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fluted (adj.)[fluted 词源字典]: "grooved, furrowed, ornamented," 1610s, past participle adjective from flute (v.).[fluted etymology, fluted origin, 英语词源]
groove (v.): 1680s, "make a groove, cut a channel in," from groove (n.). Slang sense is from 1930s (see groovy). Related: Grooved; grooving.
rifle (n.): 1775, "portable firearm having a spirally grooved bore," used earlier of the grooves themselves (1751), noun use of rifled (pistol), 1680s, from verb meaning "to cut spiral grooves in" (a gun barrel); see rifle (v.2).
sheave (n.): "grooved wheel to receive a cord, pulley" (mid-14c.), also "slice of bread" (late 14c.), related to shive (n.).
sulcate (adj.): "furrowed, grooved," 1760, from Latin sulcatus, past participle of sulcare "to make furrowed," from sulcus "furrow, trench, ditch" (see sulcus).
colubrid: "A snake of a very large family (Colubridae) which includes the majority of harmless species, such as grass snakes and garter snakes. The few venomous species have grooved fangs in the rear of the upper jaw", Late 19th century: from modern Latin Colubridae (plural), from Latin coluber 'snake'.