单词 | cinque |
释义 | cinquecinqn. 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. 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. 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. 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). < n.c1386 |
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