单词 |
fiddle-headed |
释义 |
ˈfiddle-ˌheaded, a. [f. prec. + -ed2.] a. Naut. Having a fiddle-head. b. Of a fork, spoon: Having the handle made after the pattern of a fiddle. c. Empty-headed. d. (see quot. 1883).
1840Hood Kilmansegg, First Step iii, In short a kind Of fork—that is fiddle-headed. 1851H. Melville Whale viii. 43 A projecting piece of scroll work fashioned after a ship's fiddle-headed beak. 1854G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce v. (1855) 104 ‘You've broke it, you fiddle-headed brute!’ 1883G. Stables Our Friend the Dog vii. 60 Fiddle-headed, a long, gaunt, wolfish head, like what one sees in some Mastiffs. |

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