| 单词 | adder skin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadder skin Compounds C1. General attributive, as adder bite, adder head, adder skin, adder-voice, etc. a. ΚΠ OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cxxxi. 168 Gyf hwylc man þas wyrte mid him hafað wið eall næddercyn [?a1200 Harl. 6258B næddrecun; L. generatione serpentium] he biþ trum. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. xci. 1348 Adder eiren beþ rounde and ful many, pale and wanne. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34v Indumie, eddre skynnes. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 416 (MED) He saw iiij neddyr-hedis knytt to-gedur. 1570 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 163 With helteris hie to ty on tre Thy poysonit edder stangis. 1591 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 245 Ane edder skyn. 1613 J. Stephens Cinthia's Revenge v. ii. sig. Q3v I do dare The vt-most of your franticke violence, Cast all thy Adder-stings vpon my heart. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xvi. 111 A hot Iron will extract the Venom of an Adder-bite. 1891 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 464 The Bishop of Worcester's ‘admirable curing powder’, of which the principal ingredients seem to be adder-skins. 1946 E. Sitwell Fanfare for Elizabeth iii. 18 Adder-voices shrilling and hissing. 2004 G. Hatfield Encycl. Folk Med. 319/1 Dried adder heads were valued in the Scottish Highlands as a cure for adder bite. b. Parasynthetic and instrumental, as adder-bitten, adder-coloured, adder-headed, etc. ΚΠ 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Hangit, mangit, eddirstangit. 1596 F. Sabie Olde Worldes Trag. in Adams Complaint sig. D2v Pale enuie left her Adder-haunted den, And rul'd on earth as supreame Queene of men. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica v. cviii Heare one was going, and in going spide By Adder-haird Medusa, and so stayes. ?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. X. 344 The adder-headed loach. Specific character, head very long, with scales on the top disposed like those on the heads of adders. 1819 J. H. Reynolds Peter Bell Pref. p. vii That fiend-like, vulture-souled, adder-fanged critic. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xiii. 182 What could sting you so, What adder-headed thought or venomous dream? 1898 O. Wilde Ballad of Reading Gaol 7 The gallows-tree With its adder-bitten root. 1946 L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 29 Crunching the adder-coloured dung. 2005 C. R. Daileader Racism, Misogyny & Othello Myth i. 31 Her adder-haired, Moorish lover. C2. adder-bead n. a bead worn as an amulet, believed to be generated by a snake or snakes (see adder-stone n.). [Originally after Welsh glain neidr, lit. ‘serpent-bead’ (compare quot. 1694; also glain y nadroedd); compare also Scottish Gaelic gloine nathrach, gloine nathair, lit. ‘serpent-glass’, also †cnap na nathrach, lit. ‘adder button’ (a1709 as krap y naithreach (E. Lhwyd)).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet lib1577 periapt1584 charm1590 telesm1597 amulet1601 gamahe1638 talisman1638 adder-bead1694 porte-bonheur1874 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) graina1350 juniper-beads1486 beadc1500 adder-stone1587 bead-stone1677 adder-bead1694 wampumpeag1705 wampum1753 strand1825 1694 E. Lhuyd Let. 18 Oct. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1945) XIV. 247 An Adder-bead or Glain Neidr of green glass. 1715 R. Thoresby Ducatus Leodiensis 494 There are none of the Adder-beads to be met with in Ireland, that country having no Snakes. 1889 Jrnl. Anthropol. Instit. 18 204 Some of the skeletons wore on the neck glass beads with spirals of different colours, the adder's bead of the Britons. 1999 S. C. Williams Relig. Belief & Pop. Culture Southwark iii. 74 ‘Fairy’ or ‘adder’ beads were worn to prevent nightmares. ΚΠ 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 310 This Deuill which hath marred..the whole earth was a Serpent, (whom he calleth ὀϕιογενῆ or ὀϕιόνιον (?), that is to say, Snakebread or Adderbread [Fr. race serpentine],) which armeth men by whole troopes against God. ΚΠ 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 85 When song arose From that Northumbrian adder-close. 