单词 | reservatory |
释义 | reservatoryn. Now rare. 1. A repository; a receptacle, esp. for food; a cupboard; a storehouse. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] cellar?c1225 larderc1305 pantrya1325 butleryc1325 spencec1386 larder-house1390 aumbrya1398 lardinera1400 meatfettle1440 spinde1481 selyer1483 pantyr?a1500 vault1500 eschansonnery1514 lardrya1552 lard-house1555 coveyc1593 brine-house1594 dispense1622 reservatory1647 provedore1694 ice cellar1735 spring house1755 provision house1787 futtah1834 pataka1842 1647 tr. J. Böhme Way to Christ iv. 40 The evill shall be separated from the good in the substance of the world, and in the body, and every thing enter into its eternall reservatory. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 179 Under their [sc. Cormorants'] Bills, they have a great bag of shrivell'd skin,..and they make use of it as a reservatory [Fr. reseruoir] for the fish they take. 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 36 Every Religious has in his own Apartment a Reservatory, stor'd with Fruit and other Necessaries. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xxiii. 101 The Acharnensian parasites were to deposit an hecteum of their dole in the reservatory of Apollo, to whom they were to offer sacrifices. 1874 Subject-matter Index Patents 1790–1873 (U.S. Patent Office) III. 1200 Reservatory for groceries, &c. 1900 G. W. Pickerell in Biol. Lect. Marine Biol. Lab. Wood's Holl 1899 314 The mind of man is filled with desires, passions, perceptions, images and ideals, constituting an inexhaustible reservatory. 1949 H. Norris Church Vestments xii. 136 [The pectoral cross] is of gold set with enamel, mosaic, and jewels, the large red stone in the centre covering a small reservatory for a relic. 2. a. A place in which water is collected; a reservoir; a cistern, a tank. Also (occasionally): a receptacle for any liquid. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid receipta1450 receivera1552 reservatory1666 reservoir1750 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. ii. 8 Pools and Reservatories [Fr. reservoirs] of fresh water, which supply the scarcity of Springs and Rivers. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. v. 195 There must also be a very great care taken, that the Reservatory [Fr. reservoir] into which the squeezed juice falls..be often wash'd. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 177 Bringing the Water from great Reservatories which they made in the Mountains. 1704 Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. 4/1 The Snow..remains as it were in Wells and Reservatories. 1739 Act 12 Geo. II c. 32 §13 in Statutes at Large (1769) VI. 373 Any of the Water-courses, Canals, Ponds, Reservatories or Pipes already made or laid..for the Conveyance or Passage of the Water from..the said City of London. 1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio III. ix. 114 What are all the Canals in all the Countries of the Earth, compared with this immense Reservatory! 1893 L. Wallace Prince of India iv. xxiii. 470 The cistern was inhabited—some person was down there to be communicated with... The secret of the old reservatory was yet a secret. 2006 in U.S. Fed. News (Nexis) 21 Mar. A rainwater surface drain for use in roof drains comprises a substantially funnel-shaped reservatory for water. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > pouch or receptacle > for fluid baga1555 reservatory1670 reservoir1828 the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > function of part > receptacle receptory?a1425 reservatory1670 reservoir1710 receptacle1832 1670 tr. M. Charas New Exper. Vipers 10 In their Interstices there are also two small bladders somewhat long, serving for a reservatory [Fr. reservoir] of their seed. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 125 The Reservatories, where Pliny says, that Camels do a long time keep the Water, which they drink. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. i. 461 Its Leaves are channelled fit to catch and convey Water down into their Reservatories. 1730 A. Bower Historia Litteraria (1731) 1 No. 1. 30 The Milk,..rarifying with the Heat, is no longer to be contain'd in its small Reservatories. 1847 C. Cutter Anat. & Physiol. 337 Gloss. Lacteal, a vessel of animal bodies for conveying chyle from the intestines to the common reservatory. ΚΠ 1720 D. Manley Power of Love vi. 314 This Provision consisted of Forest-Fruits, Nuts and Apples, with a little Reservatory, in Case of extream Sickness and Distress, of some of the Vaudois Wine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reservatoryadj.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > excepted out-takea1325 exempt1426 except1467 reserved1565 excepteda1569 reservatory1654 exempted1712 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. v. 100 An excellent bugbeare..to set in one of Cloacina's reservatory, or privie Chambers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from > separated from main body > for a purpose > relating to reservatory1693 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. iii. xxi. 182 I keep in a leaning posture in the Reservatory Baskets [Fr. dans les mannequins] those Trees that are designed for the Wall. 3. Chiefly Law. Having the effect of reserving something. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [adjective] > that may be reserved reservable1650 reservatory1829 1829 Times 31 Mar. 2/4 He would therefore confidently maintain that this reservatory clause must be inoperative. 1841 Fraser's Mag. July 32/2 The proclamations for promoting impeachments by accomplices always include the reservatory words, ‘except the actual murderer’. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 22 61 As regards the scope of this reservatory clause, the older treaties attempted to enumerate all exceptional cases where the right to refuse any assistance existed. 1964 Manchester School Econ. & Social Stud. 32 195 Statistical papers which are read by people not closely familiar with both the techniques and real-world processes involved should perhaps provide many more reservatory footnotes. 2005 Hindu (Nexis) 1 Dec. Arm-twisting through toothless regulatory or reservatory measures can prove counter-productive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647adj.1654 |
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