单词 | oary |
释义 | oaryadj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. 1. Of the nature of, relating to, or involving oars; resembling or having the function of an oar or oars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [adjective] > of the nature of (an) oar (s) oary1599 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 49 They..besought Ducke, and Drake, Swanne and Goose..of their oary assistance, & aydeful furtherance in this action. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 440 The Swan with Arched neck..proudly, Rowes Her state with Oarie feet. View more context for this quotation 1717 J. Addison in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses Transf. Cycnus 11 His hair transforms to down, his fingers meet In skinny films, and shape his oary feet. ?1744 F. Hoyland Cyclops in Poems & Transl. (1763) 16 O, that kind Nature had my Frame supply'd With oary Fins to cleave the liquid Tide! 1798 H. J. Pye Naucratia i. 366 On active wing their sedgy haunts they leave, And the wide flood with oary pinion cleave. 1832 J. Anstice tr. Aeschylus Agamemnon in Sel. Choric Poetry 3 So, when bereaved the vultures ply Their oary wings athwart the sky. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxvi. 53 Came and shook thro' heaven his pennons oary before me. 2. Of a boat: provided with oars; oared. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] oared1592 oary1791 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 198 All launch their oary barks into the flood. 1890 F. W. O. Ward Women must Weep in 'Twixt Kiss & Lip 22 For men the laughter and the leap Of winds and waves and galleys now not oary, The banner spread on some new promontory; Women must weep. Compounds Parasynthetic, as †oary-footed, †oary-legged, †oary-winged adjs. ΚΠ 1841 L. H. Sigourney Pocahontas 185 The new-fledged ducklings play On their oary-footed way. 1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 219/1 Alice at the window observing the aspect of the clouds, and watching the course of three oary-legged wild-ducks navigating the river. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems iv. 4 Oary-wing'd alike To fleet beyond them, or to scud beneath a sail. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. Prel. p. vii Here and there a cygnet..never finds the living stream in fellowship with its own oary-footed kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1599 |
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