单词 | caxon |
释义 | † caxonn.1 A kind of wig, now obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > other specific types of Chedreux1678 caxy1729 cauliflower wig1753 negligée1753 caxona1761 fright wig1904 weave1958 a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 77 Tho' that trim artist, barber Jackson, Spent a whole hour about your caxon. 1762 Gentleman's Mag. May 233/2 I've let my hair grow, and have thrown off my caxon. 1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 111 The worthies at Rag Fair old caxons who barter. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 168 The caxon worn by the then Archbishop of Canterbury. 1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 87 A wig which with all proper respect..I cannot but honestly denominate a caxon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). caxonn.2 ? Obsolete. A case or chest of ores prepared to be refined. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > chest of ores to be refined caxon1669 1669 Earl of Sandwich tr. Barba Art Metals ii. xii. 37 He shall certainly know what Silver the Caxon contains. 1669 Earl of Sandwich tr. Barba Art Metals ii. xii. 40 How much materials they are to put into a Caxon or Chest. 1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 212 What he is to do before he incorporates the Caxon for refining. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. technical Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1a1761n.21669 |
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