单词 | master-vein |
释义 | master-veinn. 1. a. poetic in later use. A large vein or other major blood vessel in the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > main master-veinc1425 mastering vein1605 truncus1693 main line1931 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 12604 (MED) It ȝede thorow his pesayn And cut In-two his mayster-veyn. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 632 Sophena, the mayster vayne. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. iiii Iewys..at Yorke to the nombre of .CCCC. & mo cutte theyr mayster veynys & bled to deth. ?1545 C. Langton Introd. Phisycke sig. Eiiiiv Th[e] veyne which is called Porta, & also of th[at], that is called Caua vena, we haue no names in our tung whych be propre or peculier to them only, but muste be fayne to call them master veynes. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. xxxvi One of the Master-Veins breaking, all the Blood in his Body emptied it self out at his Mouth. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 122 Some too mighty strain..Had burst her bosom's master-vein. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > specifically of a man to hit the master-vein1592 possess1592 to get one's leg over1599 roger1763 to have one's way with1884 to dip (one's) wick1958 to lay pipe1967 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. Cv My faire daughter was hit on the master vaine and gotten with childe. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe ii. sig. D2 I know a lad Can hit the maister-vaine. 1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 732 The venome of originall lust, the master-vein wherein is Atheisme. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. vii. 313 By some called the Master-vein of our original Corruption. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein nerve?a1425 ribc1450 vein?c1450 sinew1551 brawn1601 master-vein1658 costa1699 venule1766 pen1773 surculus1775 midrib1793 venule1806 veinlet1807 rachis1830 nervure1842 nerving1854 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 174 Even in the nerves and master veines of the leaves the acute angle ruleth. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 85/1 The Rib is the chief vein, from the stalk to the end of the leaf: the Master-vein. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein > principal master-vein1670 master lode1671 mother-lode1863 masterly lode1868 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 42 For, say they, when we approach to the Master-vein of a Mine..they usuallie here knocking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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