单词 | obvallate |
释义 | † obvallateadj. Botany and Zoology. Obsolete. Walled up; surrounded as by a rampart. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering > surrounded as by a rampart circumvallate1661 obvallate1846 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 497 This species..differs in its obvallate cells. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Obvallātus,..applied to opposed leaves when they are disposed by spiral pairs, so that these cut or cross themselves at an acute angle, as the Globulea obvallata: obvallate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). † obvallatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To surround with, or as with, a wall or entrenchment. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > enclose with a wall > with or as with a wall or trench wallc1386 obvallate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Obuallate, to compasse about with a trench. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ppv Which it obvallates with pricks supernally devolved. Derivatives obvallation n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > with a trench obvallation1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. H3v/2 Obuallate, to compasse about with a trench. Obuallation, a compassing thereof. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Obvallation, an invironing or encompassing with a trench. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1846v.1623 |
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