spider-legn.

Forms: Also spider leg.

Etymology: spider n. Compounds 1b.

1. A thin, long leg like those of a spider.Also dialect (in plural), a spider-legged or lanky person.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of

spindle-shank1570

in the full1593

trapstick1680

mill-post1739

spider-leg1765

leglet1821

pin leg1862

pipestem1872

piano leg1894

scissor legs1920

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. i. 5 Whilst..these two spider legs of mine..are able to support me.

1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 83 He was..remarkably broad in the chest, with large hips and spider legs.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 123 In that period of spider-legs and inlaid cupids.

1861 Romance of Dull Life xxi. 154 How ridiculously slim the spider-legs of the dining-room sideboard!

2. transferred. A long irregular marking, crack, wrinkle, etc., resembling in shape the leg of a spider. Also attributive in spider-leg gold.

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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > specific shape

star1838

spider-leg1873

1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 303/1 The breaking of the gold into irregular fractures called spider-legs.

1889 Æ. Binns Wilsden Originals No. 1. 1 (E.D.D.) Thi forheead's a big un, No line o' care, No ‘student's spider-legs’, Can be seen there.

1898 Daily News 28 Jan. 5/7 The nuggets there all have the ‘spider-leg’ gold adhering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spider-leg
释义	spider-legn. Forms: Also spider leg. Etymology: spider n. Compounds 1b. 1. A thin, long leg like those of a spider.Also dialect (in plural), a spider-legged or lanky person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of spindle-shank1570 in the full1593 trapstick1680 mill-post1739 spider-leg1765 leglet1821 pin leg1862 pipestem1872 piano leg1894 scissor legs1920 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. i. 5 Whilst..these two spider legs of mine..are able to support me. 1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 83 He was..remarkably broad in the chest, with large hips and spider legs. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xxi. 123 In that period of spider-legs and inlaid cupids. 1861 Romance of Dull Life xxi. 154 How ridiculously slim the spider-legs of the dining-room sideboard! 2. transferred. A long irregular marking, crack, wrinkle, etc., resembling in shape the leg of a spider. Also attributive in spider-leg gold. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > specific shape star1838 spider-leg1873 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 303/1 The breaking of the gold into irregular fractures called spider-legs. 1889 Æ. Binns Wilsden Originals No. 1. 1 (E.D.D.) Thi forheead's a big un, No line o' care, No ‘student's spider-legs’, Can be seen there. 1898 Daily News 28 Jan. 5/7 The nuggets there all have the ‘spider-leg’ gold adhering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1765
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