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wrappage|ˈræpɪdʒ|
[f. wrap v. + -age.]
I.
1. That which wraps, enfolds, or covers; a wrap or outer covering; a wrapper of a parcel, packet, or the like.
In freq. use, esp. fig., from c 1860.
fig.1827Carlyle Ess., Richter (1840) I. 15 Every work, be it fiction or serious treatise, is embaled in some fantastic wrappage, some mad narrative accounting for its appearance. 1842Sara Coleridge in Coleridge Aids Refl. (1843) II. 445 To consider the words of Scripture as mere wrap-pages for some more definite revelation out of Scripture. 1851Carlyle Sterling ii. iii, Not till..he had unwinded from him the wrappages of it [ante the conscious life ecclesiastical], could he become clear about himself. 1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. II. iii. 68 All these things, dress, fortune, etc. are mere wrappages compared with the substantial ground of a man's character. 1881A. C. Bradley in Macm. Mag. XLIV. 36 The words of the Prometheus, however insignificant their historical wrappage may have seemed to him.
lit.1846–8Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. vi. ad fin., Tomorrow this sheet..shall be the wrappage to a bar of soap. 1871W. Collins Marq. & Merchant I. 232 No possible wrappages can keep that poison from operating. 1886D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xxii, The knots were conquered, the paper wrappages removed.
b. Without article. Material used for covering or enveloping; wrapping material. Also fig.
a1876M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) I. 187 Odd things are met with in the papers used by shopkeepers for wrappage. 1881E. Dowden in Academy 12 Feb. 118 Nothing should be lost, except what is unvital, mere wrappage and encumbrance of history.
2. A loose garment for enveloping the person; a wrapper. Also in fig. context.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. i, The vestural Tissue..which Man's Soul wears as its outmost wrappage and overall. 1837― Fr. Rev. ii. iii. iv, Figure under what thousand-fold wrappages and cloaks of darkness Royalty, meditating these things, must involve itself. 1863D. Wilson in Edin. New Phil. Jrnl. XVIII. 79 The constant laying of the infant to rest on its side,..along with the fashion of cap, hat, or wrappage, may [etc.]. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 446 Another wrappage, namely one thick veil That hid her, matron-wise, from head to foot.
3. Something wrapped up; a package, parcel.
1883Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 5/3 This paper wrappage was taken on by train to Stalybridge.
II.
4. The action of wrapping. rare—0.
1846Worcester (citing Ec. Rev.). [Hence in later Dicts.] |