单词 | reverberated |
释义 | reverberatedadj. a. Of a substance: that has been subjected to reverberation (reverberation n. 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > treated in reverberatory furnace reverberated1590 1590 J. Hester tr. J. Du Chesne Sclopotarie v. 34 An oyntment to stay bloud. Take Crocus Martis finely reuerberated, Crocus Veneris, of eche ℥ ii. 1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 12 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie The quintessence of Sulphur, which is extracted out of reverberated Sulphur. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 466/1 By subliming the Sal-Armoniack from the Reverberated Crocus Martis. 1746 W. Lewis Course Pract. Chem. vi. 73 Take of the reverberated crocus, before it is washed, four ounces. b. Of a furnace or kiln: = reverberatory adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [adjective] > types of reverbatory1594 reverberatory1613 reverberating1650 reverberated1678 downdraught1854 regenerating1858 regenerative1861 recuperative1864 reverbating1868 1678 Lett. Patent to Visc. Grandison No. 206 To melt and refine lead oare in close or reverberated furnaces. 2. Driven or forced back, esp. (of flames, heat, etc.) deflected or reflected on to something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > repelling > repelled (of things) repercussed?1553 repelled1599 reverberated1615 repulsed1889 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 98 The Northern winds..resist the current, and force the reuerberated streames to retire. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. xix. 288 A stone so fixed, that it will sustaine the violence of reverberated fire. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 179 When the heat or flame is reflected upon the upper part of the vessel which is exposed to the fire, this is called a Reverberated heat. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 112 The reverberated perpendicular..collects on the antheræ of the flowers an arch of light. 1873 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining x. 389 In order to protect the furnace-walls from the influence of the reverberated heat, the tuyere had to be provide with a nozzle of clay. 1876 Eng. Mech. 21 Apr. 142/1 The pigs..are then completely run down by the reverberated fire gases from the grate. 1933 C. S. Lewis Pilgrim's Regress x. i. 227 Bound Within the lightless furnace of thy Self, bricked round To range in the reverberated heat from seven Containing walls. 3. Of a sound, words, etc.: made to resound or re-echo. Also figurative. Cf. reverberate adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > reverberating or echoing > reverberated echoed1590 reverberate1595 reverberated1678 reverbed1975 the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected > as in a mirror or water reflected1594 float-glassed1632 reflex1653 subaqueous1798 mirrored1821 reverberated1896 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 19 The Sounds made by those Bodies..or their reverberated Eccho's. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 33 Reverberated Pleasures fire the Breast. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic vii. 158 The reverberated sounds arising from the mere opening and shutting of the doors themselves. 1896 W. D. Howells Impressions & Experiences 205 The tables..showed their reverberated labyrinth in the mirrors..at either end of the hall. 1913 A. L. Benson Our Dishonest Constit. ix. 133 Rich men will not furnish war funds to fighting governments if the reverberated threat of repudiation make them doubt whether they will ever receive the interest upon their bonds. 1994 J. Whitmore Directing Postmodern Theater iv. 75 A shout can be reduced to a whisper, or an echoed whisper, or a reverberated whisper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590 |
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