单词 | quarl |
释义 | † quarln.1 U.S. Obsolete. A jellyfish.In quot. 1873: perhaps by confusion, an octopus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Acalepha > member of (jelly-fish) nettle1601 sea-nettle1601 blubber1602 nettlefish1611 red nettle1611 squalder1659 sea-jellya1682 urticaa1682 carvel1688 sea-qualm1694 sea-bleb1700 acaleph1706 sea-blubber1717 Medusa1752 quarla1820 acalephan1834 medusite1838 jellyfish1841 naked-eyed medusa1848 slobber1849 sea-cross1850 sea-danger1850 sun squall1853 discophore1856 medusoid1856 starch1860 Discophoran1876 jelly1882 sea-blub1885 a1820 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay (1836) 19 Some are rapidly borne along..And some on the jellied quarl, that flings At once a thousand streamy stings. 1859 F. S. Cozzens Acadia iii. 73 ‘How do you like this?’ said Picton, as we leaned over the side,..looking down at the millions of gelatinous quarls in the clear waters. 1873 N. Pike Sub-tropical Rambles xxii. 314 Ever and anon the Quarl, that fearful monster the ‘Pieuvre’ immortalised by Victor Hugo,..warily sends forth its long feelers from out some hidden, time-worn cave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). quarln.2 Originally: a large brick or tile, esp. a curved firebrick. Now spec.: a refractory channel in the wall of a furnace, boiler, etc., through which the flame of a burner passes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > vessels > supports for culot1683 quarl1875 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 67 [Lead] The erection of nine six-ton pots requires..160 feet of quarles. 1883 Daily News 19 Sept. 3/2 Making passages below the oven floor, and laying upon these passages perforated quarles or recessed bricks. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) Under the term ‘brick’ are included sizes up to twelve inches long by six inches wide. Above this area it is called a quarl or tile. 1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. (ed. 3) Add. Burner firing block, unit made from refractory material that fits into the furnace wall at the burner position, having a nozzle-protecting recess at the back and a tunnel on the firing side. Called quarl in oil-firing practice. 1969 Financial Times 9 Jan. 22/3 Mouldable and castable refractories generally have good resistance to thermal shock and are, therefore, particularly useful as quarl blocks. 2004 W. Trinks et al. Industr. Furnaces (ed. 6) 453 The quarl is usually designed to enhance flame stability... The inside passage of a quarl may be cylindrical or conical, diverging or converging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quarlv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To curdle, turn sour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [verb (intransitive)] > turn sour (of wine) quarl1607 the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > give consistency to [verb (transitive)] > coagulate thickc1000 runlOE quaila1398 congealc1400 curd?a1425 thickenc1425 coagulec1550 clumper1562 curdle1585 clutter1601 quarl1607 coagulate1611 posseta1616 sam1615 concrete1635 earn1670 clotter1700 cotter1781 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [verb (intransitive)] > sour turn1577 quarl1607 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > perform general preparation processes [verb (transitive)] > sour turn1548 quarl1607 1607 [see quarled adj. at Derivatives]. 1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 76 Take 2 penniworth of Rice..and 2 penniworth of Allom; this will keep your Wine from quarrelling, and make it fine. Derivatives quarled adj. curdled, soured; cf. quarred adj. ΚΠ 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. H2 Moth. Are you so barbarous to set Iron nipples Vpon the brest that gaue you suck. Vind. That brest, Is turnd to Quarled poyson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1a1820n.21875v.1607 |
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