单词 | finial |
释义 | finialadj.n. A. adj. 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.?a1400 |
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