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单词 finial
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finialadj.n.

Brit. /ˈfɪnɪəl/, /ˈfʌɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˈfɪniəl/
Forms: Middle English–1500s fynial(l, -yal(l, Middle English–1600s finiall, 1500s– finial.
Etymology: A variant of final adj. and n., apparently of English origin, as no similar form has been found in Old English or medieval Latin.
A. adj.
1. = final adj. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > that tends to produce final result > bringing to a conclusion
finial?a1400
terminant1589
terminative1613
conclusive1639
summing1657
concluding1795
conclusory1846
terminational1874
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective]
finalc1365
endinga1400
finial?a1400
endly1436
conclusional1471
terminalc1475
parting?1570
supreme1570
terminant1589
desinent1608
terminative1613
conclusive1639
graciousa1701
finishing1705
ultimate1755
concluding1795
closing1796
wind-up1843
net1844
conclusory1846
terminational1874
summative1877
wrap-up1968
?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 157 Rittes ceremoniall,..Shall utterlye cease, and take ther ende fyniall.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 45 Þere was fayþfole made a feneal corde.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 116 Graunt them to dyen in fynial grace.
1460 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 105 Fynyal blyse.
1486 Bk. St. Alban's, Her. B iij a Ther be ix. quadrattis for to consider. v. quadrate finiall and iiij royall.
2. [Suggested by the noun.] Forming the crown or completion; crowning. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective]
consummating1582
teleiotical1601
complemental1602
crowning1604
consummative1614
consummatory1623
completing1656
completory1659
telesiurgic1662
completive1677
finishing1705
teleiotic1705
accompletive1826
finial1888
1888 A. S. Wilson Lyric of Hopeless Love 182 Until..life erects its finial part, The formulation of the heart.
B. n.
a. Architecture. An ornament placed upon the apex of a roof, pediment, or gable, or upon each of the corners of a tower, etc.; a similar ornament serving as a termination to a canopy or the like, or to the end of an open seat in a church.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > finial
finial1448
fining?1448
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > parts of > end of > ornamental finial on
poppy1428
poppy head1517
finial1870
1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 369 Euery boterace fined with finialx.
1513 Indenture 4 Jan. in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (1762) I. App. All the seid fynyshing and performyng of the seid towre with fynyalls.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xxxv. x. 894 Gilded shields..were set up on the finiall or lanterne of Jupiters temple.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. xii. 552 To set up Gargils or Antiques at the top of a Gavill end, as a finiall to the crest tiles.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 8 From this faire Pallace then he takes his Front, From that his Finials.
1811 J. Milner Eccl. Archit. Eng. vii. 105 Pinnacles..surmounted with an elegant flower, called a finial.
1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. vi. 255 The finish of the northern gable with its beautiful finial.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 31 The low open seats are ornamented with finials.
b. transferred and figurative.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 186 As the Phœnix on my Front doth glister, Thou shalt the Finials of my Frame illuster.
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 206 The absolute perfection and finiall of many noble and excellent Actions.
1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 96 Monotheism, the finial of the spiritual edifice.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. iii. 33 An ivied bush, which served as the finial of the garden-hedge.

Derivatives

ˈfinialled adj. having, or decorated with, finials.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [adjective] > having finials
finialled1850
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [adjective] > other ornaments
raffled1681
frosted1728
oviculated1789
voluted1810
antefixal1844
arborescent1849
dog-toothed1849
finialled1850
floreted1856
historied1936
1850 T. Inkersley Styles Archit. France 323 An external Pointed arch, surmounted by a triangle crocketed and finialled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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