单词 | lanific |
释义 | lanificadj. rare. a. Wool-bearing. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > having leaves of particular texture rugged1587 bristle-leaved1601 rough-leaved1633 nervifoliousa1682 asperifoliate1687 lanifica1693 lanigerous1706 thick-leaved1707 smooth-leaved1731 flake-feathered1848 laniflorous1855 porophyllous1858 leiophyllous1881 a1693 Urquhart's Rabelais (1737) iii. li. 353 All the Lanific Trees of Seres. b. Busied in spinning wool. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [adjective] > spinning > one who lanific1806 spinsterly1827 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 772 The distinct offices of the lanific sisters, as Catullus calls them, were afterwards transferred to the distaff and the rock. DerivativesΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lanifical, that maketh or weaves woollen cloth, pertaining to the working in wool. Categories » This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1656 |
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