单词 | quarried |
释义 | † quarriedadj.1 Falconry. Obsolete. rare. Only in well-quarried: fully trained to fly at quarry. ΚΠ 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 154 Then shall you first cast off a well quarried or make Hawke, and let hir stoupe a fowle. 1678 J. Ray Summary of Falconry v, in tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 409 Cast off a well quarried Hawk, and let her stoop a Fowl on Brook or Plash. 1706 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 5) ii. 28 When she is well in blood and well quarried, then let her fly with other Hawks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). quarriedadj.2 1. Originally chiefly literary and poetic. Dug from a quarry; excavated as if from a quarry. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > [adjective] quarried1578 1578 T. Blenerhasset 2nd Pt. Mirrour for Magistrates Carassus f. 15 As hard it is of quarryed Marble stone, For man to make a liuely mouing wyght. 1747 H. Brooke Fables, Female Seducers in Wks. (1810) 414 He..Of pearl and quarry'd diamond dreams. 1796 Capt. Haig Diary in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 482 Many land stones, some whin ones, but mostly all fine quarried stones. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lv. 80 From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries ‘a thousand types are gone.’ View more context for this quotation 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 35 One leap of Ocean scatters on the sand The quarried bulwarks of the loosening land. 1893 Dict. National Biogr. XXXIV. 144/1 Vessels bringing quarried stone were presumably unloaded at the Staithe on the Wensum. 1931 Art Bull. 13 484 The head has the appearance of quarried stone, and the features seem hewn rather than chiseled. 1988 Do It Yourself Apr. 9/2 Synthetic slates..are popular alternatives to quarried slates because they are lighter, less expensive, and easier to obtain in a hurry. 2001 Mod. Railways Feb. 15/2 A forthcoming tax on quarried aggregate is expected to make crushed slate commercially attractive. 2. That has been quarried; subject to quarrying. ΚΠ 1852 Bentley's Misc. 32 180 His two ejaculations, ‘ha! ha!’ burst singly forth, and separately fell, like a couple of detached blocks from a quarried cliff. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xxii. 720 The quarried cliffs of Toora, marble-white. 1916 E. Alec-Tweedie My Table-cloths xxiii. 265 The flashing figure-group, quarried mountain-side, stream bank or woodland glade that he has thrown so forcefully..upon his canvas. 1998 Daily Tel. 19 June 36/3 The Peak District National Park is the most actively quarried national park, with..51 gritstone quarries. 2007 Fodor's France ix. 593 Tucked back from the waterfront under quarried cliffs and massive parasol pines. 3. Physical Geography. Of rock: eroded or broken off as a result of glacial action; = plucked adj.1 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [adjective] > specific processes plucked1893 ice-scoured1897 quarried1909 transfluent1951 sapped1972 1909 Jrnl. & Proc. Royal Soc. New S. Wales 43 265 Moutonnées..if large..appeared to be abraded on the up slope, and heavily quarried on the downslope. 1930 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 160. 90/2 Muir..described long trains of glacially quarried blocks which he had observed in the vicinity of Tenaya Lake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quarriedadj.3 1. Of a window: glazed with quarries (quarry n.3 1). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > other types of window three-light1618 casemented1759 mullioned1763 quarried1805 lanceolated1821 supermullioned1838 north-facing1846 lanceted1855 lanciform1855 leaded1855 unmullioned1857 quarrelled1868 through-archa1878 shaftless1881 lanceolate1883 vitrailed1884 double-glazed1910 wind-up1951 screenless1976 thermal pane1978 1805 J. B. Scott Diary in E. Mann Englishman at Home & Abroad (1930) i. 26 It was in the mullioned and quarried window of the bay of its study that I read the awful details. 1873 T. Hardy Pair of Blue Eyes III. vi. 134 The fire was out, but the moonlight entered the quarried window, and made patterns upon the floor. 1934 G. H. Crow William Morris, Designer v. 45 In the corridor leading to the garden were windows of quarried glass. 1994 Jrnl. Archit. Educ. 47 235/1 Avena's quarried windows evolved into the suggestion of a new and independent facade. 2. Of a floor: paved with quarries (quarry n.3 2).In quot. 1856: having a floor of this type. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [adjective] > floored > in specific manner planchered1440 well-floored1555 slate-floored1648 flaggeda1661 quarried1842 flagstoned1885 brick-barred1888 brick-floored1898 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts at Quarry Quarried pavements are by no means uncommon in old village churches. 1856 Westm. Rev. 10 56 In those days, the quarried parlour was innocent of a carpet. 1889 Times 22 Oct. 4/5 It has been kept in a moistish pantry, shaded, apart; a ‘quarried’ floor to it, most likely. 1966 Sun-News (Las Cruces, New Mexico) 19 July Quarried floors in spacious family room and all work and traffic areas. 2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Aug. 18 The handsome restaurant with lofty ceiling, beams, arched windows and quarried floor, is on two levels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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