单词 | allayed |
释义 | allayedadj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [adjective] > diluted allayed?a1475 lymphate1583 dilute1658 diluted1681 lew1882 watered-down1902 cut1938 ?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in Middle Eng. Dict. at Alaien To mak alayd mylk, take cow mylk..and when it boilithe, alay it up with yolks of eggs. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Aquatus Vinum aquatum, Alayed wyne. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Alayde wyne, Aquaticum Vinum. 1648 R. Filmer Free-holders Inquest 261 In a moderated, limited, stinted, conditionate, legal or allayed Monarchy..the supreme Power must be restrained by some Law. 1685 J. Flavel Πνευματολογία 237 A joy of the same kind and nature with the joy of glorified Spirits; though in an inferiour and allayed degree. 1701 A. J. Compl. Acct. Portugueze Lang. at Wine Allayed wine, o vínho aguádo. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > mixed with inferior metal allayed1533 alloyed1683 1533 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 399 To cunȝe and stryk vixx stane wecht of allayit money. a1631 R. Cotton Answer Propositions Warre & Peace (1655) 52 He [sc. Henry VII] stamped an allayed Coyn then usually termed Dandeprats. 1675 R. Boyle New Ess. Instr. in Wks. (1700) III. v. viii. 318 Trying how much lighter in Water the same weight of allayed Gold in the Air will be. a1754 B. Robinson Ess. Coin (1757) 2 How to determine the Fineness of Allayed Gold or Allayed Silver. 1796 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) XVI. 38/1 This method consists in adding to the allayed gold and silver a certain quantity of lead. 1817 J. M. O'Connor tr. S. F. Gay de Vernon Treat. Sci. War & Fortification I. i. vi. 112 By mixing a small proportion of tin with the copper, an allayed metal is obtained. 1849 Rep. Commissioners Royal Mint 39 Henry VIII. seems to have held that the Sovereign was entitled..to make his allayed, or even debased, standard coin current. b. Mixed or blended together; esp. mixed with or containing something inferior; debased, adulterated. Also: that is mixed in. Cf. alloyed adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something allayed1658 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) ii. viii. 1047 It [sc. a centipede] is found in another form..of an allayed bright bay colour. 1690 G. Burnet Serm. preached before Queen 24 Christianity..got footing again among us,..but it was much allayed and debased. 1731 E. Law tr. W. King Ess. Origin Evil i. 83 In an infinite (or rather perfect) Subject, they [sc. qualities]..are absolute, without any Mixture or Defect. In a finite or imperfect one they are limited, allayed, or defective. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 80 Of the same stuff, and so allayed, As that whereof the sun is made. 1897 Med. Sentinel 5 66 The publishers of a drug journal have recently gotten themselves into court for publishing an allayed recipe for the manufacture of..products of the Sultan Drug Co. 1913 Cent. Mag. Apr. 947/1 She knew nothing whatever of the New York street type, and it made her gasp for breath, but naturally with an allayed terror. ΚΠ 1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xxxii. 199 The Anger of God had then reposed it selfe there [sc. Ararat]; the Arke stood upon the Allayed Anger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1475 |
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