单词 | wrappage |
释义 | wrappagen. I. Something that wraps or is wrapped. 1. a. That which wraps, enfolds, or covers; a wrap or outer covering; a wrapper of a parcel, packet, or the like.In frequent use, esp. figurative, from c1860. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping wrapping1387 fardela1425 wrapc1460 wrapperc1460 fold1497 out-band1621 wrappery1662 embalment1697 emballage1714 woolding1729 enwrapment1753 wrappage1827 lapping1858 figurative. lit.1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. 83 To-morrow this sheet..shall be the wrappage to a bar of soap.1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. 232 No possible wrappages can keep that poison from operating.1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xxii The knots were conquered, the paper wrappages removed.1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 185 Every work, be it fiction or serious treatise, is embaled in some fantastic wrappage; some mad narrative accounting for its appearance. 1843 S. Coleridge in S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. II. 445 To consider the words of Scripture as mere wrap-pages for some more definite revelation out of Scripture. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 161 Not till..he had unwinded from him the wrappages of it [sc. ante the conscious life ecclesiastical], could he become clear about himself. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. iii. 68 All these things, dress, fortune, etc. are mere wrappages compared with the substantial ground of a man's character. 1881 A. C. Bradley in Macmillan's Mag. XLIV. 36 The words of the Prometheus, however insignificant their historical wrappage may have seemed to him. b. Without article. Material used for covering or enveloping; wrapping material. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of wrappagea1876 wrap1930 a1876 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden (1880) I. 187 Odd things are met with in the papers used by shopkeepers for wrappage. 1881 E. Dowden in Academy 12 Feb. 118 Nothing should be lost, except what is unvital, mere wrappage and encumbrance of history. 2. A loose garment for enveloping the person; a wrapper. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap whittlec900 labey1497 linsel1594 wrapping1635 wrapper1782 wrap1827 wrappage1833 lapping1858 wrappering1862 throw-over1891 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. i, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 581/2 The vestural Tissue..which Man's Soul wears as its outmost wrappage and overall. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 171 Figure under what thousandfold wrappages, and cloaks of darkness, Royalty, meditating these things, must involve itself. 1863 D. Wilson in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 18 79 The constant laying of the infant to rest on its side,..along with the fashion of cap, hat, or wrappage, may [etc.]. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 180 Another wrappage, namely one thick veil That hid her, matron-wise, from head to foot. 3. Something wrapped up; a package, parcel. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > pack or parcel pack1228 fardel1388 trussellc1440 pauchlea1450 butt1470 fardellage1489 trusser1519 parcel1692 package1757 packet1803 wrappage1883 compactum1907 bindle1916 1883 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 5/3 This paper wrappage was taken on by train to Stalybridge. II. The action of wrapping. 4. The action of wrapping. rare.In later dictionaries.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Eclectic Rev.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827 |
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