snail-shelln.

Etymology: snail n.¹

1. The shell or house of a snail; = cochlea n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > member of > parts of > shell

shellc1400

snail-shell1530

snail-horn1672

snail-house1688

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Snayle or snayle shell, lymacon.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 311 They entred..with the sound of drummes, snaile-shelles and other instrumentes of Musicke.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Limace,..any thing that winds or turnes like a Snaile-shell.

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 594 Turn'd helically like a Snail-shell.

1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ Tab. iv Valvata,..Small waved Snail-shell.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. at Cochlea A genus of shell fish, a snail-shell.

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 248 The exterior characters of the snail-shells of the present day.

1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 18/1 The lower step..bore witness to the frequent visits of the thrushes, for it was covered with broken snail~shells.

†2. = cochlea n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [noun] > cochlea

periwinkle1633

snail-shell1683

cochlea1694

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 261 The Small-bones,..the Snail~shell,..have the same figure and..bulk in Infants which they have in men.

Compounds

C1. attributive in sense 1, as snail-shell pattern.

ΚΠ

1898 Daily News 17 Sept. 6/2 Richly braided in a snail-shell pattern.

C2.

snail-shell medick n. (a) heart-clover; (b) snail plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > medicks

medick?1440

snail clover1548

heart trefoil1597

snails1629

melilot trefoil1677

Barbary buttons1712

black-seed1763

snail-plant1767

black medick1778

heart liver1792

snail-shell medick1796

spotted medick1825

hop1866

Calvary clover1882

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 660 Medicago arabica,..Snailshell Medick.

1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 92 The Snail-shell Medick of the South of Europe (Medicago scutellata).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	snail-shell
释义	snail-shelln. Etymology: snail n.¹ 1. The shell or house of a snail; = cochlea n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > member of > parts of > shell shellc1400 snail-shell1530 snail-horn1672 snail-house1688 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/1 Snayle or snayle shell, lymacon. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 311 They entred..with the sound of drummes, snaile-shelles and other instrumentes of Musicke. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Limace,..any thing that winds or turnes like a Snaile-shell. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 594 Turn'd helically like a Snail-shell. 1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ Tab. iv Valvata,..Small waved Snail-shell. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. at Cochlea A genus of shell fish, a snail-shell. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 248 The exterior characters of the snail-shells of the present day. 1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 18/1 The lower step..bore witness to the frequent visits of the thrushes, for it was covered with broken snail~shells. †2. = cochlea n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [noun] > cochlea periwinkle1633 snail-shell1683 cochlea1694 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 261 The Small-bones,..the Snail~shell,..have the same figure and..bulk in Infants which they have in men. Compounds C1. attributive in sense 1, as snail-shell pattern. ΚΠ 1898 Daily News 17 Sept. 6/2 Richly braided in a snail-shell pattern. C2. snail-shell medick n. (a) heart-clover; (b) snail plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > medicks medick?1440 snail clover1548 heart trefoil1597 snails1629 melilot trefoil1677 Barbary buttons1712 black-seed1763 snail-plant1767 black medick1778 heart liver1792 snail-shell medick1796 spotted medick1825 hop1866 Calvary clover1882 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 660 Medicago arabica,..Snailshell Medick. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 92 The Snail-shell Medick of the South of Europe (Medicago scutellata). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1530
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