单词 | spado |
释义 | spadon.1 A eunuch; a castrated person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person geldinga1382 eunuchc1430 spadoc1430 chastelinga1570 capon1594 castrate1639 spade1680 wether1724 demi-male1728 androgyne1742 castrato1763 hijra1838 emasculate1886 half-man- c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 166 Whan that spado lovithe paramouris. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 124 They live longest in every kinde that exercise it not at all, and this is true not onely in Eunuches by nature, but spadoes by Art. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 207 Castrated animals in any kind & Spado's by Art, live longer then they that retain their Virilities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online January 2018). spadon.2 Obsolete. A cut-and-thrust sword. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > cut-and-thrust sword spado1710 spadroon1798 1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote i. vi. 105 Drawing forth his Trusty Spado, Which was a Rusty old Toledo. 1751 Affecting Narr. H.M.S. Wager 9 Every Fellow has his Spado or Dagger that he struts about with. 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 3) II. 9 The Spaniard..seemed glad to have an opportunity of laying by his long spado for some hours every day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1c1430n.21710 |
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