单词 | morne |
释义 | mornen.1 Weaponry. In later use historical. The blunted head of a tilting-lance; = coronal n. 3. Also: each of the blunted points on the coronal; = mornette n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > equipment > specific parts morne1494 burra1533 mornette1824 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > lance > head or point of lance > barbed or with spreading points coronalc1325 morne1494 cronet1519 flukea1600 crownaclec1650 1494 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 399 Thomas Ryder came owt of the towne and to hym was presented ij speres with moornes, where of he toke the choise and Treury toke the toder. 1509 King Henry VIII Reg. Justes Westm. in J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume (1876) I. 372 He who breaketh his speare morne to morne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc4 His launces..so were they couloured with hooks neere the mourn, that they pretily represented shephooks. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iv. xiv. 342 The Iron heads of Tilt-speares..which vsually haue six or eight Mournes (for so are those little piked things called, which are on the top or head of this Cronell or Coronet). 1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour II. 246 Their lances have small points rebated or bent down, called mornes. 1876 Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc. 32 125 We hear of spears, of..tilting-lances with mornes, coronels, and vamplates. 1961 G. C. Stone Gloss. Arms & Armor 457 Morne, mornette, the head of a tilting lance having the point rebated, or turned back, to prevent injury to the opponent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mornen.2 Caribbean. A round hill or small mountain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > round or conical lowOE lawa1400 sugar-loafa1691 kettle-bottom1746 loma1849 morne1889 pepino1899 hum1921 1889 Catholic World Aug. 585 It was strikingly situated upon a small plain hollowed out from between two noble mountains (called Mornes by the natives). 1889 Harper's Mag. Nov. 846/1 The road..sinks between mornes wooded to their summits. 1953 P. L. Fermor Violins of Saint-Jacques 27 Shadowy valleys between the mornes. 1990 D. Walcott Omeros x. 57 They took the olive Land Rover Round the shining island, up mornes with red smudges Of fresh immortelles with old things to discover. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morneadj.2 Now archaic or literary. Sad, mournful, gloomy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvi. 215 The chaunt was morne, and doleful. 1848 W. E. Aytoun Danube & Euxine 16 Rolling down my torpid waters Through a silence morne and drear. 1879 M. Oliphant Hist. Reign George II I. 14 The morne monotony of the life that lingers out to its last moment. 1987 D. Davie Two Intercepted Lett. in Sequoia (Centennial issue) 26 I declare Grave-robbers, monsters, had recruited me. From that morne service spare, I plead, John Clare. 1988 ‘E. Peters’ Confession Brother Haluin ii. 23 In mourne procession they bore him out through the darkened gardens to the infirmary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11494n.21889adj.21844 |
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