单词 | circumduction |
释义 | circumductionn. 1. The action of leading round or about; a roundabout or circuitous course. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [noun] circumquaque1546 circumduction1602 circumambulation1606 circuitya1626 indirectness1628 side wind1648 circumbendibus1681 ambagiosity1819 circumambulating1837 ambagiousness1867 circuitousness1869 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > roundabout or indirect bouta1542 round1600 circumduction1822 indirection1858 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 2 The course and circumduction of their yeare. 1627 B. Jonson in M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt sig. A7v In thy admired Periégesis, Or vniuersall circumduction Of all that reade thy Poly-Olbyon. 1784 S. Johnson Let. 13 Apr. (1994) IV. 314 You might have had it with less circumduction. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 47 Led by an angular circumduction into the forum. 2. The turning of anything round about its centre or axis; spec. in Physiology the rotatory movement by which a limb is made to describe a cone having its apex at the joint. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel turna1325 weltering1423 wheeling1483 circumduction1578 revolution1592 circumgyration1603 circumrotation1656 wheelerya1845 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 46v The Muscles of circumduction, or they that lead the eye about. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. i. 4 The figure was made by the circumduction of a Body whereof one end remained unmoved. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 256/1 The wrist..admits of vague opposition and circumduction. 1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 93 Circumduction can be performed only in the shoulder and hip joints. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic viii. 233 The circumduction of a body one end of which is fixed. 3. Law. Annulling; cancellation. circumduction of the term: in Scots Law, the sentence of a judge declaring the time elapsed for leading a proof or doing other judicial acts, and precluding the bringing forward of any further evidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun] revoking1395 revocationc1400 cassationc1425 annulling1449 reclamationa1475 annulmenta1492 retractation1531 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 cancellation1535 retraction1536 extinguishment1537 undoing1540 abrenunciation1557 revocating1570 reversement1572 revokement1573 annihilation1579 revocatory1579 annullity1586 retroversion1587 rescission1594 recall1597 recision1606 disannulment1611 repeal1612 rasurea1616 cancelment1621 retractinga1624 cancelling1631 extinction1651 circumduction1726 cassing1844 recallment1845 cancel1884 1609 J. Skene tr. Forme of Proces in Regiam Majestatem 121 All probation..ceases, and ends be twa wayes: the first is, circumduction of the terme: the other is, conclusion of the cause. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 196 The Defendant must be cited de novo, as a circumduction requires. 4. Deceit, cheating. [ < Latin circumductio.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Circunduction, Guile, or deceit. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circunduction, a leading about, also a deceit or guile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578 |
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