单词 | rowed |
释义 | rowedadj.1ΚΠ c1400 (a1349) R. Rolle Meditations on Passion (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 21 (MED) Þi body is so blody, so rowed, and so bledderyd. a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 179 (MED) Þei..fowndyn hym lying wyth hys heuyd vndir hym, half on lyfe, al rowyd wyth blood. 2. Having stripes, streaks, or rows (of a specified colour). Cf. rawed adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] ray1374 barreda1387 rayed?a1400 bendedc1400 scowledc1440 listeda1500 burledc1500 palya1509 stripy1513 rawed1534 straked1537 railye1539 rowed1552 begaired1554 pirnie1597 tiger-marked1597 tiger-striped1597 interlined1601 waled1602 striped1604 panached1664 strip1666 ribboned1790 zebraed1806 zebrinea1810 banded1823 sparred1827 notate1857 zebraic1858 stroked1896 tigered1969 bestriped- 1552 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 41 One suyt of vestmentes of whyt rowyd sarsnet. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grine (Percy) l. 1181 in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio Old Eng. Ballads & Romances (1905) I. 238 The red blood in her face did rise: It was red rowed for to see. 1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales xix. 49 Upon this board is laid a Cloth,..which is of black colour, rowed with strekes. 1920 Atlantic Monthly July 71/2 Think not my spirit will be found Roaming some white-rowed burying-ground. 3. Agriculture. Of a cereal crop (esp. barley): having a specified number of rows of grains in the ear.In barley, the ear or inflorescence contains six rows of spikelets, three arising from each node, offset from each other along the ear. In six-rowed barley, all six develop into grains. In two-rowed barley, only two of the six develop, flanked on either side by undeveloped grains. In four-rowed barley, all six develop, but two are overlapping, giving the impression of four rows. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] > having or in specific number of rows rowed1710 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > studded or set with ornaments > in rows rowed1710 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia I. xliii. 59/2 The four Rowed, Or Square Barley..is lesser. 1762 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 419 Both the four rowed and the six rowed barley are generally sown in the autumn. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 360 The natural classification of barley by the ear is obviously..4-rowed, 6-rowed, and 2-rowed. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 393/2 Rye-grass,..a two-rowed, flatly-compressed spike. 1944 Burpee's Seeds 26 If you want the best and sweetest for your table, it's true 8-rowed Golden Bantam. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 206 The lowlanders grew a few pottage vegetables in their kailyards, comprising a little bere (six-rowed barley), oats, peas, beans and..kail. 2006 L. Moffett in C. M. Woolgar et al. Food in Medieval Eng. 49 This four-rowed barley was the type called bere or bigge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rowedadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Of herrings: stirred up and down (in salt). Cf. rower-back n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [adjective] > mixed with salt (of herring) rowed1641 1641 S. Smith Herring-bvsse Trade 10 One boy takes the rowed Herring, and carries them in Baskets to the Packers. 1803 C. M. Gattel New Pocket Dict. Eng. & Spanish Lang. II. 170/3 Rowed herring, arenque aovado. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018). rowedadj.3 Of a boat, ship, etc.: propelled by rowing.Originally as the second element in compounds. Recorded earliest in well-rowed adj. ΚΠ 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 596 Swift to the town the well-row'd gally flew. 1833 J. V. C. Smith Nat. Hist. Fishes of Mass. 219 The two extremities of the rope are carried by strongly rowed boats to the shore. 1855 A. Marmion Anc. & Mod. Hist. Maritime Ports Ireland 302 In the season seven or eight sail, and eighty to one hundred rowed boats, are employed in dredging. 1920 W. O. Stevens & A. Westcott Hist. Sea Power v. 93 As in all the days of rowed ships, this freedom of movement was limited by the physical exhaustion of the rowers. 2008 R. Flint No Settlement No Conquest viii. 88 The captain ordered that two rowed boats be made ready so that he and 20 men could ascend the river. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1c1400adj.21641adj.31726 |
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