单词 | denticle |
释义 | denticlen.adj. A. n. 1. A small tooth or tooth-like projection. (In quot. c1400, a pointer on the ‘rete’ of the astrolabe.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [noun] > a sharp prominence > small tinea700 bristlea1300 denticlec1400 prickle?c1425 tooth?1523 serra1800 spikelet1851 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §23. 14 Thin Almury is cleped the denticle of capricorne or elles the kalkuler. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xcix. 140 Leaves dented round aboute with small denticles. 1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 81 5 small denticles, that surround a cavity placed in their middle. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals v. 237 Two powerful teeth..besides minute accessory denticles. 1881 St. G. Mivart in Nature No. 615. 337 A sharp tooth, or denticle, at the inner side of the base of each claw. 2. Architecture. = dentil n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > cornice > dentil denticule1563 dentil1663 denticle1674 denting1730 dental1761 dentel1842 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Denticle..also that part of the Chapiter of a Pillar, which is cut and graven like teeth. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 40 The distances of the Columns..are adjusted by a certain number of Denticles..the first Denticle A, and the last B, being each cut..by the..Axes of the Columns. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 43 The Denticle is that large square Moulding underneath the Ovolo. 1761 J. Kirby Perspective of Archit. 39 From the dentals already drawn the others are to be taken, and also the denticles. Toothed, denticulated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] > finely or serrated tootheda1387 serratile?1541 dented1552 denticle1574 sawed1607 comb-like1615 denticulate1661 denticulated1665 serrate1668 serrated1703 dentated1753 dentulated1796 dentelated1797 dentate1810 serratiform1821 serriform1822 teethed1825 saw-edged1846 serried1848 saw-toothed1857 denticular1878 saw tooth1884 1574 R. Eden tr. Taisner De Natura Magnetis Ded. Turned or moued with certayne litle denticle wheeles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.adj.c1400 |
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