单词 | spine-broken |
释义 | > as lemmasspine-broken a. In sense 6, as spine-ache, spine-case, spine-chisel, spine-pad, etc.; spinebreaker; spine-breaking, spine-broken adjs.; spine-wise adverb. ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 186 Astruc first distinguished this species [of Colic] by the name of Rhachialgia..literally ‘back-bone-ache or spine-ache’. 1823 T. Campbell To Mem. Spanish Patriots iii Smile o'er the gaspings of spine-broken men. 1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) IV. 679 Baron Larry speaks in terms of high commendation of the first, and especially in spine-cases, or paraplegia. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxiv. 613 Launch me, spine-wise, on the sea. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 120 We bumped, stumbled, and jolted in a most horribly spine-breaking, bone-dislocating manner. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 93 Spine Chisel. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 96 Spine Saw. 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 513 Spine Hook. 1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India viii. 256 Not only [to] wear a large solá topi, but have a spine pad sewn inside the coat. 1947 D. Thomas Let. 11 June in Sel. Lett. (1966) 314 The hill to the nearest village is a spinebreaker. < as lemmas |
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