pelecoid

comparative more pelecoid · superlative most pelecoid

1. Hatchet-shaped.

   Two more rows like the ones already constructed, except as to color, complete the pattern, which, when finished, forms a pleasing array of orderly pelecoid figures.

   1907, A[rthur] J[ohn] Fynn, The American Indian as a Product of Environment: With Special Reference to the Pueblos, Boston, M.A.: Little, Brown, and Company, page 215

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   He whom nature has supplied with a pelecoid nose is as cold, keen and sharp as the hatchet after which it was modeled. He is generally a dyspeptic, and hates people.

   1873 January, “Our Noses”, in The Aldine, volume VI, number 1, New York, N.Y.: James Sutton & Co., Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2

   The leading feature of the "Valencian" pattern consists of the large central figure having radiating lines representing extending and withdrawing rays; there are also pelecoid figures, and double-pointed figures between the pelecoids.

   1965, Albert Christian Revi, American Cut and Engraved Glass, Nashville, T.N.; New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, →ISBN, page 179