单词 | distent |
释义 | † distentn. Obsolete. Stretching out; out-stretched extent; distension; breadth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] lenghc888 longnessOE length1154 dimension1413 sideness1422 longitude?a1425 prolixity?a1425 distance1582 longity1604 distent1613 protension1704 sidth1831 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 34 The wide distent of these tumors, fed from many secret veines. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. x. §4. 114 The fronts of the two Armies were so vnequall in distent. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 32 [To] be distended one fourteenth part..which addition of distent will confer much to their Beauty. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. iv. 6 Poland is of very vast distent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). distentadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] stent1513 stretchinga1547 distent1590 stretched?1605 distending1633 stretchen1642 extending1812 outreaching1853 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S2 Great heapes of gold, that neuer could be spent: Of which some were rude owre,..Others were new driuen, and distent Into great Ingowes, and to wedges square. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) ii. 296 Thus murmur'd Earth's first-born..Distent upon the ground. 2. Expanded by stretching; swollen out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > distended tautc1330 distent?1606 outstretcheda1616 distended1697 stent1789 stodgy1860 bestented- ?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H5 The bright Latona (and her womb distent) With the great burden that by Ioue she bare. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 10 The big Clouds with vernal Showers distent. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 360 Nostrils..now distent, now contracted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † distentv. Obsolete. = distend v. (Perhaps only in past participle distended = distent adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend to-halea1387 distent1578 distend1650 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 71v [The intrels]..distented, or retched out by the thynges conteined. c1720 Collect. Misc. Lett. fr. Miot's Jrnl. (1722) II. 19 Bee's distented Thigh. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory i. iii. 64 The Blood-vessels of the Brain being..filled and distented. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. ii. 255. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1613adj.1590v.1578 |
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