单词 | spurred |
释义 | spurredadj.1 1. Wearing or provided with a spur or spurs: a. In pred. use, chiefly in the phrase booted (or †hosed) and spurred. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots > wearing boots or hose and spurs booted (or hosed) and spurredc1400 c1400 Brut cc. 227 In maner of an Erl, worthely arraied,..and hosede and spored. c1450 Contin. Brut 561 Þe Duyk of Burgeyn..was..slayne,..and after, put in-to a pitte, botit and spurret. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 130 May the great Fiend booted & spurr'd,..Ride headlong down her throat. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. xxii. 90 I, and that booted and spurred too. 1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 16 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 296/2 Three legs of man in armour,..garnished and spurred. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 138 Others came forth on foot, booted and spurred. b. In attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 ?1707 J. Grubb Brit. Heroes vii. 8 Castor the Flame of fiery Steed With well Spur'd Boots took down. 1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni vii. xv With his spurred heels on the table. 1900 Times 29 Jan. 10/3 In their..riding knickers, with brown..riding leggings, spurred boots [etc.]. c. spurred groat n. (see quot. a1773). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > silver coins mark1379 noble1417 yokindale1536 Douglas groat1554 James Royal1567 leg1687 fourteen-shilling piece1695 thirteen-pence-halfpenny piece1723 spurred groata1773 sword dollar1825 a1773 T. Snelling View Silver Coin Scotl. (1774) 6 From the mullet or spur in the quarters of the cross of this [David Bruce, 1329] and the two following kings, they were after~wards called Spurred Groats. 2. a. Furnished with sharp and hard spikes, claws, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > armed armed1568 spurred1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ergoté, spurred, or hauing spurres. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Als een Haen gespoort, spurred as a Cock. 1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 563 Subargenteous Holocentrus, with brownish back, large scales, and spurred gill-covers. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 27 Nov. 5/2 Spurred hens are often excellent hens. b. In specific names, as spurred centropyx, spurred chameleon, spurred lapwing, spurred towhee bunting, spurred tree frog. ΚΠ 1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. Syn. 31 Spurred Centropyx, Teius Calcaratus. c1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 365 The Spurred Tree Frog has a flat, depressed triangular head. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) iii. 397 P[ipilo] m[aculatus] megalonyx, Spurred Towhee Bunting. 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. (at cited word) Spurred-chameleon, Chameleon calcarifer, from the country round Aden. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Spur-winged Represented in South Africa by the black-backed spurred lapwing, Hoplopterus speciosus. 3. Of rye, etc.: Affected with ergot or spur. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having fungal disease rustyc1503 smutty1597 smutched1620 slaina1642 smutty1667 sooty1697 rusted1763 spurred1763 smutted1766 leaf spot1846 fly-speck1855 ergotized1860 tagged1892 mummied1893 mummified1895 conky1905 rhynchosporium1918 Alternaria1924 Sigatoka1925 pasmo1926 sclerotinia1926 oak wilt1942 silver-leaf1946 wildfire1971 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 405 When a spurred grain is broken. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 54 Spurred rye, or rye vitiated by being infested with the clavis or ergot, a parasitic plant. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 51/1 On breaking a spurred seed you find within it a matter of a dull white colour, adhering to the violet skin which surrounds it. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. i. iii. 119 Amongst endemic affections may be included ergotism from the use of spurred rye as food. 4. Botany. Of the nature of, provided with, a spur or calcar; calcarate. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > having or not having a spur or calcar unguiculate1802 spurred1824 calcarate1830 spurless1839 clawed1872 bicalcarate1876 1824 R. K. Greville Flora Edinb. p. xlviii A prominent or spurred nectary at the base. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Spurred valerian, a plant belonging to the genus Centranthus. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 512 Sepals more or less valvate in æstivation, upper one spurred. 5. Of ships: Provided with a beak or ram. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having a prow > having specific type of bow or prow bluff1627 bowed1747 bold1793 spurred1805 bluff-bowed1833 fiddle-headed1851 bluff-headed1867 figure-headless1877 spoon-bowed1900 1805 Duckworth in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 44 The Admiralty..giving me a spurred and doubled ship, the Formidable, yesterday out of dock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). spurredadj.2 Pricked or urged on with a spur or spurs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > incited or instigated spighta1387 cited1538 incitate1568 quickened1589 fomented1613 enact1843 spurred1868 irritated1875 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [adjective] > of or relating to horse for riding > (not) urged on by spur unspurreda1635 spur-driven1837 spurred1868 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > relating to (use of) spur > that spurs or pricks with a spur > pricked with a spur spurred1898 1868 Heavysege Jezebel i. 258 Thine utmost speed will lag behind The spurred impatience whereon rides my soul. 1898 M. Hewlett Forest Lovers xxviii Prosper was abroad on a spurred horse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1c1400adj.21868 |
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