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单词 gristly
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gristlyadj.

Brit. /ˈɡrɪsli/, /ˈɡrɪsl̩i/, U.S. /ˈɡrɪs(ə)li/
Forms: α. Middle English, 1600s grystly, Middle English grustlye, gristeli, 1500s gristel(l)y, grisselye, 1600s grissly, ( gristlely), grisselly, 1600s–1800s grisly, 1500s– gristly. β. Scottish1500s girsillie, 1700s girslie.
Etymology: < gristle n. + -y suffix1.
1.
a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of gristle; consisting or full of gristle; cartilaginous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > [adjective] > as substance
gristly1398
cartilaginous?1541
cartilagineous1646
subcartilaginous1715
subcartilagineous1727
semi-cartilaginous1805
chondral1810
cartilaginiform1830
chondroid1849
cartilaginoid1859
intracartilaginous1887
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xii. 116 The substaunce of the very ere is grystly.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 23 Þe eende of þe þrote bolle is gristeli [v.r. grustlye].
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 102 When thei haue gnabeled of the softest and gristely partes with their tiethe.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 30 His flesche was all girssillie bot of a trim taist.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 379 A hard substance sometimes gristlely..which in some Creatures..is a very gristle.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 613 An vpper part which is immoueable and bony, and a lower, which is moueable and gristly.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1657 (1955) III. 200 Certaine gristly Skinns curiously joynted, yet loose.
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. vii. 90 The peritonæal covering of the stomach..has almost a gristly hardness.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 195 On his shoulders arises a large fleshy or grisly substance.
1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 155 (Jam.) His girslie nose.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 14 The gristly parts have been gnawed off, as if by dogs.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 176 A piece of gristly meat one inch in length.
b. Having a cartilaginous skeleton, as some fishes. (See cartilaginous adj. 1b) Obsolete.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having cartilaginous skeleton
gristly1601
semi-cartilaginous1841
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [adjective] > having a skeleton > cartilaginous
gristly1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 333 Such fishes as wee called Cartilagineous and gristly.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 126 It [sc. a serpent] also beareth Egges in her place of conception..which are there disposed in order, as in other liuing gristly creatures.
2. Having a texture resembling that of gristle, in toughness, etc.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough
tougha700
sinewy1578
wiry1588
gristly1601
nervous1601
tenax1605
tenacious1607
clunga1722
whipcord1879
whinstone1910
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 378 The best Galbanum..is gristly and cleare withall.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 115/2 Gristly seeds are thin skinny flat seeds.
1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 189 Cup 5 leaves and 5 angles, gristly.
1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 337 The gristly substance which forms the bulbs.

Derivatives

ˈgristliness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).
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