单词 | astragal |
释义 | astragaln. 1. Physiology. The ball of the ankle-joint; the huckle-bone; = astragalus n. 1. Hence in plural (as in Greek): Dice, which were originally huckle-bones. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun] navicular?a1425 metatarsus?c1425 heel bone1516 astragalus?1541 bonket1552 cube-bone1615 die-bone1634 os calcis1634 foot bone1658 tarsus1676 pterna1684 talus1684 navicular bone1696 astragal1728 calcaneum1728 cuboid bone1829 cuboid1836 metatarsal1837 metapodium1844 tarso-metatarsal1851 arch1858 intermedium1878 tarsal1881 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice diec1330 bicched bonesc1386 bonec1405 dalyc1440 huckle-bone1542 devil's bones1597 tat1688 St Hugh's bones1785 ivory1830 astragal1850 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Astragal..a Bone of the Heel. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §391 Eros as Ganymedes' conqueror at the game of astragals. 2. a. Architecture. A small moulding, of semicircular section, sometimes plain, sometimes carved with leaves or cut into beads, placed round the top or bottom of columns, and used to separate the different parts of the architrave in ornamental entablatures. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > architrave > astragal astragal1563 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Ci Nowe at the toppe of Scapus, you shall make Astragalus. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi. xlvi From the astrigal To the flat frieze. 1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 89 An astragal..has berries often cut on it. 1862 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 6) 14 The torus when very small becomes an astragal. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 402 Roundel, a bead or astragal moulding. b. (See quot. 19401.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > glazing or dividing bar monial1332 sodlet1332 stay-bar1399 transom1502 mullion1556 munnion1571 calm1577 leading1597 window bar1612 stroke1684 came1688 leads1705 saddle-bar?1733 transom-shaft1813 sash bar1837 baluster1844 baluster column1844 supermonial1846 supermullion1846 astragal1858 wagtail1940 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 33 Astragal sashes. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 56/2 Astragal, a specially shaped bar used for connecting together glazing bars or sheets of glass in a window. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 56/2 Astragal tool, a special tool..used in wood-turning for turning beads and astragals. 3. Gunnery. A ring or moulding encircling a cannon about six inches from the mouth. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > raised band on cannon > near mouth cornice1591 cornice-ring1645 astragal1656 frieze1692 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Astragal..is therefore transferred to the canon. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. vi. 94 The Astragal, or Cornice Ring. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) Muzzle Astragal and Fillets. 4. (See quot.) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > other types of tiles semi-tilea1525 quarrel1601 head1703 travers tile1703 astragal1725 fire tile1798 sole1843 field tile1856 fish-scale tile1881 quarry tile1908 hollow tile1914 tile-and-a-half tile1940 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tyles Scallop or Astragal are used in some places for weather Tyling. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Tyle Scallop or Astragal Tyles are..like plain Tyles, only their lower Ends are in Form of an Astragal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1563 |
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