单词 | tipe |
释义 | † tipetypen.1 Obsolete. 1. A small cupola or dome. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola tipe1532 cupola1549 thole1633 dome1656 tholosc1660 imperial1826 onion dome1868 domelet1883 geodesic dome1952 geodetic dome1957 geodesic1977 1532 in Low Hampton Court (1885) I. xxvii. 347 Takyng downe of the iiij types upon the great White Tower, and casting and chasyng of the same iiij types. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clvij A porche with a tipe, and crokettes gilt. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 932/1 To Leaden hall, where was a goodlie pageant with a type and a heauenlie roofe, and vnder the type was a roote of gold set on a little mounteine. 1607–8 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 493 Half ynch bord to cover ye type of ye Lover [= Louver]. 1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. a1 Aboue all, was a Coupolo, or Type. 1708 E. Hatton New View London I. 98/2 A Marble Font, whose Tipe or Cover has the Enrichments of Cupids, Fruit Leaves. 2. figurative. The summit, acme, or highest point (of honour, dignity, or other state). Cf. tip n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection perfection1340 pointc1400 pinnaclec1450 firmament1526 tipe1548 vertical point1559 acmea1568 status1577 summity1588 sublimation1591 turret1593 topgallant1597 non ultra?1606 vertical1611 non plus ultra1647 ne ultraa1657 verticle1658 summit1661 ne plus ultra1664 ne plus1665 nonplus1670 tip-top1702 pink1720 sublime1748 eminencea1854 it1896 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcix How muche more ought a noble man to fume..when the high tipe of his honor is touched. 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 917 Some of them..attained to the tipe of royal dignity. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. Ev As if your hignesse were now in the highest type of dignitie. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 506 You shall through your rashnesse..tumble downe headlong from the type of so great maiestie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). tipen.2 dialect. A kind of trap for catching mice, rabbits, etc., in which a board balanced on a pivot is tipped or tilted by the weight of the animal passing over it. Also tipe-trap. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for rabbit or hare hare-pipe1389 wire1749 tipe1788 turnpike1879 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 361 Tipe, a trap or device for catching rabbits... Also for taking mice, rats, or other vermin. The general principle is that of a balance [etc.]. 1799 Hull Advertiser 2 Feb. 3/3 [A] labourer..charged with entering the warren..and breaking open the lock of a type, and killing a rabbit therein. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tipe, a mouse trap, consisting of a board suspended over a vessel of water, and nicely balanced on a pivot. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 276 The usual methods adopted in catching rabbits are by fold-nets, spring-nets, and tipes, a species of trap, being a pit or cistern covered with a floor, with a small trap-door, nicely balanced near the centre, into which the rabbits pass by a narrow passage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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