单词 | cloved |
释义 | † clovedadj. Obsolete. Divided into cloves like garlic. In early use: Bulbous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root > divided into cloves cloved1577 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 128 Of þære clufihtan wenwyrte.] 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. viii. ii. 51 The root of the herbe [saffron]..is round..& yet it is not cloued as the lillie, nor flaked as the scallion. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 11 The roote is thicke, and cloued like rush onions or ciues. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 151 The red Lillie of Constantinople hath a yellowe scaly or cloued roote. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmascloved cloved adj. (past tense and participle) ? error for cleved. ΚΠ 14.. Tundale's Vis. 1200 As he was clofy-d, styll he stod. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 61 He cloued hym to the teeth. < adj.1577 as lemmas |
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