单词 | well-horned |
释义 | well-hornedadj. 1. Esp. of an animal: having well-formed or substantial horns. ΚΠ 1587 T. Dawson Good Huswifes Iewell (new ed.) f. 44 Tokens of a good Ramme, the body high and long, a great bellie couered with woll.., well horned but the more writhed the better. 1639 G. Plattes Discov. Subterraneall Treasure ii. 48 The said grounds are proane to bring forth large Cattell, and well horned. 1771 T. Comber Let. 31 Dec. in Real Improvem. Agric. (1772) 43 One of our well horned Oxen or Bulls will clap his Head close to the Root of a Piece of the best dead Hedge; and bear away a prodigious Sweep of it. 1835 Sat. Mag. 1 Aug. 48/1 Handsome head, well horned, and bright and prominent eyes. 1850 W. Colton Deck & Port vi. 206 The saddle..rises up before and behind like a well-horned half-moon. 1900 F. T. Elworthy Horns of Honour ii. 125 A bull with a human head, well-horned. 1982 J. Kingdon E. Afr. Mammals IIID. 590 The well-horned female tahr are quite aggressive to one another. ΚΠ 1655 Markham's Perfect Horseman 120 See that those fore-thighs be rushgrown, well horned within, sinewed, fleshy and out-swelling, for they are good signes of strength. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 368 Where to the pastern-bone by nerves combin'd, The well-horn'd foot indissolubly join'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1587 |
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