| 单词 | standing nut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding nut 11. Of an object: having a base, foot, etc., on which to stand, esp. in standing bowl, standing cup, standing nut (see nut n.1 2), standing piece. Now historical.standing salt: see standing salt n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > relating to or forming a base > having a (specific) base footedOE standing1412 well-couchedc1475 bottomed1582 baseda1616 foundeda1616 well-bottomeda1628 well-founded1671 clawed1768 claw-feet1823 substructured1952 1412 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/291/5) j Stondyng pipe precii xij d'. 1459 Inventory Fastolf's Goods in Paston Lett. (1904) III. 169 Item, ij. stondyng candilstikkes. 1565 Will of Henry Lacie (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/48) f. 16v My standing Mazer of silver gilte, with a pale of silver aboute the foote. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D3v Fetch me that sweete wine..Powre it into a standing bowle of gold. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. xii. 483 A broad goblet or standing peece there was of his making. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 452 King James..came to Newcastle upon Tyne..and..was presented by the mayor..with a great standing bowl, to the value of an hundred jacobuses, and an hundred marks in gold. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. ix. 219 There was neither mazer-dish nor standing-cup upon the little table. 1843 A. W. Pugin Apol. Revival Christian Archit. 81 b On the step, two high standing candlesticks. 1961 M. W. Barley Eng. Farmhouse & Cottage i. ii. 36 Water ran over the hands into a standing bowl of iron, or into a ‘sinkstone’. 2014 Brit. Mus. Mag. Spring 44/2 The standing cup was a high-status object and surviving examples can also be seen at the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, such as the Warden's Grace Cup from New College, Oxford. < as lemmas |
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