单词 | lorica |
释义 | lorican. 1. Roman History. A cuirass or corslet of leather. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > leather corselet or cuirass cuirass1464 quirréa1500 lorica1706 corium1834 thorax1842 loric1855 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lorica, a Coat of Mail, a piece of Armour worn in old Times. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 295 The Roman lorica was made like a shirt. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xviii. 770 At the time of Trajan, the lorica was shortened, being cut straight round above the hips. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lorica,..the Coping or Head of a Wall, made to cast off the Rain. 3. Old Chemistry. A kind of lute or paste with which vessels were coated before being subjected to heat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > other specific coating materials lorica1753 water glass1835 novargent1856 white stuff1874 release agent1938 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Lorica, a name given..to a peculiar lute made for the coating over vessels, which are to bear a very vehement fire. 1855 in J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Suppl. 4. Zoology. The protective case or sheath of some infusorians and rotifers; also applied to the carapace of crustaceans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Infusoria > [noun] > member of > parts of > sheath produced or inhabited by lorica1856 zoothecium1880 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Rotifera > [noun] > member of > protective case lorica1856 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > integument crust1822 lorica1856 1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 46 Animal~cules enclosed in a membranous lorica or calcareous test. 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 301 Lorica, the protective case with which certain Infusoria are provided. 1896 Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. 205 The cuticle..in the Loricata firm and of definite shape, constituting a lorica. 5. Botany. The integument or hard external casing of vegetable seeds. ΚΠ 1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 244 The testa, called also lorica by Mirbel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1706 |
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