| 单词 | tongued and grooved |
| 释义 | > as lemmastongued and grooved Having or furnished with a tongue or tongues (in various senses); tongued and grooved, furnished with a tongue and groove joint (see tongue n. Compounds 2). Also figurative.Also in numerous parasynthetic combinations, as double-tongued, true-tongued, etc., for which see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] tonguedc1369 speeched1567 maiden tongued1609 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > having voice voiceful1598 vocal1601 tongued1635 voiceda1821 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having tongue-like projection(s) tongued1666 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > with specific joint mortised1538 dovetailed1656 scarfed1704 tenoned1770 tongued and grooved1773 mitred1775 mitre-jointed1791 matched1833 stub-mortised1833 dadoed1859 lap-jointed1874 t. and g.1948 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 927 Ne trewer tonged, ne scorned lasse. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 218 This false tunged Perseus. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. iii. 51 Somme were by the eyen hanged with hookes, and som by the tonges, whiche as me semyd were tonged double. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iv. i. G ij Nosd like a Goose, and toungd like a woman. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 248 Were all..the starres of heaven tongued, they could not all expresse thee so well, as a silent extasie. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 55 Two kinds of Tobacco Plants, commonly call'd..Green-Tobacco and Tongu'd Tobacco, from the figure of its leaf. 1773 in Vestry Bk. Bristol, Va., 1720–89 (1898) 238 A Dwelling House [shall] be built..[with] Good flouring Plank, well Tong'd & Groved. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 966 The boring tools are..16. The tongued chisel. a1847 E. Cook Silence 108 The soul..Shall keep an eloquence all, all her own, And mock the tongued interpreter. 1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 284/1 Reeded and tongued instruments. 1884 Northern Echo 11 Aug. 2/5 24,000 Feet of Grooved and Tongued Flooring Boards. 1886 Archaeologia Cantiana 16 p. xlv The tongued or leaf-like ornament, so common in the period of Transition between pure Norman and pure Early English. 1897 F. C. Moore How to build Home 15 The sheathing should be tongued and grooved and planed on one side. 1955 J. S. Chappell Woodworking x. 136 A..stronger form of tongued and grooved joint is made by ploughing a groove in both edges to be joined. < as lemmas |
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