单词 | gristly |
释义 | gristlyadj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1398 |
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