surfacedadj.
/ˈsəːfᵻst/, U.S. /ˈsərfəst/ 1.
a. With modifying word: having a surface of a specified kind. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adjective] > having specific surface
outsided1637
surfaced1668
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues ii. 299 It is unnatural for the Beams of the Sun to be reverberated to our eyes from severall Bodies variously surfaced in the same form of Light.
1727 B. Langley New Princ. Gardening vi. ii. 201 Grass-Walks..being made flat or level from Side to Side..soon settle into Holes in the Middle..and therein retain Wet, &c. which a circular surfaced Walk resists.
1782 E. Alanson Pract. Observ. Amputation (ed. 2) i. ii. 17 The formation of a regularly surfaced stump.
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 412 Somewhat knotty, or unequally surfaced.
1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle i. 2 A bold round-surfaced lawn.
1875 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 187 That delicately surfaced nature of his [sc. Spenser's].
1907 in C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing (1952) ii. 79 A modified cloche ‘millinered’ in a light rough-surfaced cloth.
1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 6/6 Washable gloss paint and vinyl-surfaced wall coverings are immensely childproof.
1999 Canad. Biker July 23/2 Your skill and confidence should be up to riding on marble surfaced gravel roads that can be dusty or muddy, depending on weather conditions.
b. Without modifying word: provided with a (special) surface or surfaces; having the surface prepared in a particular way, esp. by smoothing or polishing. Cf. surface v. 1.spec. (of paper) treated on one side to receive a sharp printed impression.
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society > communication > printing > paper > [adjective] > types of printing paper
surfaced1869
slick-paper1930
unburst1961
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [adjective] > having specific surface or texture
look-through1730
antique1826
surfaced1869
fibre-faceda1884
everdamp1888
surface coated1888
boardy1893
shivey1937
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > surfaced
sealed1938
surfaced1967
1869 Blairsville (Pa.) Press 16 July A. T. Moorhead & Co...are now prepared to fill or orders for lumber on short notice, such as..surfaced lumber, fencing boards, [etc.].
1888 Paper & Printing Trades Jrnl. Mar. 29/1 The use of highly surfaced super-calendered paper..is extending to this country.
1917 Forest & Stream May 206/3 To produce a more finished effect for the window a surfaced frame may be set within the rough frame to take the sash.
1967 M. Ayub Khan Friends not Masters iii. 23 The only good stretch of surfaced road that existed, to my knowledge, was somewhere in Pabna district.
1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps vi. 68 All these stamps were issued on surfaced paper.
2006 Wanderlust Mar. 118/1 Rough-hewn earth tracks replaced the distant memory of surfaced roads.
2. That has risen or been brought to the surface; spec. (of a submarine) that is afloat but not submerged.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > under or on top of water (of submarine)
submerged1878
surfaced1940
1940 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 28 Mar. 12/7 The surfaced submarine starts a dive.
1943 Amer. Anthropologist 45 120 Silently approaching the surfaced whale, the hunter cast his lance.
1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xviii. 193 If London's reception is poor, surfaced subs in transit monitor for them.
1991 NOAA Diving Man. §16 11/1 The diver's buddy should swim immediately to the surface and bring the surfaced diver down.
2010 Waterloo (Ont.) Region Record (Nexis) 14 Oct. a6 (headline) Surfaced miners look surprisingly fit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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