单词 | metalled |
释义 | metalledmetaledadj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > [adjective] > made of a certain material metalled1583 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > made or consisting of metal?1518 metalled1583 metalline1585 well-metalled1644 metallic1712 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. S4 v Neither can you vse the beste mettald knife, till the Cutler haue glazd it. 1591 King James VI & I Lepanto in Poet. Exercises Sonet The mettal'd minds [sic: read mines]. 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. F3v Looke on this Crosse..It cures forth-with, like Moises metl'd Snake. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 587 The four metalled parts thereof [sc. The Monarchical Image in Daniel] were Types of four..Kingdoms. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 323 That is the pure metall'd Sword or Knife, which bends this way, and that way, but returns to its straitness again. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans vii. 99 The long barrelled, true grooved, soft metalled rifle. 1859 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 445/2 These were the exploits of fifty years ago; the weapon, the old heavy-metalled, long-barrelled Kentucky rifle. b. Having a covering or fittings of metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] > fitted or covered with metalled1814 1814 W. C. Wells Ess. Dew (1815) 40 These differences were caused by the metalled case obstructing the transmission of the temperature of the air to the inclosed instrument. 1876 W. H. Dixon White Conquest I. xvi. 155 A stream of sunshine lies on painted wall and metalled roof. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Feb. 7/2 The expediency of replacing the heavily metalled lamps at the Guards' Memorial with globes of modern construction. 1983 K. Waterhouse In Mood xxvi. 249 I turned back down the metalled step. 2. Of a road: surfaced with road metal. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > having specific surface or construction unironedc1450 unpaveda1533 corduroy1822 macadamized1823 metalled1825 unmacadamized1826 flagless1840 unmetalled1843 corduroyed1854 woolly1862 water-bound1909 hardtop1915 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. 511 In a road from a highway to a farmery, it may often be advisable to place the metalled road in the middle. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 31/1 The formation of metalled roads. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 127 154 Railways and good metaled roads. 1931 J. W. Gregory Story of Road xviii. 274 In 1839 it was decided to construct a metalled road, the Grand Trunk Road, from Calcutta to Delhi. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 38 The cart, its iron-shod wheels roaring on the metalled road, leapt and swayed behind the ass. 1990 Country Walking Jan. 49/4 This emerges on a metalled track..where you should turn left. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1583 |
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