单词 | three-tined |
释义 | three-tinedadj. Having three tines or prongs, three-pronged. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having three projecting points three-forked1535 three-tined1558 trident1589 tridented1620 trident-shaped1871 Trinacrian1871 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos ii. sig. E.iijv The God Neptune..With forck thretinde [L. tridenti] the walles vprootes. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1339/1 Neptune with his threetined [printed threetimed] mace, riding ouer waues vpon a dolphin. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4259/3 6 Silver three-tined Forks. 1904 Daily News 7 Nov. 4 A three-tined dinner fork. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasthree-tined a. Of a fork, rake, harrow, or other implement. Chiefly in combination, as long-tined, three-tined, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [adjective] > having prongs tinedc1440 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [adjective] > provided with teeth or prongs tootheda1387 tinedc1440 toothful1605 pronged1707 teethed1825 two-pronged1825 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 494/1 Tynyd, wythe a tyne. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ixv They be lyke sloyted and tynded. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 53 The heads of saffron are raised in Iulie, either with plough, raising, or tined hooke. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. v. 192/2 In his hand for a Scepter, a Mace three-tined, as Neptune or God of the Sea. 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 8 Their Ground is harrowed with Wooden Tyned Harrows. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 154 He was charged with stealing a steel-tined fork. 1971 Farmers Weekly 19 Mar. 84 There was plenty to interest traditionalists, particularly among tined implements. < adj.1558 as lemmas |
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