| 单词 | blue blanket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue blanket blue blanket n. (a) Scottish the banner of the craftsmen of Edinburgh; (b) figurative the sky. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > house or trade flag > specific blue blanketc1598 the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun] roofeOE welkinc825 heaveneOE heightOE heavenOE liftOE loftOE welkin1122 skies?a1289 firmamentc1290 skewa1300 spherea1300 skewsc1320 hemispherec1374 cope of heavenc1380 clouda1400 skya1425 elementc1485 axle-treea1522 scrowc1540 pole1572 horizona1577 vaulta1586 round?1593 the cope1596 pend1599 floor1600 canopy1604 cope1609 expansion1611 concameration1625 convex1627 concave1635 expansum1635 blue1647 the expanse1667 blue blanket1726 empyrean1727 carry1788 span1803 overhead1865 c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 92 Gif thay in any thing be controllid up must the bleu blankate [1599 blewe-blanket] go. a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) I. 400 Then [sc. in 1596], without more, was the Blue Blankit aduanced. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. v. 68 We must be content till we come a t'other side the Blue-blancket, and then we shall know. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. IV. 280 Calling out the trained bands and armed citizens beneath a banner presented to them on this occasion in token of their services [sc. in 1482], and denominated the Blue Blanket. 1883 J. Greenwood Tag, Rag, & Co. 237 It [sc. sleeping outdoors] is called ‘snoozing in Hedge-square’..and ‘lying under the blue blanket’. 1928 D. Robertson & M. Wood Castle & Town 182 Another entertainment followed, termed the Convener's dinner, at which the Blue Blanket was conspicuously displayed. 2003 D. Campbell Edinburgh iii. 61 This flag, known as the Blue Blanket, was for many decades a traditional rallying point at times of disaffection. < as lemmas |
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