| 单词 | taper-limbed |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaper-limbed 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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