| 单词 | speckled wood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeckled wood speckled wood n. (a) a variety of wood having speckled markings; esp. the South American snake-wood or letter-wood, Brosimum aubletii; (b) a brown butterfly with yellowish spots, Pararge egeria, found in lightly shaded places in Britain, much of continental Europe, and North Africa. Also speckled osier (see quot. 1885). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > woods with specific markings speckle-wood1619 speckled wood1656 pigeon wood?1740 zebrawood1768 snake-wood1843 tiger-wood1858 tortoise-wood1866 zebrano1908 zingana1911 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Satyridae > genus Pararge > pararge aegeria (speckled wood) speckled wood1766 1656 Act Commwealth (1658) c. 20. 476 Log-wood... Speckled-wood. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 109 What extent of Land about Surrenam is beset with speckled wood. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 55 Here are Dye-woods, as Fustick, &c. with Woods for other uses, as speckled Wood, Brazil, &c. 1766 M. Harris Aurelian 132 Speckled wood... It flies in woods. The caterpillar feeds on grass. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 745 A beautiful piece of speckled wood, made use of in cabinet work. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 106 Snake wood, Letter or Speckled wood, is used at Demerara, Surinam, and along the banks of the Orinoko, for the bows of the Indians. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 277/1 The best variety [of the Salix viminalis] is known under several names, as..the..blotched osier, and speckled osier. 1974 Lady 1 Aug. 169/1 Butterflies abound..from the innumerable brown ringlets, ‘gate-keepers’, speckled woods and meadow browns, to various beauties like the common blues. < as lemmas |
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