单词 | ring of gimmals |
释义 | > as lemmasring of gimmals 1. Historical. A finger-ring (rarely an ear-ring) so constructed as to admit of being divided into two (sometimes into three) rings. Also gimmal-ring, †ring of gimmals. Cf. gemel n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > double or triple ring gemew1497 gimmer1570 gemel1572 gimbal1605 ring of gimmals1607 joint-ringa1616 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua ii. iv Anamnestes his Page, in a graue Sattin sute Purple..a Garland of Bayes and Rosemary, a gimmall ring with one linke hanging. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4v/2 Hub. Sure I should know that Gymmall; Jac. 'Tis certaine he: I had forgot my ring too. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 199 We must be as a thred, or gimmal ring about their finger to put them in mind of their sin. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. O5 Thou sent'st to me a True-love-knot; but I Return'd a Ring of Jimmals. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 190 Gimmal..a doubled or twist'd Ring. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 63 The treasure of which he hath robbed me—gold chains and gymmal rings to an unknown value. 1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. i. 6 Diamond gimmels on skeleton hands. < as lemmas |
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