| 单词 | faxed star |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfaxed star faxed star n. now archaic and rare a comet. [With reference to the tail of a comet resembling hair; compare etymology at comet n.] ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > comet > [noun] faxed stareOE cometOE blazing starc1503 besom1566 crinital star1580 blazera1635 Dog Star1727 sword-star1852 sungrazer1887 cometesimal1964 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 891 Þy ilcan geare..æteowde se steorra þe mon on boclæden hæt cometa: sume men cweþaþ on englisc þæt hit sie feaxede steorra. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1066 Sume men cwedon þat hit cometa se steorra wære, þone sume men hatað þone fæxedon steorran. a1259 M. Paris Chronica Majora (Corpus Cambr. 16) (1872) I. 428 Cometa apparuit, quæ Anglice Vexede sterre nuncupatur. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 19 The olde English..could call a Comet, a Faxed starre; which is all one with Stella Crinita. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 200 Hence Mathew Westminster calleth a Comet..a Vexed Star. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. at Fixed stars And (corruptly) as Faxed stars, Comets. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 122v/2 Fax, hair, ye word commonly used on the other side Trent,..on wch account They calld a comet or blazing star a Faxed-starr. 1833 H. A. Long Personal & Family Names iii. 36 The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades. 1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Faxed-star, a comet. 1981 A. Theroux Darconville's Cat liii. 349 A girl with tresses shining like that of a faxed star..turns with a gentle smile to the doorway. < as lemmas |
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