| 单词 |
fibulate |
| 释义 |
fibulate, v.|ˈfɪbjʊleɪt| [f. L. fībulāt-, ppl. stem of fībulāre to clasp, f. fībula: see fibula.] †a. intr. (nonce-use) To perform the action of buttoning and unbuttoning; to fiddle with one's buttons (obs.—1). †b. trans. (see quot. 1656–81). c. To put a button on (a foil). Hence ˈfibulated ppl. a. fibuˈlation (see quot.).
1640Brome Antipodes ii. ii, Your fingers fibulating on your breast. 1656–81Blount Glossogr., Fibulate, to joyn, or fasten together. 1658Phillips, Fibulation, a buttoning, or joyning together. 1832–4De Quincey Cæsars Wks. 1862 IX. 138 Perhaps buttoned, fibulated as in the case of our own foils. |

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