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单词 splayed
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splayedadj.1

/spleɪd/
Etymology: < splay v.1
1. Heraldry. = displayed adj. 2. Obsolete.
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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).
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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.
1770 G. White Let. Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 79 The fore-hoofs were upright and shapely, the hind flat and splayed.1863 Reader 31 Oct. 502 The splayed vertebræ are grimly distinct—along yards on yards of spine.1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) iii. 40 Spion Kop itself,..the thumb of the vast splayed-out hand.
3. Made or cut with a splay; slanting, bevelled:
a. Of masonry.
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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.
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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

Etymology: < splay v.2
Now dialect.
Spayed; having the ovaries excised.
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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.
figurative.1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 49 The Report has wretchedly clipt what the Display had coyned, and the Display is now splay'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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