单词 | three-footed |
释义 | three-footedadj. Having three feet; esp. having three supports, tripod, as a three-footed stool. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs three-footedc1000 three-foot1600 three-leggeda1616 tripodical1656 tripedal1658 tripod1720 tripodal1774 tripodial1845 quadrupedal1864–5 the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > relating to or forming a base > having a (specific) base > having specific number of feet three-footedc1000 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xlix. 287 Tripes, þryfete [MS. W. þrifotede]. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 124/6 Trisilis, þryfotad fæt. c1425 Cast. Persev. 2599 in Macro Plays 154 Worldis wele is lyke a iij-foted stole; It faylyt a man at hys most nede. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 195v I named the mountayne where these trees grow, the mountayne of three footed trees. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 436 If we believe Oedipus, there are found fourfooted, and threefooted, and twofooted men. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 263 So saying, he approached to the fire a three-footed stool. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1000 |
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