continentaladj.n.

/kɒntɪˈnɛntəl/

Etymology: < continent n. II. + -al suffix¹: so in modern French.

A. adj.

a. Belonging to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a continent or mainland.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > continent > [adjective]

continental1818

trans-continental1853

intercontinental1855

subcontinental1870

continent-wide1936

protocontinental1964

1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 17 To the northward, where the continental ice was evidently interminable.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 438 Greeks continental and insular.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xviii. 307 Such streams [Volga, Jordan, etc.] are often called continental rivers, since.. their basins are contained within the land.

b. Physical Geography. Of climate: see quot. 1880.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate

excessive1830

insular1830

oceanic1849

continental1865

marine1865

Mediterranean1888

maritime1939

1865 Petermann in Reader 1 Apr. 374/2 The climate at the south was marine, and consequently moist; at the north it was continental, and consequently dry.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) v. 351 A continental climate is one where the summer is hot, the winter cold, and where the rainfall is comparatively slight.

c. Geology. Designating, or pertaining to, deposits laid down on land masses (as distinct from marine deposits).

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [adjective] > type of

Nilous1813

estuarine1849

continental1934

mature1948

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Continental deposit, a terrestrial deposit.

1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xii. 142 Wedges of continental (fluviatile, deltaic or estuarine) strata.

2. spec. Of, on, or belonging to ‘the Continent’, i.e. the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles. Continental breakfast, a light breakfast such as is eaten on the Continent, esp. in France; continental quilt = duvet n. 1 Continental Sunday, Sunday observed more as a day of public entertainment (as held to be customary on the continent of Europe) than as a day of rest and religious observance (as in Great Britain); Continental System (Historical), the plan of Napoleon Bonaparte for cutting off Great Britain from all connection, political, commercial, and personal, with the continent of Europe; instituted by the Berlin Decree of 19th November, 1806, which declared the British Islands in a state of blockade, forbad all commerce with them, ordered the arrest of all British subjects on the continent, etc.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > continental Europe

European1714

continental1760

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Sunday

rest dayeOE

SundayeOE

seventh dayOE

worthing dayOE

sun's daya1300

day of resta1325

Sabbath-dayc1440

sabbath1509

First-day1649

Sunday sabbath1661

Continental Sunday1856

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > breakfast or morning meal

forme-metea1175

breakfast1463

disjune1491

jentation1599

jenticulation1658

meat breakfast1728

English breakfast1773

déjeuner1787

dejeune1788

fork-breakfast1812

tea-breakfast1825

cooked breakfast1848

chota hazri1863

hunt-breakfast1877

petit déjeuner1879

brekker1889

brekkie1904

Continental breakfast1911

prayer breakfast1930

Oslo breakfast1937

fry1959

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt > types of

leatherdoom1702

duvet1759

eiderdown1872

futon1875

plumeau1875

crazy quilt1886

puff1894

puffin1959

continental quilt1969

Doona1973

quillow1989

1760 Life & Adventures of Cat 37 I then ventured upon the continental gentlemen.

1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. III. 55 The other continental powers.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. vi. 91 That continental tour deemed then so necessary a part of education.

1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 664 The Continental System, based on the project of totally excluding British goods and manufactures from all the European monarchies.

1856 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 503/2 To tell a man that he is in favour of a Continental, or of a French Sunday, is a reproach which is sure to carry great weight.

1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. ii. xii. 454 She was glad to have done with Continental Sundays that had left her feeling good for nothing all the week.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 86 Other writers, both continental and English.

1911 R. Brooke Let. 12 Apr. (1968) 296 You'll have to give me breakfast—a purely Continental one, I assure you, no eggs.

1932 A. Christie Peril at End House vi. 74 Poirot clung firmly to the Continental breakfast... Consequently he breakfasted in bed upon coffee and rolls.

1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ii. 42 I am not bursting. I am making a light Continental breakfast.

1966 Guardian 29 Mar. 10/2 The Continental Sunday points the way. To church, to the polling station, and to football.

1969 House & Garden Feb. 15/2 (advt.) A Slumberdown is a continental down-filled, light-as-air, toasty-warm quilt.

1970 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 31 July 169 Continental quilt or duvet? Call it what you will, this is a market with potential.

1971 Guardian 3 May 9/5 The cult of the Duvet is undoubtedly spreading even if there are those who find continental quilts..too..hot.

