cubitn.

Brit.

/ˈkjuːbɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkjubət/

Forms: Middle English– cubit; also Middle English–1600s cubite, (Middle English cupyde, cupet), Middle English cubete, ( cobyte), kybyte, Middle English–1500s cubyt(e, cubet(te, (1600s cubide).

Etymology: < Latin cubitum the elbow, the distance from the elbow to the finger-tips, belonging to cubit- participial stem of cubāre, -cumbĕre, to lie down, recline. The form cubite occurs in Old French for the measure, but the living representation of the Latin cubitus is French coude, Old French coute elbow = Provençal code, coide, Spanish codo, Italian cubito.

†1.

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a. The part of the arm from the elbow downward; the forearm.

b. The ulna, one of the two bones of the forearm. (In quot. 1398 applied to both the ulna and the radius.) Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > radius

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > ulna

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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxvii. 136 The arme is made of two bones, one aboue that hyghte the ouer cubyte, and the other beneth that hyghte the nether cubyte.

1483 Cath. Angl. 85 A Cubit, lacertus.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxvi. 217 The cubite is composed of two bones, the one of which we call the Radius or Wand..the other we properly call the Cubit or Ell.

1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iii. ix. 119 The Muscles that bend and extend the Cubit.

1847 J. F. South tr. Chelius Syst. Surg. I. 559 Fracture of the cubit is always consequent to direct violence.

c. By literalism of translation: see quots.

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a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. xxxviii. 12 Putte thou elde clothis..vndur the cubit of thin hondis [L. sub cubito manuum tuarum; Heb. under the joints of thy hands] and on the cordis.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jer. xxxviii. 12 Under the cubite of thine armes.

†d. Sometimes apparently = the elbow. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > elbow

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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 274/1 Kybyte, cubitus.

1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) P iij b On the muscule of the right arme, vnder the cubite, on the parte where as the pulse lieth.

1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 43 A fire from heauen consumed the hands and armes to his cubits.

1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cubit, the ulna. Also, the elbow.

†e. Zoology. The corresponding part of the fore leg of quadrupeds.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > part corresponding to forearm

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c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. vi. 105 The next Bone, call'd the Cubit, or Leg-bone.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 337 In the fore feet, or rather hands, all the arm and the cubit are hid under the skin.

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f. Entomology. Applied to one of the veins or ribs of an insect's wing.

2. An ancient measure of length derived from the forearm; varying at different times and places, but usually about 18–22 inches. Obsolete exc. Historical.It is the cubitus of the Romans = Greek πῆχυς, Hebrew ammah, all which words meant primarily the forearm. The Roman cubit was 17·4 inches; the Egyptian 20·64 inches.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > cubit

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 27 Who of ȝou thenkinge may putte to [a1425 Magdalene Coll. Cambr. adde] to his stature oo cubite?

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 315 Þre hundred of cupydez þou holde to þe lenþe.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. 69 There dwelleth peple that..ar but ii cubites hye..This peple is callyd pygmans.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 92^v Hit scarsely riseth at any tyme a cubet aboue the bankes.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) viii. 239 In one Minute it should scarce descend the Space of a Cubit.

1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. xxxiii. 287 A model of a galley three cubits long in ivory and gold.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 304 He is four cubits high.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as cubit-bone, cubit-length, cubit-rule (cf. foot-rule n. at foot n. and int. Compounds 3); cubit-long adj.; cubit arm n. Heraldry ‘an arm couped at the elbow’ (Cussans Handbk. Her. 115).

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a1400–50 Alexander 3908 Wild berys..With ilka tenefull tothe..A cubete lenth.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 436 But Theseus with a Club of harden'd Oak, The Cubit-bone of the bold Centaur broke.

