单词 | canister |
释义 | canistern. 1. a. A small case or box, usually of metal, for holding tea, coffee, shot, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box boxOE skibbet1398 boiette1525 caskanet1607 farset1639 canister1711 chip box1738 cassette1793 mull1831 1711 London Gaz. No. 4915/4 A silver Canister for Tea. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Lanterne à mitrailles, a case..or canister, filled with case-shot. 1778 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1887) III. 320 An author hunted with a cannister at his tail. 1828 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) I. xiii. 404 A dog with a canister tied to his tail. Categories » b. Roman Catholic Church A metal vessel used to hold the wafers before consecration. ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Cannister, a certain Instrument which Coopers use in the racking of [1696 off] the Wine. ΚΠ 1704 Dict. Rusticum Canister, of Tea, 75 to 1 C. weight. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Cannister of Tea, a Quantity from 75 to 100 Pounds-weight. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 4. A basket for bread, flowers, etc. [transl. or imitation of the Latin or Greek] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] teanela700 windlec725 spertc975 kipec1000 leapc1000 willyc1000 basketa1300 coopa1300 hoppera1300 ripc1300 skepc1340 coffinc1380 criba1387 skippetc1450 corfc1483 wisket1542 prickle1543 cleave1577 serpet1615 wicker1646 bascaud1647 shapeta1657 fender1682 canister1697 kist1724 calathus1753 voider1788 wick1802 skip1816 maeshie1822 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 230 Then Canisters with Bread are heap'd on high. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. viii. 253 Full Canisters of fragrant Lilies. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 184 They heap the glitt'ring Canisters with bread. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 79 Weave wood to canisters and mats. 5. Short for canister-shot n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns fricasseec1575 murdering shot1583 chain-shota1586 crossbar1589 cross-bar shot1591 case shot1599 langrel1627 trundle-shot1627 partridge1635 chain-bullet1636 pelican1639 case1642 spike-shota1661 double-head1678 double-headed shot1678 partridge-shot1683 grape1687 burrel-shot1706 double1707 angel-shot1730 grapeshot1747 star shot1753 bar-shot1756 langrage1769 canister1801 stang-ball1802 chain1804 canister-shot1809 tier-shot1828 pot-leg1852 six-pounder1855 shunt shot1864 sand-shot1867 mitraille1868 1801 Naval Chron. 6 237 A brisk discharge of cannister and grape. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. vi. 82 ‘Put another dose of canister in.’ We did so, and then discharged the gun. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 331 The storm of..grape and canister, came in blasts. Compounds C1. canisterful. ΚΠ 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vi. 50 A canister-full of treasure. C2. canister-shot n. a kind of case-shot consisting of ‘a number of small iron balls..packed in a cylindrical tin case fitting the bore of the gun from which it is to be fired’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. at Case-shot). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns fricasseec1575 murdering shot1583 chain-shota1586 crossbar1589 cross-bar shot1591 case shot1599 langrel1627 trundle-shot1627 partridge1635 chain-bullet1636 pelican1639 case1642 spike-shota1661 double-head1678 double-headed shot1678 partridge-shot1683 grape1687 burrel-shot1706 double1707 angel-shot1730 grapeshot1747 star shot1753 bar-shot1756 langrage1769 canister1801 stang-ball1802 chain1804 canister-shot1809 tier-shot1828 pot-leg1852 six-pounder1855 shunt shot1864 sand-shot1867 mitraille1868 1809 Naval Chron. 21 25 Repeated broadsides of grape and cannister shot. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 376 1000 rounds of canister shot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). canisterv. transitive. (a) To put in a canister. (b) To fasten a canister to the tail of (a dog). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] > an animal in specific way vex1625 worry1807 canister1815 tail-pipe1815 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat ii. 58 No dog canistered but I held his tail. 1862 M. Napier Mem. Life Visct. Dundee II. 124 In the same spirit with which a cruel boy canisters a dog. Derivatives ˈcanistered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > in or as in specific receptacles barrelled1494 casked1624 pocketed1647 tunned1672 intubed1688 kitted1725 basined1745 canistered1843 pottled1845 carboyed1855 tubbed1882 sacked1895 pouched1905 cartoned1921 cupped1929 ampouled1969 slipcased1969 1843 A. W. Fonblanque in Life & Labours (1874) ii. 144 The canistered genii..in the ‘Arabian Nights’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1678v.1815 |
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