单词 | cumble |
释义 | † cumblen. Obsolete. 1. Heap, accumulation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation > heap or pile heapc725 cockeOE hill1297 tassc1330 glub1382 mow?1424 bulkc1440 pile1440 pie1526 bing1528 borwen1570 ruck1601 rick1608 wreck1612 congest1625 castle1636 coacervation1650 congestion1664 cop1666 cumble1694 bin1695 toss1695 thurrock1708 rucklea1725 burrow1784 mound1788 wad1805 stook1865 boorach1868 barrow1869 sorites1871 tump1892 fid1926 clamp- 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 276 That cumble of Accidents, External, Internal. 2. Highest point, apex, culmination. (A Gallicism affected by Howell.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 42 For a cumble of all felicity. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxi. 107 In Philip the seconds time the Spanish Monarchy came to its highest cumble. 1650 J. Howell Cotgrave's French-Eng. Dict. (rev. ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. a4 This word Souverain..hath rais'd it self to that cumble of greatnes that it is now applied only to the King. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † cumblev. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. To oppress, deprive of power; esp. to stiffen or benumb with cold. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > render physically insensible [verb (transitive)] > by cold acumblea1325 cumberc1325 cumblea1425 foundedc1450 benumb1530 beclumpse1611 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > give sensation of cold to > numb with cold acumblea1325 cumberc1325 daze1340 cumblea1425 foundedc1450 benumb1530 founder1562 beclumpse1611 chill1712 shram1787 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxv. 3 Coumforte ȝe comelid [v.rr. clumsid, cumblid] hondes [L. manus dissolutas]. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Cumbled..oppressed, cramped, stiffened with cold. Cumbly-cold, adj. stiff, and benumbed with cold. Intensely cold, if applied to weather. 2. intransitive. To be or become benumbed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > become physically insensible [verb (intransitive)] > by cold cumblec1280 numb1867 c1280 Old Age in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 149 I snurpe, i snobbe, i sneipe on snovte, Þroȝ kund i comble an kelde. Derivatives ˈcumbled adj. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 88 Comelyd, for colde, eviratus. ˈcumbledness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > state of being rendered physically insensible > caused by cold cumblednessc1440 congelation1577 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 89 Comelydnesse, eviracio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1640v.c1280 |
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