| 单词 | to lie, be wrapped in lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie, be wrapped in lead a. The heaviest of the base metals, of a dull pale bluish-gray colour, fusible at a low temperature, and very useful from its softness and malleability. Chemical symbol Pb. Rarely plural = kinds of lead. †to lie, be wrapped in lead: to be buried in a lead coffin. So to lay, lap in lead: see lap v.2 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > lead > [noun] leadc900 bluey1851 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > lead leadc900 black leada1398 blue pigeon1735 blue lead1790 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > be buried in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > be buried in specific container or covering to lie, be wrapped in leadc1330 to be buried in woollen1666 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. Introd. 26 Swylce hit [sc. þis land] is eac berende on wecga orum ares & isernes, leades & seolfres. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2839 Ofte heo letten grund-hat læd [c1300 Otho leod] gliden heom an heore hæfd. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 208/272 Þe feondes welden led and bras. c1300 Seyn Julian 171 A chetel he sette ouer þe fier, and fulde it uol of lede. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 229 Þe patriark þe legate liggis in lede. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 141 Þe asse of þe melle þet ase bleþeliche berþ bere ase huite, and lyad ase þet corn. c1430 J. Lydgate in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. 39 Euery hous couerid was with leede. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. viii. 174 [He] leyd them in chestys of leed. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 152 The feyndis gaif thame hait leid to laip. c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 24 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 77 Houses of office on and other, Where-on of leyd lay many a fowther. 1578 R. Day Bk. Christian Prayers 83 We Earles and Barons were sometime: Now wrapt in lead, are turnd to slime. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 176 What studied torments (Tyrant) hast for me?.. What flaying? boyling? In Leads, or Oyles? View more context for this quotation 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Lead and all its products turn into glass by a strong fire. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 239 The Cornish and Devon leads are very rich in silver. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxiv. 210 Lead does not occur free in nature. < as lemmas |
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