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jersey1|ˈdʒɜːzɪ|
Also 6 iarzie, ierdseie, iarnsey, 7–9 jars(e)y,
and with capital initial. The name of the largest of the Channel Islands: used attrib. and ellipt., esp. in reference to the knitting of stockings and other worsted articles, which was long a staple industry of Jersey.
1. attrib. Of Jersey; of Jersey worsted. Hence also used of fine machine-knitted fabric generally.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 57 Nether-stocks..not of cloth..for that is thought to base, but of Iarnsey worsted. 1603in Brand Hist. Newcastle (1789) II. 231 [Not] to weare..worsted or Jersey stockings. 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2914/4 One fine Knit Jersey Night Gown..3 pair of Knit Jersey Breeches. 1704Ibid. No. 4030/4 Light-coloured Jersey Stockings. 1881Queen 8 Jan. (Advt.), Boy's jersey suit. 1938D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. iv. 38 His brother Henry..was selling jersey knits. 1959Observer 22 Mar. 18/4 Some lovely short evening dresses were in silk jersey and had to be bought therefore, a little surprisingly, in the jersey wear department. 1966Economist 9 Apr. 175/1 Acrylics (woolly, fluffy fibres used in knitwear mostly) and polyesters (mostly used in wool mixes, now bulked in jersey-knits) are bound to follow the same course as nylon. 1969N. Freeling Tsing-Boum vi. 36 A nearly new jersey cocktail dress with the boutique label of a couturier. 1972Sci. Amer. Dec. 4/2 The fabric is a plain knitted jersey... It was knitted..of a spun, staple yarn.
2. n.
a. Jersey knitted work; Jersey worsted; worsted generally.
1587Acc. Death Mary Q. Scots (Bodl. MS. e Museo 178, lf. 21 b), Her hose wer wosted..wrought with syluer about the Clockes, and whit Iarzie vnder them. 1587Harrison England ii. vii. (1877) i. 170 The women's diverslie coloured nether stocks of silke jerdseie. 1882Beck Draper's Dict. 175 Jarsey is still the local name for worsted in Lancashire.
†b. Wool which has been combed and is ready for spinning. Obs.
1657Golden Fleece (N.), The present practice..which daily carrieth away of the finest sorts of wools ready combed into jarsies for worke. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 286/1 Jersey, is the finest Wool taken out of other sorts of Wool by Combing it with a Jersey-Comb. 1781Specif. G. Dundas' Patent No. 1288 (title) New Method of Spinning of Jersey. 1790P. Luckombe Eng. Gazetteer s.v. Kettering, A charity-school of 20 girls employed in spinning jerseys.
3. a. A woollen knitted close-fitting tunic, with short or long sleeves; applied esp. to that worn as a sole covering of the body in athletic exercises and sports; also, to a similar woollen garment worn either as an outer tunic by seamen, children, etc., or as an under-shirt or under-vest; also, to a close-fitting knitted tunic or jacket worn by women.
1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Knights 215 But though you saw poor People [Δῆµος] here..had no flannel-waistcoat, ne'er Have you given him a jersey. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. v, Now each house has its own uniform of [football] cap and jersey, of some lively colour. 1861― Tom Brown at Oxf. ii. (1889) 15 Here's this rough jersey which I use instead of a coat. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am vii, She was not the kind of woman to encase herself in a boating Jersey because the fashion book told her that Jerseys were universally worn. 1889Rawlinson Phoenicia 356 A close-fitting tunic with short sleeves, like a modern ‘jersey’.
b. A man wearing a jersey. blue jersey, a seaman, a bargee.
1889A. T. Pask Eyes Thames 57 You pass some dingy anchored craft in which the blue jerseys are smoking.
4. One of a breed of cattle of the Channel Islands; a cow of the island of Jersey. Also attrib. or as adj.
1842Guide to Island of Jersey v. 94 The English reader need scarcely be told in what great estimation the Jersey Cows and Heifers are held... The Jersey cow is small and slender in its make, with short crumpled horns. 1845Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. 47 The Jersey cow is a singularly docile and gentle animal. 1875[see Alderney]. 1881Sheldon Dairy Farming 25/1 The term ‘Jerseys’ is now taking the lead of the others. 1885Pall Mall G. 2 Oct. 9/1 An exceptionally fine lot of Jerseys were shown. 1964G. Durrell Menagerie Manor ii. 35 You have vivid mental pictures of an escaped tiger stalking your pedigree herd of Jersey cows.
5. Comb., as (sense 2) jersey-comb, jersey-comber, jersey-weaver, jersey-wheel; (sense 3) jersey-shaped adj.; (sense 4) Jersey cream, jersey milk; Jersey elm, Ulmus stricta var. sarniensis, a variety of elm of more erect growth than the parent species; Jersey lily, a nickname for Li(l)lie or Lily Langtry (1852–1929), an actress born in Jersey.
1688Jersey-Comb [see 2 b]. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5881/5 Humphry Maden,..Jarsy-comber.
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 110/1 Williams' Medicated Jersey Cream Toilet Soap; contains pure, rich cream from Jersey Cows. 1971‘J. J. Marric’ Gideon's Art iv. 35 The butler..offered more of the delicious apricot and peach flan, more of the rich Jersey cream.
1838J. C. Loudon Arboretum III. 1376 The Jersey Elm: is a free-growing variety, differing very little from the species. 1914W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 620 A yellow-leaved form of the Jersey elm originated in the nurseries of Messrs Dickson at Chester in 1900. 1957M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 242 The Jersey Elm is not infrequently seen planted as a street or ornamental tree, but is believed to be indigenous only to the Channel Islands. 1971Country Life 8 Apr. 823/1 It should be widely known that the Jersey elm (Ulmus stricta sarniensis) is not immune to elm disease.
1882W. Hamilton Aesthetic Movement 103 La bella Donna della mia Mente exists, but she is not the Jersey Lily, though I have grovelled at her feet. 1895Beerbohm in Yellow Bk. IV. 275 To have strained my eyes for a glimpse of the Jersey Lily. 1930W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xii. 145 She had..a fringe on the forehead with a bun at the nape of the neck as you may see in old photographs of the Jersey Lily. 1972Times 3 July 14/8 The Millais portrait..showed her [sc. Lily Langtry] holding a lily in one hand which earned her the nickname [Jersey Lily].
1881Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. XVII. 234 Jersey milk is considered too rich [for a calf]. 1970E. McGirr Death pays Wages vi. 115 Her own breakfast..was Jersey milk and sliced banana.
1634Canterbury Marriage Licences (MS.), Nicholas Du Sor, jarsey-weaver.
1718–19Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterbury, A jarsey wheel a cloath basket. 1884J. M. Cowper Our Parish Bks. 113 Spinning Wheels or jersey-wheels, were provided.
Hence ˈjerseyed a., wearing a jersey.
1869Pall Mall G. 29 Sept. 10 Blue-jerseyed boatmen and newspaper boys. 1890Daily News 17 Nov. 6/2 Red-jerseyed Salvationists serve there all day alone. |