单词 | water bag |
释义 | water bagn. 1. a. A bag, typically made of skin, canvas, or a synthetic material, used for holding, distributing, or transporting water; esp. one used on journeys in dry areas. Cf. waterskin n. at water n. Compounds 2a(b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > for water or gas water bag1638 gasbag1819 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water > for carrying water water bulgec1225 water-bougec1450 water bodge1541 water bougeta1566 water bottle1591 water budget1591 water bag1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 242 Having soak't their hussinees or water baggs, the wine bottles are then emptied. 1659–60 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 245 1 pair of water bags. 1709 J. Rowe tr. Sallust Historian 170 On the Sixth day he arriv'd at the River, having got ready abundance of the Water-Bags. 1779 Louth Old Corporation Rec. (1891) 67 Pd. to John Jeffery for him to get a pair of new Water Bags he not being able without the Charity of the well disposed. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xv. 357 This skin..is used by the natives for making water-bags, in which they convey supplies of water from the nearest vley or fountain..to the elephant. 1861 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser 11 Feb. We cleaned the canvas water bags, for the water which we had out of them last night had such a nauseous, rancid, train oil like taste that none of us would drink it. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life i. 24 Helping myself to a drink from the water-bag under the rear of Thompson's wagon. 1985 M. McConnell Into Mouth of Cat iv. 92 In a lower pouch of his survival vest, he had a folded plastic water bag. 2002 J. Podrug Dark Passage 215 Conway shifted the goatskin waterbag hanging from a strap over his shoulder. b. A rubber hot-water bottle; = hot water bag n. at hot water n. Compounds 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > ice packs and water bags > [noun] ice cap1816 ice bag1836 ice compress1858 water bag1859 water-cloth1860 ice pack1874 kneecap1884 cold coil1888 cold-pack1909 1859 Med. Times & Gaz. 1 Jan. (front matter) (advt.) Walters' water-bag of ætherised India-rubber. 1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Water bag,..an india-rubber bag for holding hot water for local application. 1924 Manch. Guardian 12 July 8 The sides of a rubber water bag will often stick together after it has been stored away for some time. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of domestic items > [noun] > water bouget gorge1562 water budget1562 bouge1572 bouget1592 water bouget1622 water bag1688 budget1766 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 295/2 He beareth Or, a Water Bowget, Sable. This is the form of the Bowget in ancient times, and was called a Water Budget, or Water Baggs. 1818 H. Clark Short & Easy Introd. Heraldry (ed. 9) ii. 260 Argent, two water-bags sable, hooped together or, name, Banister. Note, By the help of the hoop, put about the person's neck, the bags anciently were carried. 1886 F. S. W. Dame Heraldry ii. 18 The Bouchiers.., Earls of Essex, show for their coat-of-arms a silver field, with a scalloped red cross in its centre, and a water bag, or bouget, in each corner. 3. Zoology. The reticulum (second stomach) of a ruminant (now rare). In early use also: †a part of the rumen of a camel's stomach believed to store water (cf. water-cell n. (a) at water n. Compounds 7) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > parts of water-cell1812 water bag1828 1828 Jew Exile II. vii. 17 The stomach, by a habit of progressive extension, has become enlarged..: perhaps the camel's water-bag was formed in the like manner. 1856 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 536/2 The second stomachal viscus..otherwise called the reticulum, bonnet, or water-bag..is of much smaller dimensions than the paunch. 1908 L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Agric. III. 19/1 The water-bag (second stomach) also shares in this contraction and supplies water to saturate the mass. 1987 A. E. Cullison & R. S. Lowrey Feeds & Feeding (ed. 4) 35 This [stomach] is a multiple-compartment structure consisting of the following: a. Rumen or paunch. b. Reticulum or honeycomb or water bag. [etc.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1638 |
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