单词 | crispation |
释义 | crispationn. a. Curling, curled condition; formation of slight waves, folds, or crinkles; undulation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > curled condition or formation crispation1626 curling1626 curl1665 kink1678 crispature1745 quirling1754 kinkle1862 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > curly > state of being crispheadc1440 crispnessc1440 lockering?c1475 curledness1530 crispation1626 curliness1818 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §852 Some differ in the Haire..both in the Quantity, Crispation, and Colours of them. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §852 Heat causeth Pilosity and Crispation. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xxvii. 64 Dismissing its wrinkled Crispations, and becoming very broad. 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. v. ii. 116 The motion of the Air and Vapours makes a pretty Crispation and Rouling. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (1855) I. 96 A difference in the degree of crispation, some European hair being also very crisp. b. ‘A slight contraction of any part, morbid or natural, as that of the minute arteries in a wound when they retract, or of the skin in the state called goose-skin’ (Mayne, Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh crispation1710 goose-skin1785 hen flesh1825 goose-flesha1834 chicken flesh1844 goose pimples1889 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > contraction crispation1710 constriction1771 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 150 Painful Crispations of the Fibres. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. v. 134 She could not think of marrying him without a shudder, a crispation from head to foot. 1887 O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly July 118/1 Few can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. c. Applied to the minute undulations on the surface of a liquid, produced by vibrations of the containing vessel, or by sound-waves. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > undulation on surface jobble1826 crispation1831 jabble1831 ripple1871 1831 M. Faraday Exper. Res. xlvi. 329 The well-known and peculiar crispations which form on water at the centres of vibration. 1891 Cent. Mag. May 37 Upon singing..through the tube..beautiful crispations appear upon the surface of the liquid, which vary with every change of tone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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