1982 S. Townsend Secret Diary Adrian Mole 64 Black walls and a white carpet and a racing car continental quilt.

a. American History. Of or belonging to the colonies or States collectively (during and immediately after the War of Independence; cf. continent n. 6); as in Continental Congress (see congress n. 7), continental army, continental debt, continental money, continental soldiers, etc.

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1775 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 48 The colonies are willing to assent to a Continental Congress.

1775 Jrnls. U.S. Cont. Congress 2 207 That each gentleman who signs the continental money, be..paid out of the continental treasury.

1776 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1924) XXI. 449 Continental Money will not pass in N. York.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 321 Pennsylvania..assuming her supposed proportion of the continental debt.

1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. Pref. 5 The Bills of Credit issued by Congress, usually known as Continental Money.

1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xiii. 288 The continental regiments of North Carolina.

b. Used as a depreciatory epithet (originally with reference to currency). (Cf. sense B. 2b below.) U.S. colloquial.

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1841 W. G. Simms Kinsmen I. viii. 98 I wouldn't give a continental copper for the safety of your skin.

1851 Knickerbocker 37 554 That clock you sold me ain't worth a continental cuss.

1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider (1903) 148 I tole him as how I didn't keer three continental derns fer his whole band.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxxvii. 259 These carpet-baggers don't care a continental cuss how many niggers your ancestors had.

1890 Amer. Notes & Queries 5 169 ‘A Tinker's Dam’ is equivalent to the expression, ‘A Continental Damn’.

B. n.

1. An inhabitant of a continent; spec. of the continent of Europe.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun]

Roumia1576

European1578

Feringhee1634

topi-wallah1826

continental1828

continentalist1834

Dutchman1857

Atlanticist1885

roundeye1955

mainland European1975

Euro1980

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of continent

continental1828

continentalist1834

1828 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) I. 349 This language is not yours, is not an Italian's, is not a continental's.

1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. v. 124 An article in a newspaper after which a Continental would not show himself for three months.

1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xviii. 103 They laid stress upon their common blood as Italians, and their common interests as continentals.

2. American History

a. A regular soldier of the Continental army in the War of Independence.

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1777 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) 5 210 Perhaps it would be in your Excellency's power to spare 3 or 400 Continentals.

1779 in Loyal Verses (1860) 53 You Continentals, line th' Augusta road.

1781 W. Gordon Hist. Amer. Rev. (1788) IV. 58 Beef in quarters was found,..on which the hungry continentals fed greedily.

1783 London Chron. 16–19 Aug. 170/1 The yesterday's paper mentions, that 1500 Continentals of the Eastern troops..had taken post near Philadelphia.

1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 56 High bucks and ladies..Make finer show than troops of Continentals.

1847 L. Sabine Amer. Loyalists 30 (note) The number of regulars, or of continentals, was derived by him from the official returns deposited in the war office.

1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xiii. 287 These brave volunteers, who were supported by but nine continentals..fought for their..homes.

b. A currency note issued by the Continental Congress during the war; the depreciation of which afterwards gave rise to the phrases not worth a continental and not to care (or give) a continental. Originally U.S.

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1786 P. M. Freneau Poems 323 That damnable bubble the old continental That took people in at this wonderful crisis.

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xvi. 238 If it's silver or goold..it's but little I have, though I've a trifling bit of the continental.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 159 ‘I outs with a handfull o' the right stuff; old continental’—paper money issued by the colonies.

1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow i. xix. 246 Were I a rebel, you would have found naught but a roll of beggarly continentals.

1842 in T. H. Benton Thirty Years View (1856) II. 392 Within you have a few continentals or promises to pay in gold or silver, which may now be serviceable to the Treasury.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home 20 (Farmer) He didn't give a continental for anybody.

1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels ii. 203 He did not care a ‘Continental’ for the whole business.

1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 180 The next day he is all played out and not worth a continental.

1897 Daily News 16 June 7/6 ‘Excuse me, Mr. Barnato’... ‘But I think you will admit I ought to know what I did.’ ‘I don't care a continental what you know,’ Barney replied.

1907 Daily Chron. 5 Nov. 6/6 The ‘New York American’..incidentally isn't caring a continental what London thinks.

1927 S. Williams Drury Club Case vii. 137 I'm not concerned for Hal. I don't care a continental what happens to him.

1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. iv. 98 The phrase ‘not worth a Continental’ was so impressed upon the people that, unlike the money to which it referred, it gained a lasting circulation.

