单词 | voluted |
释义 | volutedadj. 1. Spirally twisted or grooved. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical twine1551 snailing1615 spireda1625 involved1665 spiralled1665 screwlike1675 spiry1677 voluted1801 corkscrew1815 screwed1821 volute1839 spiriform1841 volutiform1843 spiring1871 corkscrewy1886 turbaned1924 spiralized1928 spiralizing1977 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 39 A table covered with green plush, the voluted legs of which seemed to have been produced as a great effort of art. 1806 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 281 Its voluted wreaths are doubtless in the natural horn; art could not produce them. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 201 An old high-backed arm chair, its voluted oak legs and framework blackened by Time. 2. Architecture. Furnished with a volute or spiral scroll. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > other ornaments raffled1681 frosted1728 oviculated1789 voluted1810 antefixal1844 arborescent1849 dog-toothed1849 finialled1850 floreted1856 historied1936 1810 Rudim. Anc. Archit. 15 The boldness of the voluted capital with the beauty of the shaft makes it eligible for porticoes, frontispieces, entrances to houses, etc. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 302 The voluted capital was an accidental introduction from the East. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 14/1 This thing, with its huge voluted buttresses,..should serve as a warning to all who contemplate bridge building. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1801 |
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