单词 | caponize |
释义 | caponizev. transitive. To make a capon of; to castrate. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > castrate geldc1225 lib1396 stone1584 caponize1654 alter1821 twitchel1826 doctor1834 neuter1903 fix1930 capon- the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > rear poultry [verb (transitive)] > castrate carve1586 caponize1654 capon- the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > infertile [verb (transitive)] > castrate or spay > castrate geldc1225 lib1396 cut1465 castrate1609 delumbate1609 enervate1610 unstone1611 gliba1616 evirate1621 emasculate1623 capon1630 eunuchize1634 eunuchate1646 caponize1654 unpollux1654 eunucha1658 unman1657 dismember1697 saturnized1846 nut1916 knacker1936 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 180 [To] dishonour a Cock of his spurrs: that is to Caponize the gallant spirit of the Creature. 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 140 These bustards may likewise be caponiz'd, as well as turkeys, to make them larger. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 350 The habit of caponizing cattle and poultry prevailed..before the arrival of the Arabs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1654 |
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