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单词 henry
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Henryn.1

Brit. /ˈhɛnri/, U.S. /ˈhɛnri/
Forms: 1500s– Henry; Sc. pre-1700 Henré, pre-1700 Henri, pre-1700 Henry.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Henry.
Etymology: < Henry, the name of eight kings of England, and the name in English of various kings of France and Spain with the corresponding forename (compare e.g. French Henri, Spanish Enrique).Compare Middle French, French henri, denoting any of various gold coins, named after various Spanish, French, and English kings (1477), and Middle French henricque, denoting a coin struck in the reign of Henry (Enrique) IV of Castille (1492), and also Middle French, French henricus, denoting a gold coin first struck in 1549, during the reign of Henri II of France (1573 in Rabelais, or earlier).
Now chiefly Numismatics.
As a modifier: designating any of various coins minted during the reign of a monarch named Henry, esp. one minted when Henry VI was King of England (1422–61, 1470–1), as in Henry groat, Henry noble, etc. Formerly also in simple use: †a coin of this type (obsolete).Cf. Harry groat n., Harry noble n., Harry sovereign n. at Harry n.2 Compounds 2.
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1456 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1456/8 Mone of uthir cuntreis..sik as the Henry Ingliss noble.
1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. H2v Let vs not play a double Henry, against a Carolus: (that, is a peece of gold..[against] a peece of brasse.)
1745 M. Folkes Table Eng. Silver Coins 15 I should take some Henry groats I have seen with an open crown..to have been pieces minted in consequence of this indenture.
1825 ‘Shakespeare II’ Shakespeare's Romances II. i. iv. 41 [He] said this other day, you owed him a thousand gold Henries.
1946 Museum Notes 1945 (Amer. Numismatic Soc.) 1 60 Counterstamps are found on nearly all types of nobles and their imitations, starting with the Henry nobles of Henry VI.
2017 www.numisbids.com 28 Apr. (auction catal., accessed 18 June 2019) Lot 1928..Contemporary Imitation of a ‘Henry’ groat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Henryn.2

Brit. /ˈhɛnri/, U.S. /ˈhɛnri/
Etymology: < the name of Alexander Henry, Scottish gunsmith (1818–94), who invented a barrel with this pattern of rifling (patented in November 1860).
Now historical and somewhat rare.
As a modifier.
1. Originally: designating a breech-loading single-shot rifle designed by Alexander Henry and having a barrel with polygonal rifling (see sense 2). In later use: designating the barrel of this rifle, as used in the Martini–Henry rifle (see Martini–Henry n.).
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1861 Sci. Amer. 19 Oct. 244/1 At the meeting of the National Rifle Association on Wimbledon Common, in July last, the Henry Rifle was first brought before the notice of our English marksmen, who were amazed at its performances.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 282/2 The combination of the Martini breech action with the Henry barrel.
2013 S. Manning Martini–Henry Rifle 11 The Henry barrel showed a marked superiority in terms of accuracy and fouling.
2. Designating a pattern of rifling (rifling n.3 2) in which seven broad, shallow grooves are cut into the interior surface of the barrel, so that the cross section of the bore resembles a seven-sided regular polygon having triangular projections at each angle.
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1869 Rep. Special Comm. Breech-loading Rifles p. xxii in Parl. Papers 1868–9 XII. 1 The Committee are of opinion that the Henry rifling is better calculated to resist wear and tear than the Enfield.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 242/1 In 1861 the Henry grooving for a cylindrical bullet, a modification of the Whitworth, first appeared.
1997 D. E. Dumond Machete & Cross 502 The newer .45-caliber single-shot rifle with Martini breech-loading action and Henry rifling system..was adopted by the British Army for general use in 1871.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Henryn.3

Brit. /ˈhɛnri/, U.S. /ˈhɛnri/
Inflections: Plural Henrys.
Etymology: < the name of Benjamin Tyler Henry, U.S. gunsmith and manufacturer (1821–98), who invented this kind of lever-action repeating rifle.
I. Compounds.
1. As a modifier. Designating a repeating rifle, designed in 1860 by Benjamin Tyler Henry, in which cartridges are loaded into the chamber by manipulating a lever attached to the trigger guard; as Henry rifle, Henry repeating rifle, etc.The Henry rifle is equipped with a magazine that holds sixteen cartridges and is capable of a high rate of fire that made it a popular firearm among Union forces during the American Civil War.
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1862 Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer 29 Aug. 2/6 There were thirty Henry rifles here (sixteen shooters).
1887 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 25 Feb. The Bad Man had a Henry repeating rifle on his shoulder and a huge bowie knife protruding from his boot.
1964 H. L. Peterson Encycl. Firearms 180 (caption) Iron-frame Henry rifle and brass-frame Henry rifle.
2005 Pop. Mech. Nov. 39/1 (advt.) Henry rifles have the unique ability to bring out the West in you.
II. Simple uses.
2. A Henry rifle.
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1884 Dakota Sun 16 May Our Henrys are good for sixteen shots each, and our Colts for six each.
2004 S. W. Crompton Repeating Rifle iv. 41 Union men, equipped with their new Henrys, decimated the lines of oncoming Confederates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

henryn.4

Brit. /ˈhɛnri/, U.S. /ˈhɛnri/
Inflections: Plural henrys, henries.
Etymology: < the name of Joseph Henry (1797–1878), U.S. physicist, who discovered electromagnetic induction independently of and at about the same time as Michael Faraday.
A unit of electrical inductance equal to: (a) the self-inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is induced by a current changing at a rate of one ampere per second (now incorporated in the International System of Units); (b) the mutual inductance of two coils in which an electromotive force of one volt is induced in one by a current changing in the other at a rate of one ampere per second. Symbol H, Hy, or (less commonly) h.
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1890 Electr. Engineer 9 July 45/2 Resolved that the name of Henry should be given to the practical unit of self-induction.]
1890 Electr. World 27 Dec. 453/2 The mutual inductance will similarly be..11.79 henrys as before.
1915 Proc. IRE 3 223 The transformer is made up of coils having an inductance of the order of a henry or more.
2008 IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurem. 57 907/2 The high value that is requested for the inductance (thousands of henrys) can only be achieved through an inductance-simulator circuit.

Derivatives

ˈhenrymeter n. rare a device used for measuring electrical inductance.
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1922 Engin. Abstr. (Inst. Civil Engineers London) July 21 The apparatus is called by the Author a ‘henrymeter’; it is quite self-contained.
1962 Techn. Transl. (U.S. Dept. Commerce, Office Techn. Services) 8 891/2 Barthelemy, R. New, direct-reading henrymeter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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