单词 | full-aged |
释义 | full-agedadj. Of full or mature age.The more usual term used with reference to horses and some farm animals is aged: see aged adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [adjective] > defined by age full-aged1596 rising1734 aged1756 three-year-old1838 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2 Thame was stronger, and of better stay; Yet seem'd full aged by his outward sight, With head all hoary, and his beard all gray. View more context for this quotation 1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson 44 A full ag'd Lyon, who had sought..his long desired prey. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1737/4 A chesnut sorrel Nag, with a bob Tail, full aged. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 514. ⁋4 There stood by her a man full-aged, and of great gravity. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6310/3 A sorrel Horse..full aged. 1833 Q. Rev. July 381 They had their course for full-aged horses, and their course for colts. 1883 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 344 The full-aged animal [sc. elephant] has in its life-time twenty-four molars. 1921 Breeder's Gaz. 13 Oct. 521/3 Sell the full-aged horses and put young animals in their places. 1978 E. H. Whetham Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales VIII. xv. 293 Many arable farmers gave up their full-aged flocks, and bought a few draft ewes, or a small flock of lambs, for fattening each autumn. 2006 C. Añunobi Nri Warriors of Peace 205 They summoned all the full-aged men to an urgent meeting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1596 |
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