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单词 vaulty
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vaultyadj.

/ˈvɔːlti/
Forms: Also 1500s vautie, 1500s–1600s vaultie.
Etymology: < vault n.1
Resembling a vault; having the arching form of a vault.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave
hollc1000
hollowa1250
denteda1398
concaved?1541
saddle-backed1545
vaulty1545
concave?a1560
sinuated1578
inboweda1586
inbowing1603
inwinding1610
hollowed1613
crusy1625
simous1634
invex1688
scooped1726
depressed1753
hollowed-out1755
scooping1821
shell1823
welled1848
concaving1871
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1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. Hhh.iiv The holowe, caue, or vautie part of ye liuer.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxv. sig. Yy3 Well (me thinkes) becomes this vaultie skie A stately tombe to couer him deceased.
?1596 J. Dickenson Shepheardes Complaint sig. A 4v Heau'ns light, whose vautie roofe bright orbs embosse.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 76 Sound..which resounds in vaulty and hollow places.
1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 94 So that sounds may in this vaulty Labyrinth be magnified.
1890 Illustr. London News 22 Nov. 650/2 The great vaulty interior of the house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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