单词 | signet ring |
释义 | signet ringn. 1. A finger ring featuring a signet; a ring with letters or a design engraved on it. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > seal- or signet-ring signet ring1542 seal-ring1608 society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > engraved stamp used for inseila1000 seala1300 lead1340 signet1392 sinetc1440 jark1567 cashet1609 sigila1610 ring1637 cacheta1639 signet ring1726 cylinder seal1887 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 187v He pulled his signet rynge from his fynger, & sette it hard to ye mouth of the said Hephæstion. 1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching sig. F2 Giuing their masters signet ring for better confirmation of his message. 1611 R. Brathwait Golden Fleece ii. F5v When Collatine did giue his signet ring, Vnto young Sextus void of any ill, He safe content, within his tent did sing Deuoted to his chast Lucretiaes will. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. iv. 290 All the smaller Gems were used especially for Signets and Signet-Rings. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 132 Such are sealed on Wax only,..that is to say, with the Impression of a Signet-Ring. 1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. I. vi. 602/1 At the same time, he drew his signet ring from his finger, and delivered it to the duke, as a testimony of his goodwill. 1813 W. Scott Let. 6 Nov. (1932) III. 375 A Sultan who consulted Solomon on the proper inscription for a signet-ring. 1861 C. W. King Antique Gems (1866) p. xxxviii Signet-rings must have attained universal popularity in Greece before 600 b.c. 1878 J. Miller Songs Italy 82 I would be the richest King That ever wore a signet-ring. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon Prothalamion 27 If it hadn't been for his signet-ring that he put on her hand all in a hurry at the last moment it might have been all a dream. 1969 J. Singer et al. tr. I. B. Singer Estate i. viii. 99 His fat fingers were covered with signet rings. 2000 Punch 13 Dec. 19/1 He has all the trimmings of an aristocrat: the monogrammed signet rings, tailored pin-striped suits and cut-glass accent. 2. a. Pathology and Histology. = signet ring cell n. at Compounds. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [noun] > ring or loop ring?a1425 loop1846 signet ring1876 signet1897 1870 H. Power tr. A. Rollett in Stricker's Man. Human & Compar. Histol. I. ii. 94 The protoplasm of the cells in which such large drops have developed, lies like a cincture around the drops, presenting everywhere nearly the same breadth, except only where the nucleus is imbedded in it and forms a thickening or projection that causes the whole protoplasmic mass to be comparable to a signet ring [Ger. eines Siegelringes].] 1876 Lancet 22 Apr. 603/1 As the cell increases in size its granular protoplasmic contents become more and more confined to the periphery, till at length the ‘crescentic’ or ‘signet-ring’ form of cell is produced. 1929 Lancet 2 Feb. 223/2 In the outer third to one half of the lobules the cells are converted by large globules into signet rings. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 36 633/1 The malignant cells, some in the form of signet rings, were present in the lymphatic space of the submucosa. 1998 Gastroenterology 114 672/1 Additionally, it [sc. the cancer] is often mucinous or composed of signet rings. b. Pathology. A young malarial trophozoite in a red blood cell, having the form of a bluish ring with a red dot. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun] > member of > parasite cytozoon1882 cephalont1885 cephalin1888 Babesia1900 signet ring1901 giardia1921 1896 P. Manson in Lancet 14 Mar. 695/2 These stained circlets look like tiny signet rings stuck on to the corpuscles.] 1901 J. Ewing in Jrnl. Exper. Med. 5 448 In six cases taking quinine typical signet-ring forms were seen in the peripheral blood 60 to 72 hours after the beginning of the paroxysm. 1915 W. B. Herms Med. & Vet. Entomol. 108 The signet ring..is the earliest stage in the development of the intracorpuscular parasite of all species, and is characterized by a blue staining ring with a heavy chromatin dot (the nucleus) at or near the thinner segment. 1956 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 50 154 Although the signet rings did not cause much distortion of the host cells, the larger forms of parasite caused them to become flattened spheroids. 2007 F. S. Southwick Infectious Dis. (ed. 2) xii. 292 (table) Plasmodium malariae... Single signet-ring trophozoite per cell. Compounds signet ring cell n. Pathology and Histology a cell in which the nucleus is displaced to the periphery by the contents (normal or abnormal) of the cytoplasm. ΚΠ 1883 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Jan. 2/1 Colloid material collected within the substance of the cells, pushing the nuclei to one side, and giving rise to the form known as the signet-ring cell. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xvii. 464 The most characteristic of the metastatic tumors [of the ovary] comes from the stomach, produces mucous, signet-ring cells, and is called Krukenberg tumor. 2009 Crit. Rev. Oncol./Hematol. 71 132/1 Signet-ring cell carcinomas are composed of cells containing unsecreted mucus in the cytoplasm to compress the nucleus to the edge of the cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542 |
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