| 单词 | serpentine temple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasserpentine temple b. In various technical uses (see quots.). serpentine temple = serpent temple (see serpent n. 10). ΚΠ 1743 W. Stukeley Abury 9 Those with the form of a snake annext, as that of Abury, I call serpentine temples, or Dracontia, by which they were denominated of old. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 311 A horse is said to have a serpentine tongue, if it is always frisking and moving, and sometimes passing over the bit. 1851 Squier Serpent Symbol 137 Ancient serpentine structures of the United States. 1860 C. R. M. Talbot tr. I. Newton Enumerat. Lines 3rd Order 12 We shall call..that which cuts the asymptote in contrary flexures, having on both sides contrary branches, the serpentine hyperbola. 1860 C. R. M. Talbot tr. I. Newton Enumerat. Lines 3rd Order 17 Where the serpentine curve does not pass through the intersection of the asymptotes. 1867 Philatelist 1 99/2 The peculiarity of the serpentine perforation is that no paper is taken away by the machine; it is simply a serpentine cut, with twelve waves to the base of the stamp on one, eighteen on the other. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 796/2 Serpentine Molding Machine, one for carving parlor frames, lounge, sofa, and chair backs, and other crooked work [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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