swan-neckn.

Forms: Also swan's neck.

Etymology: Compare German schwanenhals, Swedish svanhals; in Middle High German swanhals = narrow sickle.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-neck.

1. A neck like that of a swan; a long slender (white) neck.Quots. 1823, 1867 refer to the cognomen Swanneshals (see halse n.¹) = ‘swan's neck’ of a certain Eadgyth (Edith), a mistress of Harold, king of the English ( De Inv. Sanctæ Crucis Walthamensis xxi, 12th cent.).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > types of neck

skull-neck1615

swan-neck1837

pencil-neck1886

1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (1855) I. vi. 190 (note) 3 They sent for Harold's mistress, Editha, surnamed ‘The Fair’, and the ‘Swan's Neck.’]

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 16 The fair swan-bevies of Citoyennes that have alighted in Churches, and sit there with swan-neck.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. v. §5. 514 Eadgyth of the Swan's Neck.

2. Name for various structural parts or contrivances having a curved cylindrical form like a swan's neck.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > double curve

S1426

ess1540

swan-neck1686

Cupid's bow1875

sigma1877

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > of specific shape

cheek1487

ward1599

screw worm1648

ball1675

swan-neck1686

cone1832

goose-neck1843

spider1860

concave1874

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 376 The Head..that makes the body of the Spurr..with swan-necks.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 201 A Swan-neck, in dog-legged and open-newelled stair cases, is a portion of the rail, consisting of two parts, the lower being concave and the upper convex.

1923 G. Sturt Wheelwright's Shop Gloss. 223 Swan-necks, curved hooks fastened to the shafts of a dung-cart, for attaching the shafts to the body.

1935 Discovery Jan. 9/1 The adjustment of these beams was generally effected by bending the swan-necks in or out so as to alter the arm lengths.

1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 51 Swan-neck, a short bent delivery pipe attached to the outlet of a tap.

3. = swan-plant n. (a) at swan n. Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids

satyrionOE

bollockwort?a1300

sanicle14..

bollock?a1425

martagon1548

orchis1559

dogstones1562

hare's-ballocks1562

stone1562

bollock grass1578

dog's cods1578

dog's cullions1578

double-leaf1578

fly-orchis1578

goat's cullions1578

goat's orchis1578

priest's pintle1578

twayblade1578

bee-orchis1597

bifoil1597

bird's nest1597

bird's orchis1597

butterfly orchis1597

fenny-stones1597

gelded satyrion1597

gnat satyrion1597

humble-bee orchis1597

lady's slipper1597

sweet ballocks1597

two-blade1605

cullions1611

bee-flower1626

fly-flower1640

man orchis1670

musk orchis1670

moccasin flower1680

gnat-flower1688

faham tea1728

Ophrys1754

green man orchis1762

Arethusa1764

honey flower1771

cypripedium1775

rattlesnake plantain1778

Venus's slipper1785

Adam and Eve1789

lizard orchis179.

epidendrum1791

Pogonia?1801

Vanda1801

cymbidium1815

Oncidium1822

putty-root1822

Noah's Ark1826

yellow moccasin1826

gongora1827

cattleya1828

green man1828

nervine1828

stanhopea1829

dove-flower1831

catasetum1836

Odontoglossum1836

Miltonia1837

letter plant1838

spread eagle1838

letter-leaf1839

swan-plant1841

orchid1843

disa1844

masdevallia1845

Phalaenopsis1846

faham1850

Indian crocus1850

moccasin plant1850

pleione1851

dove orchis1852

nerve root1854

Holy Ghost flower1862

basket-plant1865

lizard's tongue1866

mousetail1866

Sobralia1866

swan-neck1866

swanwort1866

Indian shoe1876

odontoglot1879

wreathewort1879

moth orchid1880

rattlesnake orchid1881

dendrobe1882

dove-plant1882

Madeira orchis1882

man orchis1882

swan-flower1884

slipper-orchid1885

slipper orchis1889

mayflower1894

scorpion orchid1897

moederkappie1910

dove orchid1918

monkey orchid1925

man orchid1927

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Swan-neck, or Swanwort, Cycnoches.

4. attributive. Of a curved form like a swan's neck.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having double curve

sigmoidal1666

swan-necked1746

sigmoid1786

swan-neck1844

sigmate1887

goose-necked1907

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 208 The steam-pipe..takes a swan-neck bend downwards to within 12 inches of the floor.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 680 The tines are always in this machine made of the swan-neck or self-cleaning form.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 875/2 Swan-neck Needle Forceps (Surgical), an instrument for use through curved passages difficult to reach.

