单词 | statual |
释义 | † statualadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Static, stationary. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place stablea1400 dormantc1440 standing1469 remanent?a1475 ledger1547 fixed1559 restiff1578 statary1581 permanent1588 consistent1604 stationary1631 fundamental1633 resident1653 sedentary1667 statual1752 loco-restive1796 untransmigrated1821 stabile1896 static1910 sessile1917 1752 London Daily Advertiser 16 Dec. 2/1 The Sieur Lorriot, famous for several approved Inventions, has laid before the Academy of Sciences several new Statual and Hydraulical Machines. 1873 Examiner 10 May The outer cosmos..is considered not as a statual thing, but as a series of events. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † statualadj.2 Obsolete. rare. statual taper n. a wax candle resembling a statue in form or size, used as an offering. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wax candle > type of mort1394 statual taper1825 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xv. 698 These offerings of wax..appear to be, in some instances, tapers of the stature or height of the person, and are called, in the Miracles of Simon the Hermit, Statual Tapers. 1846 A. E. Bray Henry de Pomeroy (new ed.) ix. 92 One, who came to offer, at the altar of St. Rumon, a statual taper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.11752adj.21825 |
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