A scallop-shell; a vessel resembling one, used in baptism, etc.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > of specific shape (13) scallop1401 A scallop-shell; a vessel resembling one, used in baptism, etc. shipc1410 A vessel, utensil, ornament, etc. shaped like a ship. Also (in first quot.), the noble coined under Edward III, which bore the image of a ship. friar1463 Some vessel, etc. made in the similitude of a friar. Obsolete. columbe1488 A dove; a vessel, etc. in the form of a dove. culver1500 ? A vessel shaped like a dove. Obsolete. (Cf. columbine, n.2 4). bell1651 Frequently applied to vessels bell-shaped, as a bell-glass, diving-bell, etc. cornet1677 A flask or other vessel in shape like a horn. churn1747 Extended to other vessels or instruments with some resemblance to the preceding, e.g. a kind of pump used in mines, the block or chuck on a… tulip-glass1755 situla1804 Any of various bucket-shaped vessels, usually elaborately decorated. nacelle1873 gen. Any hollow vessel or object resembling a boat in shape. rare. thyrse1876 An ancient vessel resembling a pine-cone. tsun1958 A style of Chinese vessel, either wide-mouthed or animal-shaped (see quot. 1974). Also attributive. |
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