单词 | unicorn bone |
释义 | > as lemmasunicorn bone C1. attributive and in other combinations, as unicorn bone (i.e. horn), unicorn horse, unicorn-ivory; unicorn-crested, unicorn-like adjs. ΚΠ 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 34 Ther is summe countre that alittill yuory or vnycorne bone, Is bought for a grete somme of gold. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 306/1 The..Onager, figured..with a unicorn-like horn in the midst of its forehead. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 3 Strabo..refers to Unicorn horses with the heads of deer. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour x. liii. 301 The unicorn-crested gates, between tea-caddy looking lodges. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 141 The natives carried no arms but the long knife and their unicorn-ivory lances. < as lemmas |
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