| 单词 | rough of the mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough of the mouth rough of the mouth n. Obsolete the palate; = roof of the mouth at roof n. 6a.In the 16th-cent. quots. rough may perhaps represent a variant form of roof n.: ruff(e) of the mouth is recorded in the 15th and 16th centuries (compare quot. a1475 at roof n. 6a).In quot. 1625 probably: whalebone. ΚΠ 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. 18v In englyshe it is named a hote vlceration in the rough or palat of the mouth. 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes 29 (margin) Nuca, is the vppermost part of the head, and some take it for the rough of the mouth. 1625 W. Baffin in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. iv. xix. 843 A dead Whale wee found at Sea, hauing all her finnes (or rather all the rough of her mouth). 1754 Gentleman & Lady's Palladium 54 In Cunnundrum-Court, London, Gold Plates are completely fitted to the Rough of the Mouth, so as to prevent speaking through the Nose. 1807 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 3) p. xc The rough r is formed by jarring the tip of the tongue against the rough of the mouth near the fore teeth. 1883 W. H. Burt Physiol. Materia Medica (ed. 3) 366 Rough of the mouth always red. < as lemmas |
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