单词 | rindy |
释义 | rindyadj.1 Of the nature of or resembling rind or (in early use) the bark of a tree; having a rind, esp. a thick or tough one. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [adjective] > having a rind or rough skin rough-skinned1562 rindy1611 russeted1732 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > having rind rindy1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Corteccióso, rugged as the barke of a tree, rindy or full of barke. 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis xi. 18/1 A true plant hath a tawy root, a rindy stump, leafy branches, and those commonly armed. 1717 G. Jacob Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum vi. 104 Let the inner and woody Part of your Graff bear the Pressure, by being a little thicker than the rindy Part. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rindy, having a Rind, i.e. a Skin to be pared off, as some Fruits. 1789 J. Povoleri tr. C. M. Dupaty Sentimental Lett. Italy I. lxv. 239 A rindy substance covers her [sc. Daphne's] beautiful bosom, and young supple branches supply the place of her tender arms. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins I. 317 I take care that they have a mouldy crust, and rindy cheese. 1861 R. M. Macbrair Africans at Home xiv. 353 The fruit is a miserable fig, or rindy berry, eaten for want of other food. 1924 J. M. Whitham Windlestraw xviii. 116 Never will you hear money chide in your pocket this way,..and nothing but stale bread and rindy cheese. 1966 R. Price Generous Man (1967) i. 5 She..tickled the soles [of his feet] so rindy they lasted from summer to summer, not softening. 2006 A. Davies Goodbye Lemon ii. 178 I need an orange..but I have to make do with some blushing oblong rindy thing with prickles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). rindyadj.2 Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. Covered with frost; rimy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > intensely cold, freezing, or frosty > frosty > characterized by or covered with hoar frost rimyOE frosty?a1450 rindy1648 frosted1649 rimed1841 hoar-frosty1845 frost-hoar1853 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Rijmachtigh, rindie, or Frostie. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words ‘Frost rind’, hoar frost. ‘T' land's all rindy’, covered with it. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 252 Rindy, rimy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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