单词 | sarbacane |
释义 | sarbacanen. Obsolete exc. historical. 1. A blow-tube or pipe for shooting with. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > device for discharging missiles through tube > [noun] > blow-pipe trunk1553 sumpitan1634 sarbacane1765 blowpipe1825 sumpit1831 blow-gun1864 blow-tube1871 Indian reed1877 1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 45 Children, who..are very expert at killing with a sarbacan. 1825 W. Scott Talisman viii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 163 These cowardly caitiffs come against us with sarbacanes and poisoned shafts. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vi. 87 Substituting for the bow..the Sabarcane [sic], Sumpitan, or blow-tube, the Malays strike objects at great distances. 1878 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 258 Thus originated..slings, sarbacands, lassos. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] > aids to defective hearing trunk1546 otacousticon1615 otacoustic1617 ear-spectacle1626 sarbacane1644 acoustic1659 acousticon1660 hearing-trumpet1725 ear trumpet1731 trumpet1774 otophone1839 auricle1864 audiphone1880 osteophone1892 microphonograph1897 hearing aid1922 deaf-aid1934 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxviii. 251 To this art belongeth the making of sarabatanes, or trunkes, to helpe the hearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1644 |
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