单词 | unjagged |
释义 | unjaggedadj. Not jagged; without jagged edges.In earliest use with reference to the leaves of a plant; cf. jagged adj.1 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > without notches or indentations unnicked?c1480 unjagged1640 unnotched1741 unindented1750 entire1758 unsawed1786 linear1796 toothless1812 unserrated1840 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum v. lxxxix. 670 This unjagged Ragwort hath somewhat broad and long leaves, lying next the roote, not jagged or divided at all, but slightly dented on the edges. 1828 Cigar 1 363 He had few marks on his brow—they were not the short cross-lines and superficial wandering wrinkles of common old age or sorrow; but deep, direct unjagged scathes. 1856 Rep. Cases Court of Nizamut Adawlut 5: Pt. ii. 182 A clean unjagged cut, as if made at one incision with a sharp-cutting weapon. 1921 Sci. & Invention Dec. 725/2 The edge of the tin is left smooth and unjagged so as not to cut the hand. 2006 S. Mlynowski Me vs. Me xviii. 304 I look at my nails. My unjagged, long nails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1640 |
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