单词 | spring-headed |
释义 | † spring-headedadj. Obsolete. rare. Of a Hydra: that has heads which grow again after being cut off.In quot. 1817 with allusion to Spenser, in similative use. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > head or heart > [adjective] > having a head or top > of particular type spring-headed1590 long-headed1600 round-headed1600 woolly-headed1650 smooth-headed1752 open-headed1887 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aav Spring-headed Hydres, and sea-shouldring Whales. 1817 J. Keats Let. 16 May (2002) 26 I..shall immediately proceed to destroy some of the Minor Heads of that spring-headed Hydra the Dun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1590 |
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