单词 | rose-headed |
释义 | rose-headedadj. 1. Having a rose-shaped head; spec. (of a nail) having a rose head (rose head n. 2). ΚΠ 1686 London Gaz. No. 2188/4 Lost..a short turn Wagon with two pair of Harness, and a Cart Saddle, with Wheel-Lades, the Wheels of old Streaks, and new Rose-headed Nails. 1723 Readings upon Statute Law I. 300 If of a greater Breadth, such Tire or Streaks shall be fastened on with Rose Headed Nails. 1786 Ann. Agric. 5 451 Three acres of land, two whereof were planted with the white Holland potatoe, produced 200 sacks, a very middling crop being curled, which we call rose headed. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 597 Preventing the beans from becoming what is termed rose-headed. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. Explan. Terms 135 Boat-nails..are..generally rose-headed. 1957 Gen. Specif. Constructional Standards (ed. 5) 32 Cast-iron or asbestos cement pipes..are to be securely fixed 2 ins. from the wall with heavy rose-headed nails through metal or hardwood distance pieces. 2000 K. E. Lay Archit. Jefferson Country i. 31/1 The characteristic construction details that date buildings to the Georgian period include wrought-iron roseheaded nails. 2. Designating either of two green parakeets with pink or red on the head: (a) the blossom-headed parakeet of South Asia, Psittacula roseata, whose head shades from rosy-pink to bluish-lilac; (b) the rose-crowned conure of Venezuela, Pyrrhura rhodocephala, which has a reddish crown and tail. ΚΠ 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. xiii. 71 The Rose-headed Ring Parrokeet is ten inches in length... This curious bird was brought from Bengal. 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. ii. 434 Rose-headed parrakeet... Green Parrakeet, with rose-blue [sic] head, black throat and collar. 1874 Stray Feathers 2 390 The Rose-headed Paroquet is found in most parts of Chota Nagpur. 1954 J. Corbett Temple Tiger 124 Picture..a multitude of brilliantly plumaged red and gold minivets.., rose-headed parakeets.., and wire-crested drongos flitting from tree to tree. 1970 R. M. de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 102/2 Rose-headed Parakeet Pyrrhura rhodocephala... Mostly green; crown rosy red. 1998 T. Juniper & M. Parr Parrots 410/1 Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata... Other names: Rose-headed Parakeet, Rosy-headed Parakeet, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1686 |
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