单词 | welled |
释义 | † welledadj.1 Obsolete. 1. That has been boiled. Esp. of milk or a milk product: thickened or curdled by boiling. welled curds: = well curds n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > soured sourc1000 welledOE shotten1671 the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > curd > coagulated welledOE loppereda1300 quailed1440 runned1527 lopper1816 run1859 walled1879 clabbered1921 OE Lacnunga (2001) I. xvi. 10 Nim þre[o] leaf gageles on gewylledre mealtre meolce; syle þry morhgenas drincan. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cviii. 152 Cnuca on gewylledan wine, syle drincan. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 520 Wellyd, as mylke, coagulatus, concoctus. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 53 Melle white brede in dysshes aboute, Powre in wellyd mylke. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Welled curdes, shiston [i.e. schiston]. 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May viii. 138 From the Whey, if set on the Fire, will arise wild Curds by putting new Milk and sour Butter-milk to it. 2. Of metal: molten. Also welled together: fused, welded. Cf. well v.1 3, 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > cast yotenOE welledc1300 yetc1429 casten1493 cast1535 molten1535 well-metalled1644 sand-cast1934 pressure-cast1973 c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) l. 371 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 12 (MED) He made him drinke lead i-weld and in is mouth helde it þere. a1325 St. George (Corpus Cambr.) l. 72 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 158 Louerd muche was þi miȝte..Þat enyman in welde led so miȝte harmles be. a1350 St. Juliana (Ashm.) (1957) 82 A chetel wol of iwelled [a1325 Corpus Cambr. iwalled] bras biuore þis maide was ibroȝt. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hab. ii. 18 A wellid thing to gidre [L. conflatile], and a fals ymage. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 520 Wellyd, as metel, fusus. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 173 And thilk ymage is clepid there a graued thing, and a wellid to gidere thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021). welledadj.2 1. Of a fishing boat or other sea vessel: equipped with a well or tank for the storage and transport of live fish. Chiefly in welled smack (see smack n.3). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [adjective] > having well for transporting live fish welled1814 1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney ii. 187 The fishing of cod has been prosecuted successfully among the Orkney isles, by welled smacks from London. 1866 Rep. Commissioners Sea Fisheries U.K. II. 456 in Parl. Papers XVIII. 1 In the year 1712, at Harwich,..welled smacks were first constructed, suitable for fishing in the North Sea for cod-fish, &c. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Aug. 4 Your fish..are brought to the city alive in welled fishing boats. 1874 H. Mayhew London Characters 335 These salmon mostly come..in welled steamers. 1940 E. L. Bloomster Sailing & Small Craft down Ages 189 Smackee, a welled fishing boat of Key West, Florida. 1985 T. Lummis Occup. & Society ii. 19 From the eighteenth century attempts were made to supply London with fresh whitefish through the use of welled smacks. 2. Located in a stairwell. See well n.1 10a. ΚΠ 1824 Spirit of Eng. Mag. (Boston, Mass.) 1 Dec. 208/2 He broke through, and came down through the entire house, tumbling down the welled staircase. 1896 C. O'Riordan Fool & his Heart 64 His father's body had been carried down the welled staircase. 1922 C. O'Riordan In London xxvi. 216 They crossed the hall, now sepulchrally gloomy with the welled staircase in darkness. 2003 Washington Post 20 June (Friday Home Guide) f25 The basement..offers a storage room and a welled exit to the rear yard. 2008 Indianapolis Monthly Sept. 50/2 A welled exit from the basement leads to a small patio area at one level. 3. Having a hollow or hollows on the surface; pitted, dimpled. Frequently as the second element of a compound, as deep-welled, multi-welled, etc.In quot. 1848: (perhaps) of the nature of such a hollow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave hollc1000 hollowa1250 denteda1398 concaved?1541 saddle-backed1545 vaulty1545 concave?a1560 sinuated1578 inboweda1586 inbowing1603 inwinding1610 hollowed1613 crusy1625 simous1634 invex1688 scooped1726 depressed1753 hollowed-out1755 scooping1821 shell1823 welled1848 concaving1871 incaved- 1848 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 337 A series of ill-defined welled depressions. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance p. xxix A broad flat border, with a welled centre, characterise this class of plates. 1920 Catering Managem. I. iii. ii. 137 If served with the cuts from the joint..serve on a separate deep-welled plate with good hot gravy. 1956 Nature 10 Mar. 478/1 The salivary glands..were incubated on a welled microscope slide in buffered substrate. 2008 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 7 Nov. (Canada & World) b1 The ubiquitous plastic now used in disposable syringes, pipette tips, test tubes and multi-welled plates. 2010 J. Wheeler-Toppen Once Upon a Life Sci. Bk. xii. 115 Show students how to use a pipette to collect a few Euglena from the cluster..and place them in a welled slide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1OEadj.21814 |
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