 1900 Overland Monthly Dec. 572/1 The inner rim of the ‘reeded collar’ is fluted or reeded. 1969 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Apr. 12 Further distinction is obliterated by the reeded edge. 2006 Catal. Dallas Signature Coin Auction, Oct 24–25 254/3 Struck in a 40% nickel, 60% copper alloy with a reeded edge. 4. Covered or overgrown with reeds; full of reeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of reedy1307 flaggy1382 reedena1387 sedgy1566 rushy1567 saggy1609 secky1610 cany1667 seavy1684 bentya1700 juncous1755 rushed1759 rush-grown1765 spritty1786 spratty1808 reeded1821 sedged1866 1821 J. H. Reynolds Garden of Florence & Other Poems 70 The swans came gliding from their reeded nest. 1876 A. B. Grosart in A. Wilson Poems I. Introd. p. xli He journeyed—gun in hand—in forest, brushwood, reeded swamp. 1891 E. R. Pennell Stream of Pleasure 65 The campers pitch their tents on the reeded islands. 1917 E. M. Martin Happy Fields 15 Where once hawthorn hedges grew tall or reeded brooks ran. 1995 I. Banks Whit i. 5 The river is..narrow enough for a child to throw a stone all the way across, from one muddy, reeded bank to the other. 5. Music. Of a musical instrument: having a reed; played using a reed.single-reeded: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > reeded reeded1825 1762 tr. S. Gessner Rural Poems 88 He..sadly turn'd his downcast eyes on his nine-reeded flute.] 1825 J. Rennie Art of improving Voice & Ear i. 4 (heading) Reeded wind instruments. In this class of instruments, we place the hautboy, bassoon, the clarinet, and the martial bagpipe. 1854 J. S. Bushnan in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 129 Reeded and tongued instruments. 1929 Proc. Musical Assoc. 56 27 There is a Chinese tradition stating the discovery of a reeded pipe in B.C. 2585. 1988 Antiquity 62 747/2 Trance-inducing music was produced in ancient Greece on the aulos, a reeded flute. 2005 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 18 Apr. d5 Paddy LeMervier of France on..bombarde (a traditional Breton reeded instrument that sounded like the smallest saxophone in the world). ΚΠ 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 342/2 A quantity of fine dry clean reeded deal is prepared for forming the joints. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 972 A quantity of well-seasoned and clean reeded deal is required for forming the joints. 7. figurative. Of starlight: falling in long thin shafts. rare. ΚΠ 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xc. 478 I knew that Sherif Abd el Main should be still at Shobek, so rode boldly up the silent street in the reeded star-light, which played with the white icicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570 |
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