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单词 tenacle
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tenaclen.

/ˈtɛnək(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin tenāculum holder: see below.
Now rare.
1. plural. Forceps, pincers, nippers; cf. tenaculum n. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > forceps
tenaclesc1400
tongsc1425
raven's bill1446
parrotbill1598
duck's bill1601
swan's bill1631
forceps1634
beaks1656
volsella1684
tenaculum1693
rostrum1722
crane's-bill1753
porte-aiguille1830
volsellum1851
vulsellum1863
iris-forceps1874
speculum forceps1875
bulldog forceps1880
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 308 Þou schalt take vp þe skyn wiþ tenaclis, and putt in þin hoot iren þoruȝ þe hole of þe tenaclis, & brenne þe skyn.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 15 b/2 Rounde pinsers or tenacles, to take away the trepanede percelle of bone.
2. That by which a plant, a fruit, etc. is upheld or supported: †a stalk, peduncle, or petiole (obsolete); in plural the organs by which some climbing plants attach themselves.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot
tenaclec1500
tendril1538
clasp1577
clasper1577
winder1577
capreol1578
taglet1578
twine1579
string1585
trail1597
tress1605
nervelet1648
cirrus1708
clavicle1725
twister1799
bine1808
c1500 Bollard tr. Godfredus on Palladius 157 The furste [kind of cherry] hath shorte tenacles v. stalkys.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 164 Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it.
1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi. 305 We all know how the ivy..casts out innumerable little arms and tenacles by which it attaches and fastens itself.
3. ? A holster or the like in which to hold the staff of a standard or flag when borne. Obsolete.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > poles and staffs > holster, etc., in which to carry
tenacle1556
1556 Chron. Gr. Fr. (Camd.) 50 A generalle processione from Powlles unto sent Peters in Cornehylle with alle the chelderne of Powlles scole, & a crosse of every parishe churche with a banner and one to ber it in a tenacle [MS. tenache].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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