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a. The name of a county of England, used attrib. as Staffordshire bull terrier, a small stocky terrier of the breed so called, first developed by crossing bulldogs and terriers, characterized by a fawn, blue, or brindle coat, often with white markings, and a short, broad head with dropped ears; Staffordshire coke, (see quots.); Staffordshire cone, a kind of pyrometric cone; Staffordshire slack, (see quot.); Staffordshire ware, earthenware and porcelain made in Staffordshire, hence Staffordshire warehouseman. Also Staffordshire knot [? error for Stafford knot], (a) ‘a knot used to ligature the pedicle in ovariotomy’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1898); (b) also, a Stafford knot or half-hitch used as a craftsman's device or motif.
1765J. Wedgwood Let. 17 June (1965) 34 An order from St. James's for a service of Staffordshire ware. 1784H. Walpole Descr. Strawberry H. Wks. 1798 II. 414 Four green leaves of Staffordshire-ware. Ibid. 501 A Staffordshire Etruscan vase. 1813Examiner 22 Feb. 119/1 J. Clarke, Tottenham-court-road, Staffordshire warehouse⁓man. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. (1842) 99 Of this kind is the Staffordshire coke, which may be obtained at some of the wharfs on the canals near London. 1857J. Marryat Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) 149 The earliest specimens extant of the Staffordshire ware are the ‘Butter-pots’, and the Tygs or Tiggs. 1869Day Puddling 4 in Rankine Machine & Hand-tools, The thick coal called ‘Staffordshire slack’. 1901Our Dogs 13 July 47/2 (Advt.), Old Staffordshire red brindled Bull-Terrier Dog Pup, five weeks, makes 20lbs. 1904Ibid. 2 Jan. 24/2 (Advt.), Grand Litter Staffordshire Bull-terrier Pups, gamest strain. 1908B. W. Watson Old Silver Platers & their Marks 9/2 (table) 1808 Feb. 4 Josh Gibbs... Staffordshire Knott. 1950A. C. Smith Dogs since 1900 xi. 174 In 1935 the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club was founded. 1967M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World i. 38 Cones used in continental Europe are still known as Seger cones, the slightly modified cones used in America are called Orton cones, and those used in England—also slightly modified—are called Staffordshire cones. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 280 The figures represented by [Corn] Dollies cover a considerable variety... We may name a few... The Horn of Plenty,..the Staffordshire Knot, [etc.]. 1971Vogue 15 Oct. p. ls ii, The strikingly unusual motif features Staffordshire knots. a1977Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 70/1 Staffordshire Cones..are slender, Trihedral pyramids made of ceramic materials and are so constituted as to deform when subjected to elevated temperature for a period of time. Ibid., ‘Staffordshire Cones’, have been manufactured in England for nearly fifty years. 1977J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 126 Pattie Mae didn't do so well with the Staffordshire bull terrier.
b. ellipt. = Staffordshire ware. Also n. pl. = Staffordshire bricks.
[1770H. Walpole Let. 6 May (1967) XXIII. 211 We have Etruscan vases, make of earthen ware in Staffordshire, from two to five guineas.] 1866Queen Victoria Let. 16 May in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) 75, I send her a tea-set..which I hope she will often use. It is Staffordshire. 1898Daily News 8 Feb. 3/5 Little stacks of various kinds of bricks—from London stocks to Staffordshires. 1908Daily Report 25 Aug. 8/3 The ‘Fitz-Gerald’ sale of Staffordshire ware..came as a revelation, both as to the quality of old Staffordshire and the prices it now obtains.
c. ellipt. = Staffordshire bull terrier, sense a above. Also attrib.
1903Our Dogs 27 June 944/1 (Advt.), Pure-bred Staffordshire Bitch, good guard, and very game. 1943H. N. Beilby Staffordshire Bull Terrier i. 3 The Staffordshire will, by his intelligence and general usefulness, make a very strong appeal. 1968[see filled ppl. a. 2]. |