单词 | reeden |
释义 | reedenadj. 1. Made or consisting of a reed or reeds; (also) reed-like. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of reed(s) reedena1382 reeded1570 sedgy1624 flaggy1626 reedish1629 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective] > long and narrow > like a rod, reed, etc. stalky1552 strawish1562 rush-like1578 reeden1597 rodlike1611 virgated1752 vargeous1779 switchy1810 sudiform1822 reedy1834 rodded1841 pencillous1850 junciform1855 rhabdoidal1855 rhabdoid1859 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 4 Kings xviii. 21 Whether hopist thou in the reeden [L. arundineo] staf broken, Egipt. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie Pref. sig. *viv Philosophie..is but a readen staffe, to beare vp so heauy a burthen. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 4 A long slender reeden stalke. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. V4v The women of Venice..put on a readen hat, without any crowne at all. 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian x. 153 Some crosse Astabore, Some Arsasoba, some the broader Nile In Reeden boats. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 133 Thro' reeden Pipes convey the Golden Flood. View more context for this quotation 1709 M. Astell Bart'lemy Fair 35 The Jews, who spit upon our Saviour, Ridicul'd Him with a Purple Robe, a Reeden Sceptre. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 7 Why dedst thee, than, tell me 'Isterday o' losing my Rewden Hat in the Rex-bush. 1796 J. Cottle Poems 79 O'er the stubborn glebe I urg'd my team, Or led my flocks beside the pebbl'd stream. Or with my reeden-pipe, at break of day, Pour'd the rude warblings of a shepherd's lay. 1817 Sporting Mag. 50 25 The thresher in his shirt and reeden fillet. 1868 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life 83 My reeden roof, outslanting wide, Was yet in seed, unsprung from ground. 1919 D. Smith Life & Lett. St. Paul II. 251 It was a poor place in those days. Most of the houses were constructed of reeds and some of bricks with reeden roofs. 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 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 487 Whanne þey were unneþes i-passed Areden marys [a1425: a reody marreys; L. paludem arundineam]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1382 |
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