1847 W. S. Landor Hellenics ii In ancient letters, cubit-long.

1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 26 Yard-measures too they'll bring and cubit-rules.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cubit
释义	cubitn. Brit. /ˈkjuːbɪt/, U.S. /ˈkjubət/ Forms: Middle English– cubit; also Middle English–1600s cubite, (Middle English cupyde, cupet), Middle English cubete, ( cobyte), kybyte, Middle English–1500s cubyt(e, cubet(te, (1600s cubide). Etymology: < Latin cubitum the elbow, the distance from the elbow to the finger-tips, belonging to cubit- participial stem of cubāre, -cumbĕre, to lie down, recline. The form cubite occurs in Old French for the measure, but the living representation of the Latin cubitus is French coude, Old French coute elbow = Provençal code, coide, Spanish codo, Italian cubito. †1. Thesaurus » Categories » a. The part of the arm from the elbow downward; the forearm. b. The ulna, one of the two bones of the forearm. (In quot. 1398 applied to both the ulna and the radius.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm cubit1398 shuttle-bone1688 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > radius speel-bone1307 cubit1398 wand-bone1488 radius1578 wand1634 shuttle1662 spoke-bonea1836 radius bone1910 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > ulna ell-wandc1440 ulna?1541 ell1615 cubit1634 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxvii. 136 The arme is made of two bones, one aboue that hyghte the ouer cubyte, and the other beneth that hyghte the nether cubyte. 1483 Cath. Angl. 85 A Cubit, lacertus. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxvi. 217 The cubite is composed of two bones, the one of which we call the Radius or Wand..the other we properly call the Cubit or Ell. 1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body iii. ix. 119 The Muscles that bend and extend the Cubit. 1847 J. F. South tr. Chelius Syst. Surg. I. 559 Fracture of the cubit is always consequent to direct violence. c. By literalism of translation: see quots. ΚΠ a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. xxxviii. 12 Putte thou elde clothis..vndur the cubit of thin hondis [L. sub cubito manuum tuarum; Heb. under the joints of thy hands] and on the cordis. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jer. xxxviii. 12 Under the cubite of thine armes. †d. Sometimes apparently = the elbow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > elbow elbowc1000 cubit1544 ply1575 knop1652 ancon1706 noop1818 capitellum1825 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 274/1 Kybyte, cubitus. 1544 T. Phaer Of Pestilence (1553) P iij b On the muscule of the right arme, vnder the cubite, on the parte where as the pulse lieth. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 43 A fire from heauen consumed the hands and armes to his cubits. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cubit, the ulna. Also, the elbow. †e. Zoology. The corresponding part of the fore leg of quadrupeds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fore limb or leg > part corresponding to forearm cubitc1720 antebrachium1796 c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. vi. 105 The next Bone, call'd the Cubit, or Leg-bone. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 337 In the fore feet, or rather hands, all the arm and the cubit are hid under the skin. Thesaurus » Categories » f. Entomology. Applied to one of the veins or ribs of an insect's wing. 2. An ancient measure of length derived from the forearm; varying at different times and places, but usually about 18–22 inches. Obsolete exc. Historical.It is the cubitus of the Romans = Greek πῆχυς, Hebrew ammah, all which words meant primarily the forearm. The Roman cubit was 17·4 inches; the Egyptian 20·64 inches. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > cubit fathomc1000 cubitc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vi. 27 Who of ȝou thenkinge may putte to [a1425 Magdalene Coll. Cambr. adde] to his stature oo cubite? c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 315 Þre hundred of cupydez þou holde to þe lenþe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. v. 69 There dwelleth peple that..ar but ii cubites hye..This peple is callyd pygmans. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 92^v Hit scarsely riseth at any tyme a cubet aboue the bankes. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) viii. 239 In one Minute it should scarce descend the Space of a Cubit. 1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. xxxiii. 287 A model of a galley three cubits long in ivory and gold. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 304 He is four cubits high. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as cubit-bone, cubit-length, cubit-rule (cf. foot-rule n. at foot n. and int. Compounds 3); cubit-long adj.; cubit arm n. Heraldry ‘an arm couped at the elbow’ (Cussans Handbk. Her. 115). ΚΠ a1400–50 Alexander 3908 Wild berys..With ilka tenefull tothe..A cubete lenth. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 436 But Theseus with a Club of harden'd Oak, The Cubit-bone of the bold Centaur broke. 1847 W. S. Landor Hellenics ii In ancient letters, cubit-long. 1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 26 Yard-measures too they'll bring and cubit-rules. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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