| 单词 | staff head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff head staff head n. the topmost part of a staff or (esp. in senses 1, 4, or 5) a separate piece attached to the upper end of a staff, for example the handle of a walking stick, the metal tip of a weapon, or the decorated end of sceptre, etc.; (also) the top of a tripod used to support a theodolite or other measuring instrument (cf. sense 7f). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick > upper end of staff-head1506 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > part of a surveying instrument > top of tripod staff-head1766 1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 355 To Robert Selkyrk, cultellar, for xij staf hedis. 1682 A. Martindale Countrey-surv.-bk. xviii. 110 I turn about the Table upon the Staff-head, till through the Sights..I see the Angle A. 1730 Magna Britannia V. 45/1 There is a prodigious Trade carry'd on by the Blacksmiths, in working..Squares for Trunks and Coffins, Staff-Heads, Buckles and Nails. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xiii. 28/2 (advt.) The tripod and its staff-head. 1888 in Archaeologia 51 373 A staff-head of wood, coloured and gilded. 1923 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. (Late ed.) 7/3 Flags flying at the staff-head. 2006 Jrnl. Afr. Archaeol. 4 62/1 The Ife castings include..the longer staff and the smaller staff head from Ita Yemoo. < as lemmas |
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