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cornuted
cornuted, ppl. a. (kɔːˈnjuːtɪd) [f. prec. adj. or vb. + -ed1.] 1. Having horns, or horn-like projections; horned.1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Cornuted, hauing hornes. 1613 Zouch Dove 40 The silver Crescent, in the sable skye Seemes to resemble Loyres cornuted streames. 1760 C. Johnston Chrysal (1...
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Call a spade a spade
In Portuguese-speaking countries, the equivalent is "", literally, "to call oxen by their names" (a double-entendre; an "ox" can also refer to a cornuted
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cornute
▪ I. corˈnute, a. and n. [ad. L. cornūt-us, -a, -um horned, f. cornū horn. Already in med.L. used as a n. in sense B. 1, cornūta a retort.] A. adj. = cornuted.1706 in Phillips (ed. Kersey); hence in Bailey, etc. 1957 Childe Dawn Europ. Civil. (ed. 6) xiii. 249 A fantastic elaboration of handles towa...
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hornified
ˈhornified, ppl. a. [f. hornify v. + -ed1.] † 1. Make horned, cuckolded. Obs.a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlvi. 373 Hornified and cornuted. 1769 Pub. Advertiser 18 May 4/1 My hornified Situation. 2. Adorned with horns; of a horn-like texture.1789 J. Byng Diary 30 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) I...
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Drepanosticta subtropica
Drepanosticta subtropica (blue-shouldered cornuted shadowdamsel) is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Drepanosticta tropica
Drepanosticta tropica (dark-shouldered cornuted shadowdamsel) is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
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forker
forker (ˈfɔːkə(r)) [f. fork v. + -er1.] † 1. = fork n. 2; perh. mispr. for forket. Obs.a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 416 The Italians now take their meate with a forker. 2. One who forks: a. One who throws up (hay, etc.) with a fork. b. slang. (See quot. 1867).1641 Best Farm. Bks. (...
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D. tropica
Datroniella tropica, a crust fungus in the genus Datroniella
Desmarestia tropica, tropical acidweed
Drepanosticta tropica, the dark-shouldered cornuted
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horner
horner, n.1 (ˈhɔːnə(r)) [f. horn n. or v. + -er1.] 1. A worker in horn; a maker of horn spoons, combs, etc.1421–2 [see horning vbl. n. 2]. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 247/1 Hornare, or horne make[r], cornutarius. 1464 Rolls Parl. V. 567/1 The men of the Craft of Horners enfraunchised in the Cite of London. ...
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forked
forked, ppl. a. (fɔːkt) [f. fork n. + -ed2.] 1. Having a fork or fork-like end; shaped like a fork, bifurcate, branching.a 1300 Cursor M. 18843 (Cott.) Forked fair þe chin he bare. c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 270 A Marchant..with a forked berd. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. xxii. 428 The swalowes..tayle...
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bushel
▪ I. bushel, n.1 (ˈbʊʃəl) Forms: 4 bus(s)chel, buisshel, buysshel, boussel, boyschel, 4–5 buyschel, 4–6 busshel(le, 5 bu-, byschelle, buscel, bysshell, 5–6 bowsshell(e, 6 buszshel, buszhell, bushylle, bousshell, beyschell, 5–7 bushell, 4– bushel. [ME. boyschel, buyschel, a. OF. boissiel, -el, buissi...
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horned
horned, a. (ˈhɔːnɪd, hɔːnd) I. [f. horn n. + -ed2. (OE. had hyrned, from hyrnan:—*hurnjan: cf. OHG. gihurnet.)] 1. a. Having horns or antlers; cornuted.a 1400–50 Alexander 4267 Hald we no hors..ne na horned stottis. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) ii. xlv. 51 Somme of them were horned, as boolys. 15...
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沙芥.版本一
【汉语拼音】sha jie【英文名】Herb of Cornuted Pugionium【拉丁植物动物矿物名】1.Pugionium cornutum(L.)Gaertn.2.Pugionium dolabratum Maxim.
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tri-
tri-, prefix (traɪ, occas. trɪ) a. L. tri- and Gr. τρι-, combining form of trēs, τρεῖς three, τρίς thrice. The i, etymologically short in Greek and Latin, was in Latin sometimes lengthened, esp. in numerals (trīcēnī, trīgintā, etc.). In Eng. it is now usually long and diphthongal (aɪ), except in der...
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stretch
▪ I. stretch, n. (strɛtʃ) Also 6 stretche, 7 strech, Sc. streitch, streach. [f. stretch v.] 1. The action or an act of stretching physically; the fact of being stretched. a. Forcible extension or dilatation; occas. degree or amount of this.1600 Rowlands Lett. Humours Blood D 6, Or else heele haue it...
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