| 单词 | horn measurement |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorn measurement a. Simple attributive = of a horn or horns, as horn-call, horn colour, horn measurement, horn shavings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > wind music > cadence or flourish on horn blas?c1225 forloinc1369 windc1374 strakea1425 strakinga1425 rechasec1425 rechasingc1425 recopec1425 seekc1500 mort1555 recheat1575 gibbet1590 senneta1593 relief1602 horn-call1632 call1677 stroke1688 tantivy1785 tralira1801 tra-la-la1886 1632 B. Jonson Magn. Lady v. i They burnt old shoes, goose-feathers, assafœtida, A few horn-shavings..And shee is well again. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 54 Shell..yellowish horn colour. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 70 Horn shavings, from the large proportion of nitrogen in them, are a powerful manure. 1896 Daily News 13 Nov. 6/6 Records of horn measurements. 1912 G. Moore Hail & Farewell! Salve vi. 102 If I knew Elgar, I'd write and ask him to send me a horn-call. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. i. 15 Suddenly the horn-calls ceased. 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music ii. 57 Wagner..makes a musical demonstration of the natural ‘rightness’ of the harmonic series, for the horn-call is preceded by the low E flat on the basses. 1971 Country Life 18 Feb. 358/1 Siegfried promptly announces his arrival by horn-call and wastes no time in walking into the trap. < as lemmas |
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