单词 | shorn |
释义 | shornadj. 1. Shaven, tonsured. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short shornc1050 polleda1325 ydoddeda1400 rounded?a1439 nottedc1440 gallows-rounded1567 stubbed1627 well-cropped1805 well-shaven1842 bobbed1918 Eton-cropped1925 crew-cropped1938 crew cut1940 urchin cut1951 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 507/34 Rassis [read rasis], scorenum. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lxvi. 183 Heer shorne is callyd Cesaries, heer vnkytte is callyd Coma in Grewe. 1530 Compend. Olde Treat. sig. A.i Many a shoren crowne. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 114 Bald pate Priests and shoren Friars. 1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 583 With..scars upon their shorn heads. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > newly cut shornc1400 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 213 As schorne golde schyr her fax þenne schon. 3. Of corn: Cut with a sickle. Of grass: Cut close. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > with sickle shornc1440 sickled1765 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed > closely shornc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/1 Schoryn, or repyd, messus. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xvv And also it [sc. mown rye] wyll nat kepe nor saue it selfe from rayne or yll wether whan it standeth in the couer as the shorne corne wyll do. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 102 Smooth as Swallows skim The new-shorn Mead, and far more swift we fly. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ix. 222 They are trampled down like the shorn grass. 1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean I. x. 172 There was still a glow along the road through the shorn cornfields. 4. Of sheep, etc.: Having undergone shearing. shorn lamb n. also applied to the dressed fur of the sheep used in garment-making. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having a fleece > shorn shorn?1518 out of the woolc1540 shorned1600 two-shear1788 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of lamb footfell1347 lambskin?a1366 budge1395 lentrinware1435 buggishank1463 budge-skin1466 lamba1474 budge-fura1529 astrakhan1766 krimmer1834 Persian lamb1853 broadtail1892 karakul1894 breitschwanz1923 beaver lamb1939 shorn lamb1945 Lucca lamb1956 Tuscan lamb1956 kalgan1960 Swakara1966 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i The nexte that came was a coryar..As ryche as a newe shorne shepe. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iv. ii. 132 And hauing lost their fleeces, [they] liue afterward like poore shorne sheepe. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 176 God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb. 1913 Times 13 Sept. 18/6 While shorn skins and lambs are quoted ¼d. higher. 1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xxi. 183 Linda..comes back covered with rich furs, while you and I..get..three-quarter-length shorn lamb. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 153 American broadtail. This was the trade-name for the fur of the very young Argentine lamb... The name is now prohibited in the U.S.A. and the fur is sold under its true name of ‘shorn lamb’. 1978 Lancashire Life Oct. 101/1 (caption) The ‘Rambler’ jacket in shorn lamb with leather piping all round and on the pockets, plus leather belt, is about £130. 5. Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > sculptured or carved ycorven1297 carven1330 graven1382 cutted1438 carveda1530 shorn1547 well carved1548 graved1552 under-carved1616 sculptile1621 sculptated1653 featured1745 sculptured1815 glyphica1856 chiselled1873 chip-carved1890 sculpted1961 1547 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 20 (note) Ane Scottis comptar of aik, schorne werk, with the furmis of the samyn. b. Chopped up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > division by cutting > [adjective] > cut into pieces ychoppidc1430 cutc1440 chopped1538 shorn1597 shared1598 dissected1634 slitted1797 junked1827 1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 115 Thow gawe him ane drink, mixt with certaine shorne herbis. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. vi. 436 Plates containing each three grilled herrings, sprinkled with shorn onions. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 265 Hard eggs, chopped fine with crumbs of bread, or shorn nettles and oatmeal. 6. Lessened in extent, deprived of splendour, etc.: see shear v. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent minished1590 narrowed1599 diminished1607 shorn1853 ensmalled1857 reduced1880 Sanforized1968 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed abridgeda1382 docked1408 defalcate1531 decurted?1550 curtailed1561 limited1590 minced1609 clipped1788 razeed1821 shorn1853 restricted1856 curtate1875 fine-cut1894 1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 49 For many a league The shorn and parcell'd Oxus strains along Through beds of sand and matted rushy isles. 1868 J. R. Lowell Pictures from Appledore vi The great shorn sun as you see it now, Across eight miles of undulant gold That widens landward. 1902 Daily Chron. 28 July 5/1 Lord Lister has spoken with confidence of the King's ability to go through the shorn ceremonial at the end of next week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1050 |
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