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单词 astragal
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astragaln.

/ˈastrəɡəl/
Forms: Also 1600s astrigal.
Etymology: (? < French astragale ), < Latin astragalus, < Greek ἀστράγαλος a huckle-bone (in plural dice), a moulding in the capital of a column, a leguminous plant. See also astragalus n.
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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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).
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