1893 A. Lang Homer & Epic xvi. 397 Atli treacherously got Gunnar and Hogni and the other Niblungs into his power, cut out Hogni's heart, and put Gunnar in the adder-close. adder-deaf adj. [compare deaf adder n. 1] poetic (now rare) deaf as an adder (see sense 2b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally blind or deaf blind-heartedc975 adder-deaf1597 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xxv. f. 5 Adder-deafe eares they haue when wisedome charmes, Wilfull in ill, ilnesse beyond conceite, Foolish to shun, wise to draw on their harmes, Rich to deceiue themselues by selfe deceite. 1617 H. Fitzgeffrey Satyres iii. sig. E7v To bee made Adder-deafe with Pippin-crye. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. p. xxiii Such Adder-Deaf, Impitoyable, and Inhospitable Gentlemen. 1832 T. Campbell in Metropolitan Jan. 92 O, heartless men of Europe—Goth and Gaul! Cold, adder-deaf to Poland's dying shriek. 1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 12 Apr. 4 Adder deaf and stone blind, Mitchel concludes, ‘and if so then doomed to destruction irretrievable, signal and unpitied’. ΚΠ lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 162 He [sc. a devil] wæs swiðe mycel on dracan heowe and eall he wæs nædderfah. adder-flame n. rare (poetic) a flame suggestive of an adder. ΚΠ 1920 E. Sitwell Wooden Pegasus 21 Adder-flames flare and spout From his lips. ΚΠ 1761 R. Dodsley Gen. Contents Brit. Mus. ii. 89 Libellulæ, Dragon Flies, or Adder Flies, are a beautiful Insect. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 177 Dragon Fly. Adder Fly... Libellula.—Several species. 1885 E. Douglas Queen of Hid Isle iii. i. 63 Steel-blue adderflies with needle shape. ΚΠ 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 3 When with their hundred handes a piece the adderfooted rout, Did practise for to conquere heauen. 1621 W. Slatyer Hist. Great Britanie i. ii. 7 Yet who so lookes on this our Time, Might scarce thinke, th' Adder-footed line Of Gyants were extinct, to see Heauens scorne so rife on earth to bee. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > [noun] > fierce or virulent hatred perenmity1585 inveterateness1646 inveteracy1691 adder-hate1880 1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 431 Hated with the adder-hate of fear. adder mouth n. North American (now rare) = adder's mouth n. ΚΠ 1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. 313 Malaxis..ophioglossoides (adder mouth..). 1940 Ohio Jrnl. Sci. 40 206 Malaxis unifolia Mx. Green Adder-mouth. adder-pike n. [so called on account of its poisonous sting] English regional (rare) the lesser weever (fish), Echiichthys vipera. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 480/1 He beareth Gules, an Adder Pike, (of some called a Sharpling or Netter,) proper. It is a Fish..: It hath..two triangular like fins, with sharp spines or thorns standing out at the gills; the like on the neck, from which to the end of the tail. 1884 R. F. Burton Bk. Sword i. 11 The sting-fish or adder-pike (Trachinus vipera) has necessitated amputation of the wounded limb. 1983 P. S. Auerbach & B. W. Halstead in P. S. Auerbach & E. C. Geehr Managem. Wilderness & Environmental Emergencies viii. 242/1 Common names for the weeverfish include the adderpike, sea dragon, sea cat, and stang. ΚΠ 1540 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. vi. 232 You serpents, adders-fry, how wil ye escape the judgment of God? adder's meat n. (also adders' meat) chiefly English regional greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > chickweeds and stitchworts chicken meateOE bird's-tonguea1300 stitchworta1300 chickenweedc1300 piglea1400 chickweed?a1425 craches1530 mouse-ear1578 all-bony1597 chickenwort1762 Stellaria1785 all bones1787 mouse-eared chickweed1789 cerastium1799 starwort1809 satin flower1836 adder's meat1853 thunder-flower1853 snap-jack1867 shirt button1880 1853 A. Pratt Wild Flowers II. 9 It [sc. greater stitchwort] was called in early times White-flowered grass, and is now known in country places as the Satin Flower, and Adder's meat. 1920 Times 9 Mar. 19/6 The starry stitchwort..is in some country districts called ‘adders' meat’, from a notion that the serpent feeds on this unbaleful herbage. