单词 | round-nose |
释义 | round-noseadj.n. A. adj. = round-nosed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [adjective] > having blunt end pointlessc1330 unpointed1608 round-nosed1678 probe-pointed1748 round-nose1851 snoutless1862 blunt-pointed1881 butt-ended1892 blunt-topped1908 1851 A. Spiers Gen. French & Eng. Dict. (new ed.) 508/1 Rondelle... 4. Round nose chisel. 1864 Let. 19 Mar. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (1921) Ser. II. II. 610 130 cast-iron round-nose shells fitted with fuses. 1866 Sci. Amer. 3 Feb. 83/2 We take a common round-nose cutter, set the index so as to divide the circle of the job we are to work on in twenty-four parts. 1915 R. H. Smith Text-bk. Adv. Machine Work (ed. 3) i. 130 A large round-nose tool for turning or facing large work. 1971 Tools & their Uses (U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel) (1973) i.19 Round-nose chisels make circular grooves and chip inside corner with a fillet. 1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 22/1 The elongated round-nose bullet was itself the first improved projectile, intended to replace the round ball used in early Colt revolvers. 2006 Get Creative Apr. 15/1 Round nose pliers are used to form loops on the ends of wire findings and for decorative wirework. B. n. A round-nosed bullet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 1932 Fur-Fish-Game Feb. 27/1 The .45 Colt bullet is a flat point ball, but the flat part of the end is so small it looks like a round-nose and has the poorer killing power of it. 1964 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 6 Oct. 11/1 The 180 grain in the round nose is favored in heavy brush where a small limb might deflect a pointed bullet. 1982 Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa) 12 Sept. 4/6 Even a standard round nose could have penetrated during this test. 2007 M. Ayoob Gun Digest Bk. Combat Handgunnery (ed. 6) vii. 97/2 The classic example is the old 158-grain lead round nose. It provides too much penetration and too little stopping power. Compounds roundnose grenadier n. a large grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris (family Macrouridae), which is a deep-water fish of the North Atlantic. ΚΠ 1975 G. A. Rounsefell Ecol., Utilization, & Managem. Marine Fisheries xix. 341/2 Some rock (or round-nose) grenadier. 1989 W. D. Doubleday et al. in E. L. Miles Managem. World Fisheries 50 The only significant commercial catches have been..the deepwater groundfish species of Greenland halibut and roundnose grenadier. 2006 Guardian 5 Jan. i. 12/2 The scientists reviewed trawler logs for records of five deep sea by-catch species—the roundnose grenadier, onion-eye grenadier, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1851 |
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