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单词 curricle
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curriclen.

/ˈkʌrɪk(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin curriculum running, course, also (race-)chariot, < currĕre to run.
1. A course, running. (In quot. a1682 taken as dim., a short course.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > action or process of flowing
trilling1567
coursing1569
afflux1603
curriclea1682
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 115 Upon a curricle in this World depends a long course of the next.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 271 The Remedy..is convey'd..by the Curricle of the Blood, into the Tracheal Ducts.
2. A light two-wheeled carriage, usually drawn by two horses abreast.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled > drawn by two horses
curricle1752
tandem-curricle1815
1752 H. Walpole Let. 5 Aug. (1903) III. 114 These mountains, where the young gentlemen are forced to drive their curricles with a pair of oxen.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 185 A curricle which is put in motion, by the person who sits in it, by turning round a single wheel placed in the front.
1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 125/2 A man of 70 much intoxicated..rolled against the wheel of their curricle.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 115 Curricles are..a superior kind of two wheel carriage.
1802 Projects in Ann. Reg. 773/2 In curricles, single horse chaises, or other carriages.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xii. 386 He made these periodical journeys..in a kind of open curricle.

Compounds

curricle-builder; attributive, as curricle artillery, curricle fire-engine, curricle gun (= mounted on a light two-wheeled carriage for rapid movement).
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1786 H. Croft Abbey of Kilkhampton 107 Coach-builders, curricle-builders.
1802 Naval Chron. 8 173 Brass guns on curricle carriages.
1807 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 2 126 Two pieces of curricle artillery.
1878–81 E. Matheson Aid Bk. Engin. Enterprise (1889) 579 Curricle fire-engines..may be advantageously fitted with shafts for one horse.

Derivatives

ˈcurricle v. Apparently an isolated use.
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1857 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. IV. 98 Who is this that comes curricling through the level yellow sunlight, like one of respectability keeping his gig?
curriˈcleer n. Obsolete one who drives a curricle.
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1794 Sporting Mag. 4 58 The dashing curricle-eers of the day.
1803 Pic Nic No. 5. 4 Our tonish navigators and curricleers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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