单词 | Saxon blue |
释义 | Saxon /sakˈsən/noun
Relating to the Saxons in any sense, their language, culture, or architecture ORIGIN: L Saxonēs (pl); of Ger origin; cf OE Seaxe; Ger Sachsen; perh connected with OE sæx (WSax seax), OHGer sahs knife, short sword Saxˈondom noun The Anglo-Saxon or English-speaking world Saxonian /saks-ōˈni-ən/ noun (geology) A division of the Permian system in W Europe Saxonic /-onˈik/ adjective Saxˈonism noun
Saxˈonist noun A scholar in Old English Saxˈonize or Saxˈonise transitive verb and intransitive verb To make or become Saxon saxˈony noun A soft woollen yarn or cloth Saxon architecture noun A style of building in England before the Norman Conquest, marked by the peculiar ‘long and short’ work of the quoins, projecting fillets running up the face of the walls and interlacing like woodwork, and baluster-like shafts between the openings of the upper windows resembling the turned woodwork of the period Saxon blue or Saxony blue noun A dye produced by dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid Saxon Shore noun (L Litus Saxonicum) in Roman times, the coast districts from Brighton to the Wash, peculiarly exposed to the attacks of the Saxons, or perhaps already partly settled by them, and so placed under the authority of a special officer, the ‘Count of the Saxon Shore’ |
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