单词 | calculary |
释义 | † calcularyn. ? Obsolete. Grew's name for a ‘congeries of little stony knots’ in a pear. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > hard knots in pear calculary1672 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > part of calculary1672 quarry1707 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 153 The Calculary (most observable in rough-tasted, or Choak-Pears) is a congeries of little stony Knots. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. ii. 183 Tartareous Grains..in some Pears..almost as hard as a Plum-Stone; which I have thereupon, named the Calculary. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The calculary is no vital, or essential part of the fruit. 1852 L. Smith Eng. & Fr. Dict. Calculary, pierre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). calcularyadj. Medicine. Of or pertaining to a calculus; gravelly. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > concretion kernellyc1400 calculous1605 tartarous1605 calculating1607 tartareous1625 calculative1657 calculary1660 calculose1714 petrescent1758 1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 218 Motion was tedious..to him, by reason of his calculary infirmity and corpulency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1672adj.1660 |
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