单词 | ustulate |
释义 | ustulateadj. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dark brown burnetc1200 fusk1599 fusky1610 chocolate-coloured1736 brunneous1815 chocolate1819 ustulate1826 scorched1832 fuscescent1881 forest-brown1892 burnt-coloured1896 Jacobean1918 mocha1977 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 289 Ustulate,..so marked with brown as to have the appearance of being scorched. 1840 J. Paxton & J. Lindley Pocket Bot. Dict. 325/2 Ustulate, blackened. [Hence in later works.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † ustulatev. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. transitive. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > burn or scorch swithec1220 forscalda1225 scalda1300 broilc1375 toast1398 bysweltc1420 squarken1530 sear1590 torrefy1601 plot1606 reese1618 ustulate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Vstulate, to curle or burne. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ustulate, to burn or sear a thing [so Cooper s.v. Vstulo]; also to frizel or curle. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unustulated,..not ustulated; not burnt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1826v.1623 |
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