单词 | taper-bored |
释义 | > as lemmastaper-bored Pierced, perforated; cylindrically hollow. Said of a gun, with distinguishing words prefixed, as chamber-bored, taper-bored. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated thirledc1200 perforate?a1425 bored1553 wimbled1582 through-bored1597 perforated1598 foraminated1599 punched1653 thoroughfared1662 prepunched1940 1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados iv. Prol. 155 Haldand opinioun, dere of..ane borit bane. 1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 506 Thou stretchest out thy bored hands. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 610 They also had a care to couer all the flower with..dry boared boords. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. ii. 91 He ought..to know whether truly bored, or taper bored. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 305 From their bor'd Shields the Chiefs their Javelins drew. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 112 From his bored ears contorted serpents hung. taper-bored C1. Chiefly parasynthetic in -ed suffix2, as taper-bored, taper-headed, taper-limbed, taper-moulded, taper-pointed (but in some of these taper may be noun); also with a participle, as taper-grown. ΚΠ 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 32 To know whether she be equally bored, camber, taper, or belbored. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 165 They are called drakes. They are taper-bored in the chamber. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 13 Bristles or prickles like whin-pricks perfectly taper-grown. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Taper-board, in Gunnery, is when a piece is wider at the mouth than towards the breetch. 1725 A. Philips To Honourable Miss Carteret 41 Then the taper-moulded waist With a span of ribbon brac'd. 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 12 Leaves broad, taper-pointed, angular rather than toothed. c1843 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 270 The taper-limbed Apollo figure. < as lemmas |
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