单词 | warbled |
释义 | † warbledadj.1 Obsolete. Of a spindle: Fitted with a whorl. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [adjective] > spinning > fitted with whorl: of spindle warbleda1561 a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 86 That the warbeled spendell, no more abought shold ronne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). warbledadj.2 Of hides: Injured by warbles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > injured by gad-fly larva warbled1885 1885 Athenæum 11 July 52 The cattle producer..receives..almost the same amount for the warbled hide of the animal as he would obtain if it were uninjured by the bot fly. 1886 Daily News 5 May 3/5 No less than 1,906 [hides] were ‘warbled’—that is to say more or less riddled or scarred from warble attacks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). warbledadj.2 In senses of the verb. 1. Melodiously sung or sounded. Also, celebrated in song. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing sweetly > melodiously sung fluted1611 warbled1637 1637 J. Milton Comus 29 If she be right invok't in warbled Song. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 420 Hush'd in attention to the warbled song. 1747 W. Collins Odes 11 By old Cephisus deep, Who spreads his wavy Sweep In warbled Wand'rings round thy green Retreat. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Sonn. La Fayette As when far off the warbled strains are heard. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [adjective] warbled1645 1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 55 As I..touch the warbled string. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1a1561adj.21885adj.21885 |
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