单词 | sulcate |
释义 | sulcateadj. Natural History. Marked with (parallel) furrows or grooves. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > groove or furrow canalled1629 rimosous1656 rimose1676 sulcated1694 rimous1712 sulcous1750 canaliculate1760 sulcate1760 sulciform1822 sulculate1848 sulcal1889 sulcar1900 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxxiii. 156 Cucurbita, with a sulcate Fruit. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 15 Shell thin, hyaline, transversely sulcate. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 187 The bill is more or less depressed with smooth, rounded or sulcate, culmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sulcatev. Obsolete. transitive. To plough (esp. the seas). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > sail or cleave the water or sea rideOE furrowc1425 sheugh1513 sulcate1577 sulk1579 busk1747 navigate1795 valleya1849 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iv. xiii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 327 A mightie Easterne winde, which draue the ship with violence, swiftely for to sulcate the seas. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 85 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The Irish nation..would not sulcate the seas, neither give themselves to merchandise. 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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