1968 G. de Fraga Murder at Cookout xxv. 130 It was murder, m'boy! And I don't give a continental which of them did it.

c. plural. ‘The uniform of the Continental troops during the War of the Revolution’ (Farmer Americanisms). Cf. regimentals, see regimental n. 1a.

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1887 Scribner's Mag. (Farmer) The Yankee, who contemplates his grandfather in continentals above the chimney-piece.

Compounds

In special collocations.

continental divide n. a divide separating two river systems of a continent; spec. the divide in North America separating rivers flowing into the Atlantic from those flowing into the Pacific.

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the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > boundary

Wallace line1868

continental divide1869

timberline1896

tree-limit1934

1869 W. J. Palmer Surv. across Continent 171 The great Continental Divide at Arkansas Pass.

1890 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1889 7 ii. 130 They..reached the continental ‘divide’ on February 25th.

1890 Cent. Mag. Mar. 771/1 In central Colorado the ‘Continental Divide’ is a wilderness of desolate peaks.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 65 On the eastern side of the Continental Divide in Colorado.

continental drift n. the postulated movement of the existing continents to their present positions after having originally formed a single land-mass.

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1926 J. W. Gregory in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1925 316 The increasing evidence of the mobility of the earth's crust has prepared the way for a sympathetic reception of Wegener's theory of continental drift.

1936 Discovery Mar. 67/1 The earth's land surfaces constitute an enormous disjointed jigsaw puzzle, the interlocking or fitting portions of which have floated away from one another. This conspicuous feature of the world's outer mantle is known popularly as ‘Continental Drift’.

continental glacier n. a sheet of ice which covers a large part of a continent.

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1897 I. C. Russell Glaciers N. Amer. i. 3 The principal characteristics of continental glaciers are their vast extent, their comparatively level surfaces, and the prolongation..of their borders into lobes and..streams.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 60/2 Between these ‘polar’ or ‘continental glaciers’ and the ‘alpine’ type there are many grades.

continental island n. an island close to and geologically related to a continent.

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1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 22 The islands adjoining the continents are properly continental islands.

continental plateau n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n.

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1898 J. Geikie Earth Sculpt. xv. 262 When we consider the surface of the earth's crust as a whole we recognize two great areas, an oceanic depressed region and a continental elevated region, or, shortly, an oceanic basin and a continental plateau.

continental platform n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n.

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1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 286 British and Continental Platform, a gently shelving platform stretching seawards to varying distances from 20 to 200 miles, terminating in a declivity or escarpment at depths (according to distance from land) varying from 100 to 200 fathoms.

1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. i. 11 The continental platforms are much more nearly continuous than the continental lands.

continental rise n. the gently inclined slope between the foot of the continental slope and the ocean bed.

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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > continental shelf > slope at foot of

continental rise1959

1959 B. C. Heezen et al. in Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 65. ii. 19 Since we have limited the continental slope to gradients greater than 1:40, we split off this lower portion of the continental margin into a separate province, the continental rise.

1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation iii. 47 The continental rise although it descends to 16,000 feet has a gentler inclination than the continental slope.

1970 D. A. Ross Introd. Oceanogr. viii. 273 Many continental slopes end in a gently inclining, broad topographic feature called the continental rise.

1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans ii. 41 Few continental rises occur in the Pacific Ocean.

continental shelf n. see shelf n.¹ 5b.

continental slope n. the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the ocean bed.

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1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. 761/1 Continental slopes.

continental terrace n. the continental shelf and continental slope considered together.

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1942 R. A. Daly Floor of Ocean i. 10 The continental shelf..and slope together make the composite surface of a great three-dimensional bench which is conveniently named the continental terrace.

1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 82/1 This underwater borderland between continent and ocean, called the continental terrace, is a shelf of varying width—from a few tens of miles to as much as 300 or 400 miles off some coasts. At its seaward edge it pitches steeply into the deep ocean basin.

Derivatives

contiˈnental v. = continentalize v. 1.Apparently an isolated use.

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1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. vii. 164 Mr. Edward was Continentalling.

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Continental day n. a school day extending from early morning to early afternoon, as is customary in many countries of mainland Europe.

