单词 | malleate |
释义 | malleateadj. Zoology. Of the jaws of a rotifer: having well-developed, stout mallei. ΚΠ 1884 C. T. Hudson in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 24 351 The typical trophi may then be named as follows: 1. Malleate. Mallei stout; manubria and unci of nearly equal length; unci 5- to 7-toothed; fulcrum short; as in Brachionus urceolaris. 1886 C. T. Hudson & P. H. Gosse Rotifera I. 31 Hydatinadæ..trophi malleate. 1918 H. B. Ward & G. C. Whipple Freshwater Biol. xvii 559 Such jaws are used mainly for grinding, and are said to belong to the malleate type, on account of the great development of the mallei. 1963 G. A. Kerkut Borradaile & Potts's Invertebrata (rev. ed.) 258 (caption) Malleate type [of jaws of rotifers]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). malleatev. Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To beat with a hammer; spec. to beat (metal) thin or flat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way batterc1380 beat1483 peena1522 hammer1522 malleate1598 extenuate1599 upset1678 planish1688 to set down1703 foliate1704 raise1774 skelp1803 tilt1825 jump1851 cold-hammer1858 stub1869 upend1932 ding1939 coin1940 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51/1 Allthoughe the same [corslet] be beaten and malleated smothe agayne. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 113/2 Take it out, and malleate it till it wexe as thin as the backe of a knife. 1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 55 A crackt silver vessell, is sooner sodered and new burnished, then a new one malleated out of the rough mass or wedge of metal. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. i. 307 Tubal-Cain was..the first that found the Art of Melting and Malleating Metals. 1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) 411 Bismuth..Brittle when cold, but when heated may be malleated. 2002 homepages.rootsweb.com 4 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Simple stamping is another technique employed by aboriginals whereby the paste of a vessel is made more dense by malleating the surface. b. intransitive. To undergo beating with a hammer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (intransitive)] > driving or beating tools strike1340 maulc1390 hammerc1400 peck1481 sledge1654 malleate1660 pane1839 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 184 The same metalls..by reason of the solidity they had acquired, might be made fit to malleate, or to strike, or for other uses. 2. transitive. figurative. ΚΠ ?1623 O. Felltham Resolues xcix. 326 So haue many beene abused, by being malleated in their troublesome feare. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. xxx And pox and pestilence do malleate. 1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. (1672) I. 413 We cannot find one [circumstance] which was not as a hammer to malleate and soften his stony heart. 1660 J. Gauden Μεγαλεια Θεου 18 Some points may by long Orations be (like gold) malleated and extended to such great latitudes of diffused expressions, as make them very combersom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884v.1598 |
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