单词 | sanguinary |
释义 | † sanguinaryn.1 Obsolete. 1. A name applied to certain plants having styptic properties, esp. milfoil, Achillea Millefolium, and shepherd's purse, Capsella Bursa-pastoris; also to Polygonum Hydropiper (see quot. 15261). In some recent dictionaries said to be used in the sense of sanguinaria n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 441/1 Sanguinarye, herbe, or mylle~folye.., sanguinaria, millefolium. 1526 Grete Herball lxxii. sig. Eijv/2 Bursa pastoris is shepeherdes purs some call it sanguynary bycause it stauncheth bledynge of the nose. 1526 Grete Herball cccliii. sig. Tvv/2 Persicaria... Some call it sanguynary or blodeworte bycause it draweth blode ī places that it is rubbed on. 2. A kind of bloodstone n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > jasper > blood-stone heliotropea1393 sawsykyllec1425 sanguinary1465 bloodstone1504 elutropia1567 stanch-blood1567 heliotropian1638 sanguine stone1728 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > blood-stone heliotropea1393 sawsykyllec1425 sanguinary1465 stanch-blood1567 sanguine stone1728 1465 Will of William Blyton (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/5) f. 81v Anulum..cum lapide infix. vocat. Sanguinarye. 1504 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 178 A cheyne of gold with a Sanguinarye. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest Pref. sig. Avij v The Sanguinarie which in Greeke is called Amatites which being well chafed and rubbed, bleedeth. 1600 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) III. 511 Item one sworde, with a pomell of sanguimarie [sic]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sanguinaryadj.n.2 1. Attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody. Of laws: Imposing the death-penalty freely. ΘΚΠ society > law > [adjective] > various epithets applied to laws vagabondc1485 strait1503 strict1578 unrelaxable1615 sanguinary1625 standard1660 formal1701 supplementary1714 eludible1735 organic1831 antinomic1849 loopy1856 antinomical1877 contravenable1880 violable1885 nexal1886 entrenched1920 hard1935 the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [adjective] > characteristic of slaughter bloodyeOE gory1586 sanguineous1612 sanguinary1625 cruentous1648 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 16 We may not..propagate Religion, by Warrs, or by Sanguinary Persecutions, to force Consciences. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxix. 70 The eagerst, and most sanguinary Warrs are about Religion. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 40 For the Penal Laws (those only excepted which were Sanguinary,..) were never more rigidly executed. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 368 Here endeth this sanguinary act. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlix. 137 His [Charlemagne's] laws were not less sanguinary than his arms. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. i. 21 A sanguinary conflict took place, and the prince gained a complete victory. 1877 L. P. Brockett Cross & Crescent 27 Twenty-one years out of ninety were spent in war, often of the most sanguinary character. 2. a. Bloodthirsty; delighting in carnage. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective] bloodyeOE bloodlyc1425 bloodthirsty1539 bloody-minded?1545 cannibal1555 blood-thirsting?1569 sanguinolent1577 blood-drinking1594 cannibalian1602 sword-minded1603 sanguisugous1615 sanguinary1623 sanguinarian1637 sanguinarious1654 sanguinous1663 sanguine1705 cannibalic?1795 cannibalish1796 cannibalistic1827 the world > life > death > killing > [adjective] > eager to kill sanguinolent1577 sanguineous1612 sanguisugous1615 sanguinary1623 sanguinarian1637 sanguinarious1654 sanguinous1663 sanguine1705 bloodhot1866 red-handed1879 red-hand1894 kill-crazy1942 shoot-to-kill1973 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective] bloodyeOE bloodthirsty1539 bloody-minded?1545 cannibal1555 blood-thirsting?1569 bloodly1574 sanguinolent1577 blood-drinking1594 cannibalian1602 sword-minded1603 sanguisugous1615 sanguinary1623 sanguinarian1637 sanguinarious1654 sanguinous1663 sanguine1705 cannibalic?1795 cannibalish1796 cannibalistic1827 faggoty-minded1856 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Blood thirsty, sanguinary. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sanguinary, cruel, thirsty, bloody, desirous of, or delighted in shedding blood. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. x. 357 They aggravated the treacherous and sanguinary ambition of Daluca. 1765 J. Harris Hermes (ed. 2) i. ix. 183 The facetious Fuller, speaking of one Morgan, a sanguinary Bishop in the Reign of Queen Mary, says of him, that [etc.]. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xvi Brissac is somewhat of a sanguinary person to deal with. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] > bloodthirsty person blood-supper?1529 sanguinaryc1540 bloodthirster1560 c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 415 He that thus dothe cary Is a mercenary, Yea, a sangunary. a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady i. v. 52 in Wks. (1640) III A Souldier..Who being by custome growne a Sanguinarie..Is more delighted i' the chase of an enemy..Then all the..happinesse of Issue could bring to him. 3. Of or pertaining to blood. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective] bloodyeOE sanguine1447 blood-likea1500 bloodish1530 crimson1560 sanguineous1646 sanguiferous1682 sanguinary1684 sanguinous1833 haemal1839 haematoid1840 haematic1854 haematogenic1876 haematogenous1880 haematal1886 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 189 Mater tenuis is a Membrane which..clothes the Brain and Cerebellum, extreamly full of sanguinary Vessels. 1908 P. T. Forsyth in Expositor Sept. 215 Sacrifice, in the ritual sense, in the sanguinary sense, has long had no real place in our religion. 4. slang. Used as a jocular euphemism for bloody adj., n., and adv., in reports of vulgar speech. ΚΠ 1800 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 564 This Extract breathed the spirit of the most foul & sanguinary Aristocracy—& depend upon it, Sheridan is a thorough-paced bad man! 1890 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. LXI. 155/1 This is sanguinary. This is unusual sanguinary. Sort o' mad country. 1891 R. Kipling Lett. Marque xv. 110 'Eres this sanguinary down mail a stickin' in the eye of the Khundwa down! 1910 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 168 The inhabitants raise up their voices and call one another sanguinary liars. 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 131 Lovely crate, but lousy on the approach with that sanguinary great nose sticking up in front of you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1c1440adj.n.2c1540 |
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