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单词 perigraph
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perigraphn.

Brit. /ˈpɛrɪɡrɑːf/, /ˈpɛrɪɡraf/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌɡræf/
Forms: 1600s–1700s perigraphe, 1800s– perigraph.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: peri- prefix, -graph comb. form.
Etymology: < peri- prefix + -graph comb. form, after ancient Greek περιγραϕή line drawn round.
1.
a. An inscription around something. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 57 We turn in vain This way and that and but changing perigraphs gain.
2. A vague or incorrect description or representation. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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.
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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).
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