| 单词 | thwart circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthwart circle 1. Lying, extending, or passing across; transverse, cross; in quots. 1483 at sense A. 1a, 1712, perh. oblique. †thwart circle, the zodiac (obsolete). See also thwart-saw n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] overthwart1228 thwart-overa1387 transversaryc1400 thwart1404 thwartingc1430 transversalc1440 transversantc1440 traversea1450 thorter1488 cross1523 overthwarting1552 traversed1561 traversing1561 transverse1621 overcrossa1661 transverseda1711 crossway1865 crosswise1903 1404 [implied in: 1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 396 3 sawes irined ex officio, et 3 twhertsawes, 2 handsawes. (at thwart-saw n.)]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 121 b/1 It was made lyke a crosse thwart of whyche the two endes were fyxed in therthe. And that hys membres shold theron be broken. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 30 The Zodiak (whiche many doo call the Thwarte circle). 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 971 The last part is whitish, chequered with right and thwart fibres. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 41 The Diagonal or Thwart-walk. 1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 86 They have thwart pieces from side to side about three inches thick. 1873 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 282 The determination of the actual rate of any star's thwart motion. < as lemmas |
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