单词 | avelong |
释义 | avelongadj. Now rare (English regional in later use). 1. Oblong; elongated in shape; (also) oval, elliptical. English regional (chiefly northern) in later use.In quot. 14402: (of a vessel that is intended to be round) out of shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > oval or elliptical avelong1440 wrongc1440 oval1561 ellipsical1571 elliptical1656 round-long1663 elliptic1715 ovated1752 ovate1760 ovoid1776 ellipsoidal1831 dromic1850 oliviform1857 ellipsoid1861 vesical1865 dromical1875 the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > square or rectangular > rectangular or oblong eavelonga1387 long-warpeda1400 avelong1440 wrongc1440 squarelike1557 rectangular?a1560 rectangulous1680 fenestriform1860 oblong1888 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 17 Auelonge [1499 Pynson aweylonge, a1500 BL Add. 37789 awelonge], oblongus. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 517 Warpyn, or wex wronge or avelonge, as vesselle, oblongo. c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 107 (MED) Þe woundys of handes and feet are rounde, þe wounde in the syde is auelonge, as hit were of a speer. a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 7 (MED) And for as moche..þat þis Ile is auelonge [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Polychron. euen longe, c1410 BL Add. evelonge; L. oblonga], hit is largere in þe myddes þane hit is in þe extremytees. a1500 in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum (1843) I. 17 (note) Oblongo, to make auelonge. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Avelang, elliptical, oval. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 240 Avelong, oblong. ‘Aside o't' Grime-cabin cloise—a āavelong piece o' grund it is.’ 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 5 Avelong,..oblong, or oval. Spectacle-glasses are avelong. 1915 G. H. Cowling Dial. Hackness p. xiv Their houses are severely plain—four square walls of avelong stone on which the old-fashioned ‘thack’..is now replaced by pleasant red tiles. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 12/1 Avellins, avelong, ovverlins, oval. (An over-long circle.) ΚΠ 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 10 Workmen—reapers or mowers—approaching the side of a field not perpendicular or parallel to their line of work, will have an unequal portion to do—the excess or deficiency is called ‘avellong work’. 1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft 507 Avellong work. Mowing or reaping lying out of the perpendicular at the sides of fields is avolling [sic]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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