单词 | upperface |
释义 | > as lemmasupperface b. Of surfaces. †upperface = superficies n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] scalec1400 superfice?c1400 superficie?a1425 overfacec1475 plata1522 superficies1530 situation1558 outface1570 upperface1583 surface1600 superface1633 periphery1664 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adjective] > forming the upper surface upper1583 top1603 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B3 Then came there fire..and consumed them all, from the vpper face of the earth. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. f. 127v Superficies or vpperface, is that which onely hath length and breadth. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B3v Where the vpper turfe of earth doth boast, His..party colloured cost, Delue there. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rez,..the superficies, or vpper face of a plaine, or leuell peece of ground. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Marrubium Leaves..smooth and woolly underneath.., but somewhat..rugged on the Upperside. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxv. 193 The upper Surface of the fore End of the Beam. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 364 Facies,..the upper surface of the head. 1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 110 The upper and under surfaces of the wing. < as lemmas |
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