furrowed, ppl. a.
(ˈfʌrəʊd)
[f. furrow v. + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb.; spec. in Masonry (see quots. 1904, 1929); † furrowed-grass: see chameleon n. 6 c, and quot. 1598 there.
| 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, iii. Prol. 12 The threaden Sayles..Draw the huge Bottomes through the furrowed Sea. 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. 18 Another doth conceale The furrowed wrinkles of his tawny skinne. 1632 Milton L'Allegro 64 While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land. 1646 Gaule Sel. Cases Consc. 4 Every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furr'd brow..is..pronounced for a witch. 1713 Addison Guardian No. 114 ¶1 The features are strong and well furrowed. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. xvi, The furrowed bosom of the deep. 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 305 Thorax furrowed and crenated on the margin. 1855 Kingsley Heroes, Theseus ii. 205 The furrowed marble walls. 1904 C. F. Mitchell Brickwork & Masonry 128 Furrowed Work... This labour, used to accentuate quoins, consists in sinking a draught about the four sides of the face of a stone, leaving the central portion projecting about 3/8 inch, in which a number of vertical grooves about 3/8 inch wide are sunk. 1929 E. G. Warland Mod. Pract. Masonry 24 Furrowed Surfaces.—Small flutings, from 1/4 to 3/8 in. wide, are worked vertically or horizontally across the surface. |