单词 | bestick |
释义 | bestickv. Chiefly in past participle bestuck. 1. transitive. To stick about, to cover all over; to bedeck, adorn. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > stud with ornaments sticka1350 steekc1430 overdrivec1450 overset1451 stud1570 bestud1601 bestick1623 constellatea1691 1623 H. Holland in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A5 That coffin now besticke those bayes, Which crown'd him Poet first. 1698 J. Fryer in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 340 The Rocks..are bestuck with Oyster-Shells. 1838 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. in Amer. Notebks. (1972) iii. 178 Coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax. 2. To pierce through, transfix. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix through-driveOE through-nimc1275 stickc1330 through-piercec1330 to stick througha1382 preenc1390 spitc1430 thirlc1450 broacha1470 prickc1475 to stick up1528 transfix1590 fix1638 bestick1667 impalea1678 spiculate1835 skewer1837 to strike through1893 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 536 Truth shall retire Bestuck with slandrous darts. View more context for this quotation 1823 C. Lamb Valentine's Day in Elia 128 No emblem is so common as..the bestuck and bleeding heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1623 |
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