单词 | splayed |
释义 | splayedadj.1ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific positions of wings displayedc1450 overtc1452 splayeda1513 close1513 disclosed1610 lolling1688 extendant1825 lowered?1828 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlv. f. clxvii Ye Emperoure was fled, leuynge his baner of the Splayed Egle behynde hym. 1562 J. Shute tr. in Two Comm. Turcks ii. f. 3v Scanderbeg came into Croia, be caused to take downe the Turckes enseigne and to set vp his wt the splayed Egle of sable in a feelde of gules. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 825 A Vulture splaied, which is the Crest of the Shernborns. 1659 in Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 242 To adde on the same stampe on the other side the splayed eagle. 2. Expanded, extended, spread (out). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread apart splayeda1547 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Diiiv The Quene the crekyng daye Aspyed, and the nauy wyth splayed sayles departe The shore. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis ii. f. 1 Doris with her dawghters all: of whiche some cut the wales [= waves] With splaied arms. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Aiii They girde it out with splayed wynges, and ouer-stripp the Easterne wynds. 3. Made or cut with a splay; slanting, bevelled: a. Of masonry. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > placed at an angle > bevelling or bevelled bevel1609 canted1649 bevelling1678 bevelled1758 chamfered?1790 splayed1823 sprung1825 splaying1874 snaped1875 1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 9 The splayed jambs of the northern doorway are large. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 34/1 The bricks in the angles of the splayed work are to be neatly cut. 1865 J. C. Bellew Blount Tempest I. 68 The Keep presents..the same massive walls..and the same splayed windows. 1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornh. Rlwy. 3 The bricks for the splayed corners of the piers. b. Of boards, metal plates, etc. ΚΠ 1858 W. H. Skyring Builders' Prices 22 Floors:..straight joints, splayed headings, 42s. 1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornh. Rlwy. 20 The hinges..made of wrought-iron;..the hooks to have wrought-iron plates with splayed edge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2018). splayedadj.2 Now dialect. Spayed; having the ovaries excised. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > castrated or spayed geldedc1225 spayeda1425 geltc1440 unpizzled1554 splayed?1611 libbed1616 spaded1648 ?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads xix. Comm. Vnlesse you will take it for a splayed or gelded Sow. 1657 Markham's Cheape & Good Husbandry (ed. 9) i. 101 The males will make..excellent Bacon or Porke, and the females which are called splayd-guilts [earlier eds. spayd- and spaid-], wil do the like. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 14 The meat of a splayed goat. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) Nothing could have any chance of running against them but a splayed bitch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1a1513adj.2?1611 |
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