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society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > set time of attendance > school day according to duration

school time1612

Continental day1981

1981 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Apr. 3/1 A plan for a continental-style day in an East Sussex school, ending with lunch at 1.30 pm, has run into legal difficulties.]

1981 Times Educ. Suppl. 3 July 6 (heading) Continental day dawns.

1984 Education 2 Mar. 184/1 The so-called Continental Day..a gruelling Teutonic affair, starting 8 o'clock, breaking mid-morning for würst, and finishing at about 2 p.m.... I'm not aware of any English school which operates the Continental Day in its pure lunchless form.

1986 Times 13 June 13/1 Called variously the ‘Continental’, the compressed or the shortened day, the new schedule is being adopted by increasing numbers of schools.

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Continental roast n. and adj. (designating) dark-roasted coffee beans producing coffee with a Continental flavour, or the coffee itself.

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the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee from specific place

Arabian coffee1674

Java coffee1764

mocha1773

Java1805

Rio1817

Blue Mountain coffee1879

Blue Mountain1882

Santos1888

Jamaica1899

Mysore1907

Kenya coffee1921

Chagga1957

Continental roast1958

arabica1959

the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [adjective] > relating to coffee from specific place

Continental roast1958

1958 Catal. County Stores, Taunton June 29 Coffee..Continental Roast—a lb. 7/6.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxvii. 172 ‘You're up,’ said Charlie, coming into the living-room with a big white coffee-pot. ‘Continental roast. O.K.?’

1985 S. Rees Devil's Looking-Glass xvii. 138 Strong black coffee, continental-roast.

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continental grip n. Tennis (originally U.S.) a manner of gripping the racket in which (for a right-handed player) the bottom knuckle of the index finger is in contact with the top of the handle and the heel of the hand with the bevel immediately clockwise from it, used for a variety of shots but now the standard grip for serving and volleying.So named because it was originally considered characteristic of European tennis players.

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1925 W. Tilden in Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 June 6/6 The English or Continental grip used by Rene La Coste and Colonel A. R. F. Kingscote.

