单词 | unkernelled |
释义 | unkernelledunkerneledadj. Now rare. Having no kernel; without a kernel or kernels. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.In some uses: having no kernel as a result of its removal; cf. un- prefix2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] hollc1000 hollowa1250 hollowyc1400 howea1500 kosche1513 cave1540 boss1553 concave?a1560 concavous1578 unkernelled1584 void1597 wombya1616 cavous1698 cavernous1830 cavitary1861 1584 T. Chaloner Shorte Disc. Nitre f. 18 Stampe Nitre with great Raysons (be they vnkerneled, or not). 1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 189 An empty and unkernel'd shell. 1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. lxxxv. 64 Fruit is not stony, or unkernell'd, not because it has no kernels but because it has only a few. 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man I. viii. 267 Let us not cling to the seedless husk of life, the unkernelled shell. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 206 Nor failed [Satan] to misadvise his..faith, by false unkerneled promises. 1871 Overland Monthly Nov. 418/2 The life and meaning of a thing gone out of it, an unkerneled shell alone remains. 1925 Advocate (Melbourne) 13 Aug. 19/4 The flouting of the provisions of even the weak-shelled, unkernelled Treaty itself. 1953 B. M. Stover Parents' Mag. Family Cookbk. iv. 273 Corn on the Cob... Husk fresh corn; remove silks; cut off discolored or unkerneled portions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1584 |
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