单词 | perigraph |
释义 | perigraphn. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > inscription around something circumscriptiona1571 perigrapha1690 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 86 This piece of Coin..shewed the Vessel in which the Manna was, inscribed with the Perigraphe Shekel Israel. b. poetic. A panoramic or circular view. rare. ΚΠ 1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 57 We turn in vain This way and that and but changing perigraphs gain. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > rough sketch delineation1551 scantling1567 roughcast1579 perigraph1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Perigraphe, a word usually understood to express a careless or inaccurate delineation of any thing. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Perigraph, a careless or inaccurate delineation of any thing. 3. Physical Anthropology. An instrument for drawing the contour lines on skulls or bones. rare. ΚΠ 1911 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 41 544 The Treasurer [sc. J. Gray] read a paper on ‘A New Perigraph’, illustrated by lantern slides and specimens. 1912 Man 12 82 The last paper that he [sc. J. Gray] read before the Institute..was descriptive of a new perigraph, or instrument for drawing contour-lines of skulls or bones. 1953 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 No. 2 (advt.) Diagraph or perigraph, p. 54. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1690 |
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