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单词 cinque
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cinquecinqn.

Brit. /sɪŋk/, U.S. /sɪŋk/, /sæŋk/
Forms: Middle English–1600s sink, cink, Middle English cynk, Middle English–1600s sinke, Middle English–1600s synk(e, Middle English–1600s cinke, 1500s sinque, cynque, 1500s–1600s cinq, sincke, 1500s– cinque.
Etymology: < Old French cink, cinc, modern French cinq (= Provençal cinc, Italian cinque) < Latin quinque five.
1. The number five, as marked on dice; a throw in which the die turns up five.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number
ace?a1300
cinquec1386
sicec1386
sice cinquec1386
treyc1386
quernc1450
ames-acec1460
cater-trey?a1500
twoa1500
cater1519
deuce1519
quatrec1540
trey-acea1556
sice-ace1594
four1599
size-point1648
trey-deuce1680
boxcar1909
trey-point-
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 325 Seuene is my chaunce and thyn is cynk & treye [v.r. fyue and þre].
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxiiiv Thoughe sys or synke them fayle The dyse oft renneth upon the chaunce of thre.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 103v Set them..in order like the sinke vppon a Dye.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 144 Sincke shal vp and sice shall vnder.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xviii. 116 France and Italy are like a die, which hath no points betwixt sink and ace, Nobility and Pesantry.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. x. 37 Cinques, Quaters, Treys, and Duces.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 142 [Backgmmon] Throwing either quatre, cinque or six.
2. plural. ‘The name given by change-ringers to changes on eleven bells, probably from the fact that five pairs of bells change places in order of ringing in each successive change’ ( Dict. Music).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific
set peal16..
grandsire1668
whole pull1668
bob1671
peal1671
course1677
set changes1677
single1684
single change1688
Plain Bob1702
Stedman1731
Superlative Surprise1788
touch1788
triple1798
triple bob major1809
maximus1813
royal1813
call changes1837
slam1854
cater1872
cinques1872
triple change1872
plain hunt1874
plain hunting1874
quarter peal1888
method1901
short course1904
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church iii. 41 They..rang a course of cinques on hand-bells.
3. to set at cinque and sice: ? to expose to great risks, to be reckless about. cinque outposts, posts: the five senses (cf. Cinque Ports n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation > the senses
the fivefold mightsa1200
five witsc1200
passionsa1425
senses?1530
common senses1533
fifteen wits1606
Cinque Ports1633
cinque outposts, posts1649
perceptions1666
perceptives1835
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 44 Greit folie to set on synk and syss, The greit honour befoir the Romanis wan.
1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like sig. D.iiiiv My swoord, my buckler, and all at sink and cise.
1577–82 N. Breton Toys of Idle Head in Wks. (1879) I. 28/1 Setting all at sincke and syce.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 174 Our countrey men..for their carelesnes of life setting all at cinque and sice.
1649 Winter Dream in Harl. Misc. VII. 203 I was fallen soundly asleep; the cinque-out-posts were shut up closer than usually.
1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 32 As if the cinq-posts (my five outward senses) had been trebly lockt up.

Compounds

See also cinquefoil n. and adj., cinquepace n., Cinque Ports n.
cinque-petal n. Obsolete a flower with five petals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > characterized by petals
cinque-petal1715
quadrifoil1845
polypetal1882
1715 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 275 Plantæ fl. pentapetalo, Cinquepetals.
cinque-point n. Backgammon Obsolete the fifth point from the end on either side of the board.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > board > point > specific point
size-point1552
bar-point1743
trois point1745
cinque-point1778
1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 161 To secure your own or your Adversary's Cinque Point.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 141 [Backgam.] the first most advantageous throw is aces, as it..secures the cinque point in your inner table.
cinque-points n. Obsolete the ‘five points’ e.g. of Calvinism.
ΚΠ
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. 201 Her moderation in the Cinq-Points, her perfect freeness from all manner of superstitious and imposturous Opinions.
cinque-spotted adj. having five spots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted > having five spots
cinque-spotteda1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. ii. 38 On her left brest Amole Cinque-spotted . View more context for this quotation
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 60 A..cinque-spotted shadow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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