单词 | birds-eyed |
释义 | bird's-eyedadj. Now rare. Having a pattern of spots, spotted; spec. (of maple or other wood) having a decorative pattern of small roundish markings. Also: designating this appearance. Cf. earlier bird's eye adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > having eye-shaped spots eyespotted1590 eyed1591 starry-eyed?1594 ocellated1713 bird's-eyed1737 ocellate1825 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > maple > type of bird's-eyed1737 1737 N.-Y. Gaz. 19–27 Dec. She..had on when she went away, a Birds-ey'd Waistcoat and Pettycoat of a darkish colour. 1817 Maryland Gaz. & Polit. Intelligencer 6 Feb. In this room are two sofas, superior, in elegance, to any in this country, being framed with mahogany, bird's-eyed maple and brass, and trimmed with crimson silk velvet, gold lace and fringe. 1855 Trans. State Agric. Soc. Michigan 1854 6 528 Much of this maple timber is curled and some bird's-eyed. 1895 Truth 9 May 1157/1 The three girls who were so noticeable at the New Gallery Private View were at this one in the same capes, but with blue skirts bird's-eyed with white. 1929 D. F. Holtman Wood Constr. iv. 170 Sitka spruce: color of heartwood pale pinkish brown, split or dressed surfaces have a silky sheen, tangentially split or dressed surfaces have a ‘dimpled’ or bird's-eyed appearance. 1978 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 89 1201 (caption) Bioturbated, birds-eyed mudstones. 2013 Keno Auctions 22 January 2013 48 Pair of Classical Birds-Eyed Maple Upholstered Benches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.1737 |
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