| 单词 | rod divination |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrod divination a. General attributive, objective, instrumental, and parasynthetic, as rod carrier, rod divination, rod grower, rod merchant, etc.; rod-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1648 R. Robins Whip for Marshalls Court sig. C3v It had need of A Thousand Rodde Carryers, and beadells to whip them out of this peece. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. ii. lix. 366 Mercury is called..the rod-bearer, winged on his feet, eloquent, bringer of gain, [etc.]. 1761 G. Noarth Bill of Lading 3 Sept. in H. Bouquet Papers (1942) 2nd Ser. 98 Shipped..One Cover'd Hamper, One Rod Hamper. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 96 (note) Our vulgar Notion of the Hazel's Tendency to a Vein of Lead Ore..seems to be a Vestige of this Rod Divination. 1851 Census Great Brit. (1854) Rod grower, dealer 12. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Rod-merchant, a dealer in osiers or birch and alder rods for basket-making, etc. 1876 Nature 30 Nov. 108/1 Very minute rod-shaped spicules. 1924 Times 24 Aug. 13/3 Perrin, Mr. William Alfred,..rod merchant and basket manufacturer. 1947 Physical Rev. 72 21/2 The inhour is useful as a measure of rod displacement. 1995 G. Birdsall Feng Shui Compan. 196 Rod dowsing uses a forked tree branch or ‘L’ rod. 2003 Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. (Features section) 8 The Martian meteorite contained what looked like rod-shaped fossil imprints. < as lemmas |
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