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 223 Greater Stitchwort (so called for its ‘property in helping stitches and pains in the sides’). Satin Flower, Adder's Meat, Moon Flower and others. adder's mouth n. (also addersmouth) North American (frequently with distinguishing word) any of various North American orchids of the genus Malaxis (formerly Microstylis), typically having very small green or white flowers. ΚΠ 1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. II. 268 Microstylis monophylles,..Short-stalked Adder's-mouth..[grows in] deep shady swamps. 1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 457 Acroanthes unifolia..Green Addersmouth. 1927 Ecology 8 200 One-blades, Malaxis spp.—The common name of these plants is often given as ‘Adder's mouth’. 2002 R. D. Porcher & D. A. Rayner Guide Wildflowers of S. Carolina 82 Green adder's mouth (Malaxis unifolia) and southern twayblade..are rarities that are commonly found in beech forests in the coastal plain. adder's spear n. now historical = adder's tongue n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > adder's tongue adder's tongue1548 serpent's tongue1578 Ophioglossum1583 adder's spear1714 a1400 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 244 [Spica Celtica] neddre-spere.] 1714 M. Kettilby Coll. above 300 Receipts 132 Take of the tender Tops of the Bay-Tree, Red-Sage,..Rosemary, Adders-spear, Golden-Rod, [etc.]. 1864 T. Moore Brit. Ferns 17 The common Adder's-tongue is gathered by country-people for the preparation of adder's-spear ointment. 1938 W. N. Clute Our Ferns (ed. 2) 68 Adder's-spear, adder's-spit and other names formerly in use [for Ophioglossum], all refer to a fancied resemblance between the plant and the adder. adder-stone n. a stone of varying descriptions, typically having a naturally formed hole and used as a bead or amulet (see snake-stone n.). [In quot. 1587 after classical Latin echītes echites n. With later uses compare Scottish Gaelic clach-nathrach , lit. ‘serpent-stone’ (1863 or earlier; compare quot. 1872 at snake-stone n. 3). Compare also adder-bead n. (and the Celtic parallels cited at that lemma), and serpent-stone n. 2.] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > charm or amulet > stone or gem adder-stone1587 sea-bean1607 mole-stone1699 scarabaeus1775 hag stone1787 gamahec1796 holy-stone1825 scarab1878 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > bead(s) graina1350 juniper-beads1486 beadc1500 adder-stone1587 bead-stone1677 adder-bead1694 wampumpeag1705 wampum1753 strand1825 1587 A. Golding tr. Solinus Worthie Work xlix. sig. Y.ivv (margin) The Echite or Adderstone. 1699 E. Lhuyd Let. 15 Dec. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. Oxf. (1945) XIV. 419 These amulets [of the Druids]..may be rendered in English; Snake-buttons or Adderstones, Cock-knee-stones, toad-stones, Snail-stones, & Mole-stones. 1759 W. Mason Caractacus 10 The potent adder-stone, Gender'd 'fore th' autumnal moon. 1793 D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen ii. 131 The adder-stone..is thought by superstitious people to possess many wonderful properties. 2001 M. Campbell Strange World of Brontës iv. 194 Adder-stones or witch-stones, as they were sometimes known, have natural holes in them and were frequently tied with string, before being suspended from the rafters, to ward off witches. adder-tongued adj. (a) (of a plant) having parts resembling the tongue of an adder (rare); (b) (of a person) using malicious or offensive language; spiteful. ΚΠ 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 97 Adder-tongued-leaved Epidendrum. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. viii. 209 What was it the old, adder-tongued madwoman dared to say of Clara Mowbray? 1938 Texas Geogr. Mag. 2 i. 26/1 The smallest of the adder-tongued ferns..is a most common midwinter plant. 2001 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Living section) 8 Graham is..playing the leading role, the adder-tongued know-it-all Sheridan Whiteside. < as lemmas |
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