单词 | skullery |
释义 | skulleryn. A collection of skulls; a place for skulls. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun] > collection of skullery1818 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary bone houseOE charnel1430 carnarya1552 charnel house1556 ossuary1600 golgotha1604 repository?1639 conditory1706 ossuarium1765 reposit1792 skullery1818 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 4 327 The effect of the water dropping from the jaw-bones and eyeholes... It is not to be thought that an Irishman could contemplate such a skullery with unmoved imagination. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 1/3 On his excavating expeditions an annexe, usually known as the ‘skullery’, is almost invariably brought into use. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1818 |
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