| 单词 | a fell of hair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa fell of hair 3. A covering of hair, wool, etc., esp. when thick and matted; a fleece. Often in a fell of hair: a head or shock of hair. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] lockeOE faxc900 hairc1000 hairc1000 headOE topc1275 toppingc1400 peruke1548 fleece1577 crine1581 head of hair1587 poll1603 a fell of haira1616 thatcha1634 maidenhair1648 chevelure1652 wool1697 toupet1834 nob-thatch1846 barnet1857 toss1946 the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > coat fella1616 pelage1734 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > bushy or thick bush1509 hair-bush1580 bush-heada1603 shag1607 fella1616 mop1616 bush-hair1692 hassock1754 mopheada1816 shock-head1817 shock1819 flock-hair1878 tousle1880 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 52 We are still handling our Ewes, and their Fels you know are greasie. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 11 My Fell of haire Would at a dismall Treatise rowze, and stirre As life were in't. View more context for this quotation a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 162 A Sheepskyn accordinge to the growth of the fell. 1842 N. A. Woods Tour Canada 14 Their flat Tartar features half hidden under a fell of coarse, unkempt hair. 1848 J. R. Lowell Poems 2nd Ser. 11 The surly fell of Ocean's bristled neck! 1872 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. July 169 (note) Reason (Virgil) first carries him down by clinging to the fell of Satan. 1910 A. Rives Pan's Mountain xxxi. 276 A thick fell of snow wrapped the Sasso di Ferro. 1954 G. Lannestock tr. V. Moberg Unto Good Land i. vi. §5 59 From their train they saw vast fields covered with a thick fell of beautiful crops. 1979 R. M. Anderson Hispanic Costume 1480–1530 115/1 The least expensive pelt-lined wear of our period was the zamarro made of fine, soft sheep fells. 1994 ‘E. Peters’ Brother Cadfael's Penance iv. 71 A thick fell of light brown hair hiding his face. < as lemmas |
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