单词 | well-wove |
释义 | well-woveadj. Now poetic and rare. = well-woven adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven writhenOE twinedc1300 locked1488 wreathena1500 plait1529 implicatec1540 context?1541 twisted1548 weaved1552 wreathed?1552 texed1572 well-woven1578 woven1590 interlaced1593 entrailed1599 entest1608 implicit1608 folden1612 inextricate?1615 intertissueda1616 complicatea1626 enwreathed1631 interwoven1642 inwoven1667 intertwineda1680 plectilea1682 well-wove1690 implicated1761 osiered1820 inwrought1824 complected1828 impleached1829 internetted1849 enlaced1851 threaded1853 interknit1885 interwrought1895 pleached1896 interweaved1898 1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk ii. 54 Thrice the well wove Russet bang'd. 1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 192 The well-wove Tours they wear, their own are thought. 1786 C. Johnstone Adventures Anthony Varnish II. xvi. 23 He had no sooner finished the relation of this well-wove catalogue of woe than they joined in concert to implore the old gentleman to give him a shilling. 1833 Spectator 18 May 456/1 Well wove paper, neat type, and picturesque words are their chief attraction. 1884 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds II. p. xxii A well-made nest which seems to owe its perfect form and well-wove walls to the little creature's natural nest-building tools. 1907 E. A. Tibbetts tr. Homer Iliad xxiv. 523 Took down the priceless ransom for the head of Hektor slain. But left a well-wove tunic and two cloaks in its room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1690 |
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