单词 | sheaved |
释义 | sheavedadj.1 1. Of corn, etc., also of arrows: Put up or gathered into a sheaf or sheaves. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > sheaves sheaved1579 sheafy1712 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vi. sig. E8 The fertile soyle that foyson bringes of goodly sheaued graine. 1677 London Gaz. No. 1260/4 Lost.., A pair of large Silver Candlesticks.., a Crest upon each Candlestick; at one corner, the Flying-Dragon with a sheaved Arrow in his Claw. 1865 A. C. Swinburne St. Dorothy in Poems & Ballads 268 Growth of sheaved wheat. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 157 Mingled arrows each one sheaved. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of straw straw1442 strawen1459 strawish1562 strawy1568 sheaved1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2 Her sheu'd hat. [Cf. line 8 Vpon her head a plattid hiue of straw.] 3. ‘Finished around the top with a flare, like that of a sheaf’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > style of glass Rhenish1448 sheaved1867 stemmed1897 Williamite1897 1867 Rep. Artisans Visit Paris Universal Exhib. ii. 134 Time was, when a well sheaved wine glass could be made only in England. 1867 Rep. Artisans Visit Paris Universal Exhib. ii. 134 Wine glasses..with tops as well sheaved as the best work on the English stalls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). sheavedadj.2 rare. Having or containing a (thin, etc.) sheave. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [adjective] > specific types of block sheaved1800 thick and thin1815 stropped1882 1800 Naval Chron. 3 474 Thin sheaved blocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.11579adj.21800 |
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