单词 | chequer-wise |
释义 | chequer-wiseadv. Like a ‘chequer’ or chessboard; in squares of alternate colours; with lines crossing at right angles. (Originally in chequer wise.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adverb] chequer-wise1534 checkwise1577 checkie-wise1866 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adverb] > types of pattern chequer-wise1534 checkwise1577 arabesquely1843 checkie-wise1866 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi The stretes paued..In cheker wyse with stones whyte and reade. 1534 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) v. 205 Red velvett..powtherid wt gold checker wise. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 40 Rotes of Horse radice cut checkerwyse like to dice. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 2v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They haue made a mingle mangle..of both the languages, and haue in such medley or checkerwyse so crabbedly iumbled them both togyther. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) i. 267 To plant those Tufts Checquerwise. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. 234 Battalion-columns posted..chequer-wise on the flanks of the great Redoubt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adv.1430 |
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