单词 | flown |
释义 | flownadj.1 a. Used adjectively in senses of the verb. Also with out, and with defining word prefixed, as far-flown, new-flown. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] to-bollenc1175 bolledc1375 bolnedc1380 swollenc1386 blown1483 puffed?a1500 inflate?1504 bellieda1533 bladder-puffed1549 uppuffed1573 huffling1582 swellinga1586 upblown1590 tumorous1603 windy1603 windy-headed1603 huffed1605 flown1606 huff-pufft1608 puff-pasted1610 turgid1620 turgent1621 high-blown1623 tympanous1625 bladdered1633 tympaneda1634 tumoured1635 tympanied1637 enormous1641 over-leaven1648 flatulent1658 tympany-like1658 huffy1677 tumefied1677 blubbered1699 full-blown1699 bloated1731 tympanitical1772 inflated1785 pompholygous1855 overblown1864 forblown- the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > gone away flown1606 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 30 Their far-flow'n wings. 1691 E. Taylor tr. Behmen Threefold Life in Theosoph. Philos. xiii. 309 The flown out Will hates that whence it sprung. 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things i. 300 Hence new-flown birds the woods with music fill. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 6 Swifter than dreams [follow] the white flown feet of sleep. 1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 142 When he breathed again, And his flown senses had returned. b. flown cover n. Philately an envelope or cover dispatched by airmail. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope > types of postage envelope1840 mourning envelope1856 return envelope1856 stamped (and) addressed envelope1873 entire1897 window envelope1910 Mulready1912 flown cover1930 S.A.E.1939 Jiffy bag1956 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 Aug. p. iv/1 A new form of collecting is taking the imagination of those who are interested in flying. It is the collecting of what are called ‘flown covers’. 1936 Times 3 Jan. 14/1 A collection of postage stamps and flown covers..are also on show. 1962 M. Savill tr. G. Schenk Romance Postage Stamps iii. 132 The expeditionary forces in Korea..sent their field post letters with their national airmail stamps, and so the Korean battles are..documented..by genuine flown covers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † flownadj.2 Obsolete. Only in flown sheet: see quot. 1627. Also figurative. Cf. flowing adj. 5b. ΚΠ 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 A flown sheate. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 A flowne sheat, that is, when they are not haled home to the blocke... A flowne sheat is when shee goes before the wind, or betwixt a paire of sheats, or all sailes drawing. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 111 We could have sailed with a flown sheet to Ria Lexa. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 98 The sheets being half flown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11606adj.21626 |
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