单词 | appendage |
释义 | appendagen. That which is attached as if by being hung on; a subsidiary external adjunct, addition, or accompaniment, which does not form an essential part of that to which it is added, but is usually natural or appropriate to it. (Cf. appendix n.) 1. of things material. a. generally. ΚΠ 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 214 Clothing; another necessary Appendage of Life. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 30 An army, with all its necessary appendages. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds iv. 76 The planet Saturn, encompassed with the extraordinary appendage of a ring. b. esp. An addition to territory or property. Cf. appanage n. 3, appendant n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > an adjunct to property pertinence1379 pertinent1396 tachment?a1400 connex1540 annexation1611 pertinency1651 pertainment1674 appendage1694 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a dependent possession aparauntc1400 appendance1523 limba1647 dependency1684 appendage1694 appanage1807 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) i. iii. 19 Hastings, and its two Appendages, Winchelsea and Rye, are in Sussex. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 783 The other islands..should be regarded as appendages to Curassou. 1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) i. 7 Dwelling-houses and their appendages. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > appendix or supplement supplement1523 appendix1549 appendant1570 appendage1651 addendum1664 Paralipomenon1666 annexture1756 excursus1803 society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > piece of writing at end > added as nonessential supplement supplement1523 appendix1549 codicil1566 appendant1570 appendage1651 annexure1798 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > addition or appendix supplement1523 appendix1549 referendary1581 supply1584 postscript1596 corollary1603 annexary1605 annexe1625 appendage1651 streamer1696 tack1705 taga1734 rider1813 pendant1837 overmatter1887 afterword1890 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A9 That Appendage which is added concerning the Regiment of God. d. Natural History. A subordinate or subsidiary organ. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > subsidiary appendage1785 1785 J. E. Smith in Leis. Hour June 1883, 353/1 The angular appendage to the nose of the American bat. 1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings vii. 135 All the appendages borne on the stem—such as scales, leaves, bracts, flowers, and fruit. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. i. ii. §59 Antennae and other appendages used for feeling. 2. of things immaterial. ΚΠ 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar xvii. §5 If the pious action have been formerly joined with anything..truly criminal..I give cause..to think I approve of the old appendage. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. x. 327 Confirmation which ever was a constant appendage to Baptism. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music §4. 40 The Dance..being only secondary, and merely an Appendage to the Song. 1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. 8 Religion and gallantry soon made humanity an indispensable appendage of true valour. 3. transferred of persons. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency > a dependant or subordinate companion appendixa1616 appendant1641 appendage1838 1838 E. Cook Melaia xxv That rare appendage to a king, A friend that never played the slave. 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 121 Such an official was not an uncommon appendage to legations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1649 |
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