| 单词 | raven's bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraven's bill raven's bill n. now historical any of various weapons and tools having a head resembling the bill of a raven. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > forceps tenaclesc1400 tongsc1425 raven's bill1446 parrotbill1598 duck's bill1601 swan's bill1631 forceps1634 beaks1656 volsella1684 tenaculum1693 rostrum1722 crane's-bill1753 porte-aiguille1830 volsellum1851 vulsellum1863 iris-forceps1874 speculum forceps1875 bulldog forceps1880 1446 Will of William Michell (London Metropolitan Archives MS09171/004) f. 200v Item lego Roberto Coteler vnum Pollax' vocatum Ravenesbylle. 1466 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1952) 332 (MED) Rauenysbylles for breaking stone walls. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Thesaurarye sig. a4v/2 The Ravens bille, in Latine called, Rostrum corvinum. 1658–9 Somersetshire Rec. in J. Parkes Trav. in Eng. in 17th Cent. (1925) (modernized text) vii. 187 One of the men named said that he saw men fighting and Westover struck with a pike staff or raven's bill. 1865 H. H. Bigg Orthopraxy 38 Another form of palate, on the upper side of which is a button which may be turned by a pair of forceps, called a raven's bill, so as to retain the plate in its proper position. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 51/2 Them two tools, the stock and the raven's bill, cawstes a pound the two. 2001 C. Gravett Eng. Medieval Knight 19 The pollaxe..or ravensbill had a combination of axehead, hammer or beak. < as lemmas |
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