单词 | piscina |
释义 | piscinan. 1. A pool, a pond, esp. a fish pond. Also (Roman History): a pool for swimming or bathing. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] pound1248 pond1287 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 stewc1440 dike1788 pondlet1839 mardle1866 tank1898 suck-hole1909 the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > for swimming piscinaa1398 natatorya1400 piscinea1400 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank fish-poolc950 fish-housec1000 viverc1330 stew1387 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 fishpondc1440 trunk1440 moat1463 stagnec1470 servatorya1475 viviera1500 fish-stew1552 vivarium1600 shut1605 fish-stove1615 keep1617 estang1628 vivarya1634 nursery1772 preserve1849 whalerya1880 fish tank1957 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool swimming-bath1742 natatorium1832 piscina1832 swimming-pond1833 swimming pool1899 pool1906 above-ground pool1957 infinity pool1992 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 155v A Ponde hat piscina and is water ygadrede to fedyng of fysshe, þogh ofte gaderyng of water withoute fisshe be yclepid piscina. a1587 L. Aldersey in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 182 Also the piscina or fishpoole where the sicke folkes were healed. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 238 Piscinas or stews of fish. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 314 I saw likewise the ruines of a Piscina or receptacle for water. 1753 C. N. Cochin Observ. upon Antiq. Town Herculaneum iii. 136 As to the Piscina, the middle is laid in lozenges.., and the angles with large bricks bound. 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. v. 82 The roof of the natatorium or piscina of the baths. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 154 The covered tanks or piscinæ of the ancients. 1931 D. Randall-MacIver Greek Cities in Italy & Sicily (1970) xiv. 205 This is the place of the large lake or piscina in which were kept quantities of fish for public banquets. 1988 J. Brodsky & A. Myers tr. To Urania 72 And at any rate you seem a man more capable of drowning in your piscina than in some deep thought. 2. a. Christian Church. A stone basin for draining water used in the Mass, found chiefly in Roman Catholic churches (including some pre-Reformation churches now used for Protestant worship), usually on the south side of an altar. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > piscina > [noun] laverc1394 lavatory1412 lavatory stone1487 piscine1489 piscina1734 sacrarium1848 lavabo1852 lavabo basin1855 aquamanile1875 1734 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations II. 75 After the Communion is ended, the Nuns scrape this Place [sc. the place on the floor where a bit of the Host has fallen],..and even lick it, and cast the Shavings into the Sink or Piscina. 1793 Gentleman's Mag. 63 i. 422/1 In its South wall a piscina and locker. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 226 The fenestella, or small niche, contained a vessel, bason, or piscina, for washing the hands. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 132 The piscina is a sink or drain, through which the water used in several ablutions is poured away. 1904 Athenæum 9 Apr. 473/2 The piscina niches are numerous..but present no very special features. 1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 351/1 Other Protestant churches have..narthexes, parclose screens, ambulatories, piscinas, muniment rooms, crypts, transeptal chapels and even Lady Chapels! 2000 Cornwall Today Dec. 66/2 Close to the coloured marble high altar is a piscina where the sacred vessels were once washed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > holy water stoup > [noun] water stone1379 stop1419 stockc1450 stoup1500 holy-water stock1530 font1542 holy-water stone1566 piscina1797 bénitier1853 benatura1873 1797 J. Nichols Illustr. Manners & Expences of Antient Times in Eng. 209 (note) Mending the holy water vessel or piscina. 1812 Gentleman's Mag. 82 i. 315/2 Against the E. side are two piscinæ for holy water in the wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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