单词 | margent |
释义 | margentn.adj. Now archaic and poetic. A. n. a. The space on a page, etc., between its extreme edge and the main body of written or printed matter; = margin n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > space on page between edge and body of text margina1387 margent?a1475 marge1577 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > margin margent?a1475 marge1577 side lay1888 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 41 Y schalle purpulle the mariantes [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. margyns]..with a dowble ordre of yeres. 1523 Earl of Surrey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 12 And in the mergent [MS mrgent] of the copies of my letters..I have written the causes that moved us to devyse and wryte the seid articles. ?a1525 (c1450) Christ's Burial & Resurrection i. 273 in F. J. Furnivall Digby Plays (1896) 180 Looke How many bludy letters beyn writen in þis buke, Small margente her is. 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 776/1 And thys himselfe confesseth in the mergent of his booke. 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 188 Whiche the lymmers of bookes are accustomed to paynte on the margentes of churche bookes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 8 A sheete of paper Writ a both sides the leafe, margent and all. View more context for this quotation 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. vii. 71 Let them learne euery rule..and the summes of the rules which are set in the margents. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 A big margent, litter'd and overlaid with crude and huddl'd quotations. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 364 We have seen some of your laws, that have many Scriptures in the margent. 1834 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. (1853) II. 282/2 Such were the very words; I wrote them down with two signs in the margent. 1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions iii. viii. 107 The margin (‘margent’) of a printed text explains difficult words and allusions. Osric, of course, cannot overhear the insulting badinage contained in the aside.] b. A commentary, summary, or annotation in the margin of a text. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] expositiona1464 postils1483 commenta1522 commentary?1548 enarration1570 interpretation1572 commentation1579 margent1579 commentar1641 scholiasting1678 subnotation1705 margin1824 intertext1986 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 48 These his vayne payntyngs of his margent, shall hereafter make his cause more odious. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. E3 Beware my Comment, tis odds the margent shall be as full as the text. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iii. 88 And what obscurde in this faire volume lies, Finde written in the margeant [1623 Margent] of his eyes. View more context for this quotation 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 18 As the Margent renders it. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 30 Your Text is all Margent. 1733 J. Swift On Words Brother Protestants in Gentleman's Mag. 3 710 The booby..Who knows in law nor text nor margent. 2. An outline, edge, or border of something; a river bank; = margin n. 1a, 1b. Also (occasionally) figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] brerdc1000 hemc1200 barmc1340 cantc1375 margina1382 boardc1400 borderc1400 brinkc1420 edgea1450 verge1459 brim1525 rind1530 margent1538 abuttal1545 marge1551 skirt1566 lip1592 skirt1598 limb1704 phylactery1715 rim1745 rand1829 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Margo, the brymme or edge of euery thynge, the margent. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Fvj Grauen Lions on euery syde, adourning the rayles or highest margentes of the same. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. V4v From th'vtmost brinke of the Armericke shore, Vnto the margent of the Molucas. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 9 By slow Meander's margent greene. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. §12. 39 Jesus sate himself down upon the margent of Jacob's well. 1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. (1843) 329 By catching at some little scattered parts, of the skirts and margent of the cause. 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 4 Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly Race Disporting on thy Margent green. 1837 M. R. Mitford Country Stories (1850) 107 Coppices with wide turfy margents on either side. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 157 It..often hides midst brushwood on the margent of a burn. 1901 W. E. Henley Hawthorn & Lavender 6 From reluctant woods..And sering margents, forced To be lean and bare. 1980 Dædalus Spring 236 Approaching the hideous margent of Hell, he got carried away. 3. Joinery. The exposed face of a stile or rail in a door, etc.; = margin n. 4a. Now rare. ΚΠ 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 106 The Middle Rail hath commonly two bredths of the Margent of the Stile. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 110 Margent,..the flat bredth of the Stiles besides the Moldings is called the Margent of the stiles. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 226 Margins or Margents, the flat part of the stiles and rails of framed work. 1920 Spons' Pract. Builders' Pocket Bk. (ed. 3) 419 Margents, margins (the flat portions of the stiles and rails in framed and panelled work). B. adj. (attributive). Marginal; on the margin or edge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written or printed in page margin margent1555 marginal1573 marginean1656 society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > printed in margin margent1555 marginal1573 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] marginal1658 margent1811 fringe1902 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. AAAAavv Reade the margente notes of the same. 1643 R. Saltonstall et al. in Saltonstall Papers (1972) I. 133 Margent notes upon a French text. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 113 The margent thistles of the Tweed. 1916 E. Pound Lustra (1917) 188 Joios we have, by such a margent stream. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † margentv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To insert (something) as a marginal note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > annotate > with marginal notes postila1464 postillate?a1475 margin1595 marginate1609 margent1610 apostil1637 marginala1641 postillize1691 admarginatea1834 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > annotate > with marginal notes > insert as marginal note margent1610 margina1641 1610 R. Niccols England's Eliza To Rdr. I present it in one whole entire Hymne, distinguishing it only by succession of yeares, which I haue margented through the whole storie. Derivatives margenting n. the addition of marginal notes to a text. ΚΠ 1663 S. Pepys Diary 23 Jan. (1971) IV. 23 Finishing the Margenting my Navy-manuscript. 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