单词 | skull-cap |
释义 | skull-capn. 1. a. A light, close-fitting cap, usually of silk, velvet, or other soft material, for covering the head. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > close-fitting houvec1000 crown cap1529 calotte16.. skull-cap1682 α. β. 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover ii. 31 I suppose I was used like other Children.—They clap'd me on a Skul-cap.a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 59 He wore commonly a little leather cap, which sort was then called skull caps.1849 A. H. Layard Nineveh & Remains I. i. vii. 199 The women wore small embroidered scull-caps.1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. iii. 355 He commonly wore a black silk skull-cap.1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 182 About 30 persons,..clad in Indian stuffs, with sculp [sic] caps on their heads. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Mmm4v/3 A Scull-cap, that some wear under the Perwig. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xlii. 286 They also use scull-caps of paper, or a cabbage-leaf under their hats. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 38 A presbyterian clergyman..wearing a black silk scull-cap. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 206 Their black and greasy scull~caps..might once have been red. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > like a cap cap1688 skull-cap1960 1960 S. Becker tr. A. Schwarz-Bart Last of Just (1961) vi. 305 Everything under the skullcap of the heavens that called itself a democracy. 1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. July–Aug. 35/2 I remember the moon is a skullcap not placed properly on the head. 2. Historical. A steel or iron cap, a form of casque or helmet fitting closely to the head; = skull n.1 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > metal skullcap basinetc1300 coifc1380 capeline1488 skull1522 hat piece1598 pan1638 pot1639 skull-cap1820 bassinet- 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 242 An iron scull-cap, none of the brightest, bore for distinction a sprig of the holly. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller (1849) 174 There was a ferocious tyrant in a skullcap like an inverted porringer, and a dress of red baize. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 98 Skull-caps.., with or without nasals, are common amongst esquires, archers and men at arms. 3. a. Botany. One or other of various species of plants belonging to the genus Scutellaria, in which the calyx finally assumes the appearance of a helmet. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > hooded willow-herb willow-herb1597 skull-cap1760 mad-dog skullcap1822 α. β. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316/2 Skull-cap, Scutellaria.1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 67 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Skull-cap, or helmet flower.1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 205 Common Skull-cap..received its name from the singular impalement of its calyx, which, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised.1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316/1 Scull-cap, see Skull-cap. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 320 [Scutellaria minor] Little red Scull cap or Willow-herb. Anglis. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 5 Scutellaria hyssopifolia. Hyssop-leaved Scull-cap. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 78 Scutellaria lateriflora. Side-flowering Scull-cap... Blue Scull-cap. 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) 172 The scull-cap, (Scutellaria,)..has been said to be a remedy for the hydrophobia. b. North American. (See quot. 1846-50) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > Veronica or speedwell lemkea1300 God's eye?a1350 waterlink?a1425 brooklimea1450 fluellin1548 Paul's betony1548 wood-penny1570 water pimpernel1575 ground-hele1578 speedwell1578 wild germander1578 germander chickweed1597 leper's herb1600 lime-wort1666 water purpy1683 water-speedwell1690 beccabunga1706 rock speedwell1719 Welsh speedwell1731 germander speedwell1732 St. Paul's betony1736 vernal speedwell1796 wall speedwell1796 cat's-eye1817 wellink1826 skull-cap1846 forget-me-not1853 veronica1855 angels' eyes1862 horse-cress1879 faverel1884 St. Paul's betony1884 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 406 Veronica scutellata, Skull-cap or Marsh Speedwell,..[grows] in swamps and marshes, N. Eng. and Western States, and Brit. Am[erica]. 4. Geology. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > secondary or Mesozoic > Jurassic > specific Oxford clay1812 cornbrash1813 Kellaways1813 Portland oolite1814 coral-rag1816 oolite1816 Oxford oolite1818 Kimmeridge clay1830 lias1833 Portland sand1836 skull-cap1839 Solenhofen slate1841 Stonesfield slate1855 Callovian1856 Tithonian1869 coralline oolite1871 Lincolnshire limestone1873 Ampthill Clay1877 Aalenian1882 Pliensbachian1903 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 375/2 The skull cap [in certain quarries in the island of Portland] is irregular in texture; it is a well-compacted limestone, containing cherty nodules. 1860 R. Damon Handbk. Geol. Weymouth 88 The term ‘skull cap’, applied to the solid layers constituting the lowest bed of the Purbeck formation, is intended to denote its position in relation to other beds below. 1885 R. Etheridge Stratigr. Geol. & Palæontol. 478 (note) The lower Purbeck beds are known as the ‘cap’ and the ‘skull cap’. They are botryoidal limestones or indurated calcareous tuffs, possibly derived from the denudation of the Portland rocks. 5. Anatomy. The bony structure covering the brain; the top or roof of the head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > top of skull crownc1275 scalpa1300 calvaria1398 crany1525 crane?1541 cranium1543 brain-cap1812 skull-cap1855 1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 94 The skull-cap is composed of the expanded arches of three of the cranial vertebræ, and forms a beautiful oval dome for the protection of the brain. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 760/1 These fossæ are marked, as is the whole skull-cap, by the cerebral convolutions. Draft additions September 2013 ˈskullcapped adj. wearing or having a skullcap. ΚΠ 1834 J. H. Mancur Henri Quatre II. xxiii. 248 The learned skull-capped Calvinists were excited to a pitch of horror at the idolatrous ware around them. 1875 Catholic World July 463 The mandarin..acknowledged by a slow bend of his skull-capped head and a movement of the left hand towards the tip of his nose. 1979 W. J. Fishman Streets of East London iv. 92/1 The small, thin figures, skull-capped and ill at ease in their dark Western suits. 2008 T: N.Y. Times Style Mag. 18 May 156/3 Some of the people not far from the large mosque down the street were skullcapped Muslim elders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682 |
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