1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 305 A pair of swan-neck spurs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	swan-neck
释义	swan-neckn. Forms: Also swan's neck. Etymology: Compare German schwanenhals, Swedish svanhals; in Middle High German swanhals = narrow sickle.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswan-neck. 1. A neck like that of a swan; a long slender (white) neck.Quots. 1823, 1867 refer to the cognomen Swanneshals (see halse n.¹) = ‘swan's neck’ of a certain Eadgyth (Edith), a mistress of Harold, king of the English ( De Inv. Sanctæ Crucis Walthamensis xxi, 12th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > types of neck skull-neck1615 swan-neck1837 pencil-neck1886 1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (1855) I. vi. 190 (note) 3 They sent for Harold's mistress, Editha, surnamed ‘The Fair’, and the ‘Swan's Neck.’] 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 16 The fair swan-bevies of Citoyennes that have alighted in Churches, and sit there with swan-neck. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. v. §5. 514 Eadgyth of the Swan's Neck. 2. Name for various structural parts or contrivances having a curved cylindrical form like a swan's neck. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > double curve S1426 ess1540 swan-neck1686 Cupid's bow1875 sigma1877 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > of specific shape cheek1487 ward1599 screw worm1648 ball1675 swan-neck1686 cone1832 goose-neck1843 spider1860 concave1874 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 376 The Head..that makes the body of the Spurr..with swan-necks. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 201 A Swan-neck, in dog-legged and open-newelled stair cases, is a portion of the rail, consisting of two parts, the lower being concave and the upper convex. 1923 G. Sturt Wheelwright's Shop Gloss. 223 Swan-necks, curved hooks fastened to the shafts of a dung-cart, for attaching the shafts to the body. 1935 Discovery Jan. 9/1 The adjustment of these beams was generally effected by bending the swan-necks in or out so as to alter the arm lengths. 1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 51 Swan-neck, a short bent delivery pipe attached to the outlet of a tap. 3. = swan-plant n. (a) at swan n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids satyrionOE bollockwort?a1300 sanicle14.. bollock?a1425 martagon1548 orchis1559 dogstones1562 hare's-ballocks1562 stone1562 bollock grass1578 dog's cods1578 dog's cullions1578 double-leaf1578 fly-orchis1578 goat's cullions1578 goat's orchis1578 priest's pintle1578 twayblade1578 bee-orchis1597 bifoil1597 bird's nest1597 bird's orchis1597 butterfly orchis1597 fenny-stones1597 gelded satyrion1597 gnat satyrion1597 humble-bee orchis1597 lady's slipper1597 sweet ballocks1597 two-blade1605 cullions1611 bee-flower1626 fly-flower1640 man orchis1670 musk orchis1670 moccasin flower1680 gnat-flower1688 faham tea1728 Ophrys1754 green man orchis1762 Arethusa1764 honey flower1771 cypripedium1775 rattlesnake plantain1778 Venus's slipper1785 Adam and Eve1789 lizard orchis179. epidendrum1791 Pogonia?1801 Vanda1801 cymbidium1815 Oncidium1822 putty-root1822 Noah's Ark1826 yellow moccasin1826 gongora1827 cattleya1828 green man1828 nervine1828 stanhopea1829 dove-flower1831 catasetum1836 Odontoglossum1836 Miltonia1837 letter plant1838 spread eagle1838 letter-leaf1839 swan-plant1841 orchid1843 disa1844 masdevallia1845 Phalaenopsis1846 faham1850 Indian crocus1850 moccasin plant1850 pleione1851 dove orchis1852 nerve root1854 Holy Ghost flower1862 basket-plant1865 lizard's tongue1866 mousetail1866 Sobralia1866 swan-neck1866 swanwort1866 Indian shoe1876 odontoglot1879 wreathewort1879 moth orchid1880 rattlesnake orchid1881 dendrobe1882 dove-plant1882 Madeira orchis1882 man orchis1882 swan-flower1884 slipper-orchid1885 slipper orchis1889 mayflower1894 scorpion orchid1897 moederkappie1910 dove orchid1918 monkey orchid1925 man orchid1927 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Swan-neck, or Swanwort, Cycnoches. 4. attributive. Of a curved form like a swan's neck. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having double curve sigmoidal1666 swan-necked1746 sigmoid1786 swan-neck1844 sigmate1887 goose-necked1907 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 208 The steam-pipe..takes a swan-neck bend downwards to within 12 inches of the floor. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 680 The tines are always in this machine made of the swan-neck or self-cleaning form. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 875/2 Swan-neck Needle Forceps (Surgical), an instrument for use through curved passages difficult to reach. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiv. 305 A pair of swan-neck spurs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1686
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