单词 | digitated |
释义 | digitatedadj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > of quadrupeds digitated1646 digitate1661 digital1833 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 298 Animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have severall divisions in their feete. View more context for this quotation 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. II. 146 The bones of the arms coincide with those of digitated quadrupeds. b. Botany. = digitate adj. 2a. Now rare. ΚΠ 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Cannabis It hath digitated (or finger'd) Leaves, which grow opposite to one another. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Digitated Leaf, expresses a compound one, formed of a number of simple foliola, placed regularly on a common petiole. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xx. 481 The bread-fruit, conspicuous from its..deeply digitated leaf. 1866 Horticulturist 21 88/1 Its stem was four or five inches in diameter, and its digitated leaves of a dark glossy green, more than eight inches in breadth. 1998 Bryologist 101 151/1 Thallus..margin always with rounded, 0.1–0.3mm wide, sometimes deeply digitated, lobes which give the thallus its typical crenulate appearance. c. Zoology. Of an organ or body part = digitate adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts > divided into parts resembling fingers digitate1826 digitated1839 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 95/2 The structure alluded to is a digitated extension of the whole substance of the upper part of the iris. 1930 Times 4 Jan. 8/5 The head has a large fan-shaped crest, and a digitated fin-like crest extends along the back. 1981 Jrnl. Arachnol. 9 158 The ‘palmatum’ character (digitated dorsal spines on the pedipalp tibia) is present in several species. 1993 Jrnl. Cutaneous Pathol. 20 413/1 Large parts of the cystic cavity were lined by a papillated and/or digitated epithelium. 2. Of a sock or stocking: that has a separate section for one or more of the toes (see digit n. 4a). Cf. tabi n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective] heeledeOE laced1441 upper-stocked1535 stocked1598 steeple-clocked1776 footless1853 fashioned1881 digitated1882 seamless1921 stay-up1949 dazzle1958 sandal-foot1959 1882 Times 27 Mar. 6 Digitated stockings for pedestrians. 1897 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 30 Jan. 3/5 The digitated stockings, whether the form be like mittens, like the Japanese stockings, or glove-like..are all for the purpose of preventing the cramping of the toes. 1935 K. Koizumi Father & I ii. 46 What was our surprise to see a fellow..wearing black gaiters, without tabi (the digitated socks), sandals or other footwear. 1948 New Eng. Q. 21 152 He may develop marked eccentricities, a fondness for digitated socks, an anxiety about germs on door-handles. 1990 Boston Globe (Nexis) 12 Apr. 77 He himself wore ‘reformed’ clothing, such as digitated socks, fitted to each toe, like a glove. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1646 |
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