单词 | waved |
释义 | wavedadj. 1. Having the form of waves, presenting a wavy outline or appearance, undulating, undulated. a. gen. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating waved1577 redundant1667 rippling1670 wavya1701 undular1738 undulating1738 up and down1775 waving1810 undulous1862 1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 258 In the hole is layed good store of wood, whereon is raysed gallantly a waued roofe. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 115 A large Cave..Whose waved Seeling,..The Nymphes..rarely had embosst With Pearles and Rubies. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 25 A rich waved country..reaches along the east and south coasts to Bonifaccio. 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress I. 61 This surface..is gently waved, rising with a varied swell from a small hollow, or valley. 1863 Illustr. London News 1 Aug. 116/4 (advt.) Crinoline.—The Patent Ondina, or Waved Jupon, does away with the unsightly results of the ordinary hoops. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Waved Wheel. The edge of the wheel is waved or convoluted so that as it revolves it imparts a lateral oscillation to an arm, pitman, or what not. 1890 Corpus Gloss. Introd. p. xi [The letter] l, with a waved stroke through it, indicates uel. b. of hair, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > wavy oundeda1425 oundya1425 rippled1842 waved1863 ripply1875 1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh III. 58 Her hat in her lap, and her waved brown hair uncovered. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 6 Take some hairs and some fibres of South Down wool and hold them together. The hair will hang straight and smooth, the wool will be curly, something like a corkscrew, and will have a waved appearance. 1913 Play Pictorial No. 138. p. vi/2 The waved hair is drawn smoothly back from the forehead. c. Heraldry. = undee adj., wavé adj., wavy adj. and n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > wavy oundeda1425 oundya1425 undated1486 watery1486 undee1513 wavé1513 undade1562 wavy1562 undy1592 waved1610 surged1688 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iii. 44 Of these [Lines] some are..Waued. 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry 26 Waved is so call'd, from the waves of the Sea, which it represents, and is therefore called undê, and is used for signifying that the Bearer got his Arms for service done at sea. 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry 44 A cross waved. Crux undosa. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Waved or Wavy. d. Of a sword, dagger, etc.: Having the edge undulated. Also in Heraldry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > [adjective] > with undulated edge waved1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 126/1 He beareth Azure, a waved sword, or a sword waved, or wavey. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Waved Sword, by some erroneously called a flaming sword. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance p. xxxv Malay knife.., blade waved. 2. Having undulated markings. Of silk, etc. = watered adj.1 5a. Also in combination †waved-wise adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > curves or spirals waved1547 water-waved1599 scrolled1603 undulate1658 undulated1664 vermiculated1707 gadrooned1726 scrolling1936 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [adjective] > waved or watered waved1547 moiré1823 moire1859 1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 14 Gardyd abowtes with clothe of golde wavyd wyse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xlviii. 228 The waved water chamelot was from the beginning esteemed the richest and bravest wearing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 406 Fish..through Groves Of Coral stray, or sporting with quick glance Show to the Sun thir wav'd coats dropt with Gold. View more context for this quotation 1711 Fr. Bk. Rates 378 Camblets, watered and not watered, waved, and not waved. 3. a. Botany, Zoology, and Mineralogy. Undulate; having a wavy form or texture; having wavy markings. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > wavy waving1604 undulated1623 waved1664 undulous1728 undulatory1796 wavy1839 undulating1884 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 The Gray, or Horse-Fly. Her eye is..of a semisphæroidal figure; black and waved. 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Expl. Terms 379 Flexuosus, waved, bent backwards and forwards from Bud to Bud. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 673 Leaves..waved at the edge. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 187 The hinge..without tooth, waved and rather sinuous and unequal. 1841 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 2 277 The sepals and petals are very linear and waved. 1843 W. Humble Dict. Geol. (ed. 2) Waved,..In botany, applied to the margins of leaves, when bordered alternately with numerous minute segments of circles and angles. In entomology, applied to insects when the margin of the body is marked with a succession of arched incisions. 1845 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 2) 112 A slightly waved or sinuous margin is said to be repand. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 276 Lobes of lower lip subequal, waved and toothed. b. In specific names of animals, plants, etc. ΚΠ 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 130 Raia Vndulata..the waved Scate. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. ii. 147 The Great Waved-Muscle..is commonly found in the Red-Sea. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 397 Aster Undulatus. Waved Star Wort. 1824 R. K. Greville Flora Edinb. 20 Aira flexuosa..Waved Hair-grass. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 139 The Waved Carpet (Emmelesia sylvata, Stephens). 1921 Conquest Sept. 495/2 Among the most conspicuous melanic moths is the Waved Umber (Hemerophilia abruptaria). 4. Moved in waves. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating waving1585 flexuous1626 undulary1646 rippling1670 wavy1708 undulating1715 billowing1718 undulatory1794 waved1820 undulant1830 undulous1862 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 133 'Tis the deep music of the rolling world Kindling within the strings of the waved air, Æolian modulations. 5. Held aloft and moved to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > waved flirted1782 waved1883 1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. iii. 38 A burly middle-aged figure gesticulating with raised arms and waved umbrella in mid-road. 1891 F. Tennyson Daphne 3 Beeches swung their heads Before the waved banners of the winds. 1916 Bayfield tr. Ovid Met. xi, in 19th Cent. May 1013 She..was the first to see Her lord..Who with waved hand made signal, and her own She waved in answer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1547 |
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