vesican.

Brit.

/ˈvɛsᵻkə/,

/ˈviːsᵻkə/,

/vᵻˈsʌɪkə/, U.S.

/vəˈsikə/,

/vəˈsaɪkə/,

/ˈvɛsəkə/

Etymology: < Latin vēsīca, a bladder, blister.

1. Anatomy. A bladder.Rarely used except with defining term, esp. v. natatoria or v. urinaria.In Bailey, etc.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity

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1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 293 Vesica, the Bladder is an hollow membranaceous Part, wherein any Liquor that is to be excerned, is contained.]

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vesica, a Bladder.

1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)

†2. A copper vessel used in distilling. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > vessel of

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1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. 21 Put a quarter of the infusion..into a vesica and powre on more rain or river water.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. i. 13/1 You may either distil in a Copper Vesica,..or..in a Glass Body.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Vesica,..the large Copper Body Tinned within-side, which is commonly used in Distillation of Ardent Spirits.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 126 Put all the Matter into a Copper Vesica, tinn'd within.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Distillation Odoriferous Plants..are distill'd by the Cucurbite, or Vesica.

a. vesica piscis (also piscium), a pointed oval figure, the sides of which are properly parts of two equal circles passing through each other at their centres, frequently employed as an architectural feature and by early artists as an aureole enclosing figures of Christ, the Virgin, etc.The reason for the name (fish's or fishes' bladder) is disputed: see quot. 1813.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > pointed oval aureole

vesica piscis (also piscium)1809

vesica1820

aureole1851

1809 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. (1812) XVI. 313 [A figure] formed by two equal circles, cutting each other in their centers... We are told that it was called Vesica Piscis.

1813 J. S. Hawkins Gothic Archit. 244 Vesica piscium cannot, therefore, signify a fish's bladder, but a bladder, which when filled with wind, would be in the form of a fish.

1820 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. XIX. 353 Observations on the Use of the mysterious Figure, called Vesica Piscis, in the Architecture of the Middle Ages, and in Gothic Architecture.

1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 399 Vesica piscis: a name applied by Albert Durer to a pointed oval figure [etc.].

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. v. 189 Their heads [sc. of the two portals of Ely] were formerly filled with the Vesica Piscis.

attributive.1884 Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Vesica piscis Seal, Wimborne Minster.1901 Athenæum 16 Nov. 667/2 A Vesica Piscis window of unusual character at Millom Church, Cumberland.

b. elliptical in this sense. Also attributive and in other combinations.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments

pommela1300

crest1430

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acroterion1664

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vesica piscis (also piscium)1809

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Aaron's rod1830

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hip knob1838

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crest-board1881

wave pattern1905

husk1934

foliate head1939

green man1939

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > pointed oval aureole

vesica piscis (also piscium)1809

vesica1820

aureole1851

1820 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. XIX. 361 The precise form of the Vesica which was used.

1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) App. p. xxxvi A figure standing in a shallow niche, holding a vesica, probably intended to represent the Trinity.

1878 R. B. MacVittie Details Restoration Christ Church Cathedral Dublin 68 The figures are combined in vesica-shaped medallions.

1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Jan. 30/2 The very beautiful vesica form..adopted in consequence of the prevailing taste for the pointed arch, and the fashion for the vesica in architecture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vesica
释义	vesican. Brit. /ˈvɛsᵻkə/, /ˈviːsᵻkə/, /vᵻˈsʌɪkə/, U.S. /vəˈsikə/, /vəˈsaɪkə/, /ˈvɛsəkə/ Etymology: < Latin vēsīca, a bladder, blister. 1. Anatomy. A bladder.Rarely used except with defining term, esp. v. natatoria or v. urinaria.In Bailey, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity pita1275 holec1300 cella1398 den1398 follicle?a1425 purse?a1425 pocketa1450 fossac1475 cystis1543 trench1565 conceptory1576 vesike1577 vesicle1578 vault1594 socket1601 bladderet1615 cistern1615 cavern1626 ventricle1641 bladder1661 antrum1684 conceptaculum1691 capsule1693 cellule1694 loculus1694 sinus1704 vesicula1705 vesica1706 fosse1710 pouch1712 cyst1721 air chamber1725 fossula1733 alveole1739 sac1741 sacculus1749 locule1751 compartment1772 air cell1774 fossule1803 umbilicus1811 conceptacle1819 cœlia1820 utricle1822 air sac1835 saccule1836 ampulla1845 vacuole1853 scrobicule1880 faveolus1882 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 293 Vesica, the Bladder is an hollow membranaceous Part, wherein any Liquor that is to be excerned, is contained.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vesica, a Bladder. 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) †2. A copper vessel used in distilling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > vessel of alembicc1405 retort1527 bagpipe1558 cornute1605 refrigeratory1605 campane1662 cornue1672 refrigerant1678 culb1683 vesica1683 blind-head1743 ambix1781 refrigerator1798 still-tub1826 wash-cistern1853 wash-warmer1900 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. 21 Put a quarter of the infusion..into a vesica and powre on more rain or river water. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. i. 13/1 You may either distil in a Copper Vesica,..or..in a Glass Body. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Vesica,..the large Copper Body Tinned within-side, which is commonly used in Distillation of Ardent Spirits. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 126 Put all the Matter into a Copper Vesica, tinn'd within. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Distillation Odoriferous Plants..are distill'd by the Cucurbite, or Vesica. 3. a. vesica piscis (also piscium), a pointed oval figure, the sides of which are properly parts of two equal circles passing through each other at their centres, frequently employed as an architectural feature and by early artists as an aureole enclosing figures of Christ, the Virgin, etc.The reason for the name (fish's or fishes' bladder) is disputed: see quot. 1813. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > pointed oval aureole vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 vesica1820 aureole1851 1809 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. (1812) XVI. 313 [A figure] formed by two equal circles, cutting each other in their centers... We are told that it was called Vesica Piscis. 1813 J. S. Hawkins Gothic Archit. 244 Vesica piscium cannot, therefore, signify a fish's bladder, but a bladder, which when filled with wind, would be in the form of a fish. 1820 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. XIX. 353 Observations on the Use of the mysterious Figure, called Vesica Piscis, in the Architecture of the Middle Ages, and in Gothic Architecture. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 399 Vesica piscis: a name applied by Albert Durer to a pointed oval figure [etc.]. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. v. 189 Their heads [sc. of the two portals of Ely] were formerly filled with the Vesica Piscis. attributive.1884 Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Vesica piscis Seal, Wimborne Minster.1901 Athenæum 16 Nov. 667/2 A Vesica Piscis window of unusual character at Millom Church, Cumberland. b. elliptical in this sense. Also attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > pointed oval aureole vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 vesica1820 aureole1851 1820 T. Kerrich in Archaeol. XIX. 361 The precise form of the Vesica which was used. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) App. p. xxxvi A figure standing in a shallow niche, holding a vesica, probably intended to represent the Trinity. 1878 R. B. MacVittie Details Restoration Christ Church Cathedral Dublin 68 The figures are combined in vesica-shaped medallions. 1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Jan. 30/2 The very beautiful vesica form..adopted in consequence of the prevailing taste for the pointed arch, and the fashion for the vesica in architecture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1683
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