| 单词 |
surcle |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈsurcle Obs. (Also 7 surcul, 9 surcule.) [ad. L. surculus. Cf. F. surcule.] A small or young shoot of a plant; a sprout, sprig, twig; also, a small branch of a nerve, blood-vessel, etc.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 71 The left Nerue..enwrappeth the nether Orifice of the ventricle with some surcles. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 98 Misseltoe..sprouteth not forth in boughs and surcles of the same shape and similary unto the tree that beareth it. Ibid. iv. iii. 183 The Azygos, or vena sine pari, whose surcles are disposed unto the other lower. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 673 They sometimes cut off its tender surcles [printed succles]. [1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Surculs, little..shoots. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Surculus..a twig: a surcule.] ▪ II. surcle obs. form of circle. |

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