1977 N.Y. Times 1 May v. 4/4 You should be holding the racket with a Continental grip.

2012 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 5 Aug. 7 Her continental grip has resulted in playing both powerful backhands and smashes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	continental
释义	continentaladj.n. /kɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ Etymology: < continent n. II. + -al suffix¹: so in modern French. A. adj. 1. a. Belonging to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a continent or mainland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > continent > [adjective] continental1818 trans-continental1853 intercontinental1855 subcontinental1870 continent-wide1936 protocontinental1964 1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 17 To the northward, where the continental ice was evidently interminable. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 438 Greeks continental and insular. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xviii. 307 Such streams [Volga, Jordan, etc.] are often called continental rivers, since.. their basins are contained within the land. b. Physical Geography. Of climate: see quot. 1880. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > specific types of climate excessive1830 insular1830 oceanic1849 continental1865 marine1865 Mediterranean1888 maritime1939 1865 Petermann in Reader 1 Apr. 374/2 The climate at the south was marine, and consequently moist; at the north it was continental, and consequently dry. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) v. 351 A continental climate is one where the summer is hot, the winter cold, and where the rainfall is comparatively slight. c. Geology. Designating, or pertaining to, deposits laid down on land masses (as distinct from marine deposits). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [adjective] > type of Nilous1813 estuarine1849 continental1934 mature1948 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Continental deposit, a terrestrial deposit. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xii. 142 Wedges of continental (fluviatile, deltaic or estuarine) strata. 2. spec. Of, on, or belonging to ‘the Continent’, i.e. the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British Isles. Continental breakfast, a light breakfast such as is eaten on the Continent, esp. in France; continental quilt = duvet n. 1 Continental Sunday, Sunday observed more as a day of public entertainment (as held to be customary on the continent of Europe) than as a day of rest and religious observance (as in Great Britain); Continental System (Historical), the plan of Napoleon Bonaparte for cutting off Great Britain from all connection, political, commercial, and personal, with the continent of Europe; instituted by the Berlin Decree of 19th November, 1806, which declared the British Islands in a state of blockade, forbad all commerce with them, ordered the arrest of all British subjects on the continent, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > [adjective] > continental Europe European1714 continental1760 the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Sunday rest dayeOE SundayeOE seventh dayOE worthing dayOE sun's daya1300 day of resta1325 Sabbath-dayc1440 sabbath1509 First-day1649 Sunday sabbath1661 Continental Sunday1856 the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > breakfast or morning meal forme-metea1175 breakfast1463 disjune1491 jentation1599 jenticulation1658 meat breakfast1728 English breakfast1773 déjeuner1787 dejeune1788 fork-breakfast1812 tea-breakfast1825 cooked breakfast1848 chota hazri1863 hunt-breakfast1877 petit déjeuner1879 brekker1889 brekkie1904 Continental breakfast1911 prayer breakfast1930 Oslo breakfast1937 fry1959 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt > types of leatherdoom1702 duvet1759 eiderdown1872 futon1875 plumeau1875 crazy quilt1886 puff1894 puffin1959 continental quilt1969 Doona1973 quillow1989 1760 Life & Adventures of Cat 37 I then ventured upon the continental gentlemen. 1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. III. 55 The other continental powers. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. vi. 91 That continental tour deemed then so necessary a part of education. 1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 664 The Continental System, based on the project of totally excluding British goods and manufactures from all the European monarchies. 1856 Sat. Rev. 4 Oct. 503/2 To tell a man that he is in favour of a Continental, or of a French Sunday, is a reproach which is sure to carry great weight. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. ii. xii. 454 She was glad to have done with Continental Sundays that had left her feeling good for nothing all the week. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 86 Other writers, both continental and English. 1911 R. Brooke Let. 12 Apr. (1968) 296 You'll have to give me breakfast—a purely Continental one, I assure you, no eggs. 1932 A. Christie Peril at End House vi. 74 Poirot clung firmly to the Continental breakfast... Consequently he breakfasted in bed upon coffee and rolls. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ii. 42 I am not bursting. I am making a light Continental breakfast. 1966 Guardian 29 Mar. 10/2 The Continental Sunday points the way. To church, to the polling station, and to football. 1969 House & Garden Feb. 15/2 (advt.) A Slumberdown is a continental down-filled, light-as-air, toasty-warm quilt. 1970 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 31 July 169 Continental quilt or duvet? Call it what you will, this is a market with potential. 1971 Guardian 3 May 9/5 The cult of the Duvet is undoubtedly spreading even if there are those who find continental quilts..too..hot. 1982 S. Townsend Secret Diary Adrian Mole 64 Black walls and a white carpet and a racing car continental quilt. 3. a. American History. Of or belonging to the colonies or States collectively (during and immediately after the War of Independence; cf. continent n. 6); as in Continental Congress (see congress n. 7), continental army, continental debt, continental money, continental soldiers, etc. ΚΠ 1775 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 48 The colonies are willing to assent to a Continental Congress. 1775 Jrnls. U.S. Cont. Congress 2 207 That each gentleman who signs the continental money, be..paid out of the continental treasury. 1776 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1924) XXI. 449 Continental Money will not pass in N. York. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 321 Pennsylvania..assuming her supposed proportion of the continental debt. 1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Currency II. Pref. 5 The Bills of Credit issued by Congress, usually known as Continental Money. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xiii. 288 The continental regiments of North Carolina. b. Used as a depreciatory epithet (originally with reference to currency). (Cf. sense B. 2b below.) U.S. colloquial. ΚΠ 1841 W. G. Simms Kinsmen I. viii. 98 I wouldn't give a continental copper for the safety of your skin. 1851 Knickerbocker 37 554 That clock you sold me ain't worth a continental cuss. 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider (1903) 148 I tole him as how I didn't keer three continental derns fer his whole band. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxxvii. 259 These carpet-baggers don't care a continental cuss how many niggers your ancestors had. 1890 Amer. Notes & Queries 5 169 ‘A Tinker's Dam’ is equivalent to the expression, ‘A Continental Damn’. B. n. 1. An inhabitant of a continent; spec. of the continent of Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun] Roumia1576 European1578 Feringhee1634 topi-wallah1826 continental1828 continentalist1834 Dutchman1857 Atlanticist1885 roundeye1955 mainland European1975 Euro1980 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > of earth > of continent continental1828 continentalist1834 1828 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) I. 349 This language is not yours, is not an Italian's, is not a continental's. 1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. v. 124 An article in a newspaper after which a Continental would not show himself for three months. 1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome xviii. 103 They laid stress upon their common blood as Italians, and their common interests as continentals. 2. American History a. A regular soldier of the Continental army in the War of Independence. ΚΠ 1777 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) 5 210 Perhaps it would be in your Excellency's power to spare 3 or 400 Continentals. 1779 in Loyal Verses (1860) 53 You Continentals, line th' Augusta road. 1781 W. Gordon Hist. Amer. Rev. (1788) IV. 58 Beef in quarters was found,..on which the hungry continentals fed greedily. 1783 London Chron. 16–19 Aug. 170/1 The yesterday's paper mentions, that 1500 Continentals of the Eastern troops..had taken post near Philadelphia. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 56 High bucks and ladies..Make finer show than troops of Continentals. 1847 L. Sabine Amer. Loyalists 30 (note) The number of regulars, or of continentals, was derived by him from the official returns deposited in the war office. 1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. xiii. 287 These brave volunteers, who were supported by but nine continentals..fought for their..homes. b. A currency note issued by the Continental Congress during the war; the depreciation of which afterwards gave rise to the phrases not worth a continental and not to care (or give) a continental. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1786 P. M. Freneau Poems 323 That damnable bubble the old continental That took people in at this wonderful crisis. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xvi. 238 If it's silver or goold..it's but little I have, though I've a trifling bit of the continental. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 159 ‘I outs with a handfull o' the right stuff; old continental’—paper money issued by the colonies. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow i. xix. 246 Were I a rebel, you would have found naught but a roll of beggarly continentals. 1842 in T. H. Benton Thirty Years View (1856) II. 392 Within you have a few continentals or promises to pay in gold or silver, which may now be serviceable to the Treasury. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home 20 (Farmer) He didn't give a continental for anybody. 1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels ii. 203 He did not care a ‘Continental’ for the whole business. 1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 180 The next day he is all played out and not worth a continental. 1897 Daily News 16 June 7/6 ‘Excuse me, Mr. Barnato’... ‘But I think you will admit I ought to know what I did.’ ‘I don't care a continental what you know,’ Barney replied. 1907 Daily Chron. 5 Nov. 6/6 The ‘New York American’..incidentally isn't caring a continental what London thinks. 1927 S. Williams Drury Club Case vii. 137 I'm not concerned for Hal. I don't care a continental what happens to him. 1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. iv. 98 The phrase ‘not worth a Continental’ was so impressed upon the people that, unlike the money to which it referred, it gained a lasting circulation. 1968 G. de Fraga Murder at Cookout xxv. 130 It was murder, m'boy! And I don't give a continental which of them did it. c. plural. ‘The uniform of the Continental troops during the War of the Revolution’ (Farmer Americanisms). Cf. regimentals, see regimental n. 1a. ΚΠ 1887 Scribner's Mag. (Farmer) The Yankee, who contemplates his grandfather in continentals above the chimney-piece. Compounds In special collocations. continental divide n. a divide separating two river systems of a continent; spec. the divide in North America separating rivers flowing into the Atlantic from those flowing into the Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > boundary Wallace line1868 continental divide1869 timberline1896 tree-limit1934 1869 W. J. Palmer Surv. across Continent 171 The great Continental Divide at Arkansas Pass. 1890 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1889 7 ii. 130 They..reached the continental ‘divide’ on February 25th. 1890 Cent. Mag. Mar. 771/1 In central Colorado the ‘Continental Divide’ is a wilderness of desolate peaks. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 65 On the eastern side of the Continental Divide in Colorado. continental drift n. the postulated movement of the existing continents to their present positions after having originally formed a single land-mass. ΚΠ 1926 J. W. Gregory in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1925 316 The increasing evidence of the mobility of the earth's crust has prepared the way for a sympathetic reception of Wegener's theory of continental drift. 1936 Discovery Mar. 67/1 The earth's land surfaces constitute an enormous disjointed jigsaw puzzle, the interlocking or fitting portions of which have floated away from one another. This conspicuous feature of the world's outer mantle is known popularly as ‘Continental Drift’. continental glacier n. a sheet of ice which covers a large part of a continent. ΚΠ 1897 I. C. Russell Glaciers N. Amer. i. 3 The principal characteristics of continental glaciers are their vast extent, their comparatively level surfaces, and the prolongation..of their borders into lobes and..streams. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 60/2 Between these ‘polar’ or ‘continental glaciers’ and the ‘alpine’ type there are many grades. continental island n. an island close to and geologically related to a continent. ΚΠ 1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 22 The islands adjoining the continents are properly continental islands. continental plateau n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n. ΚΠ 1898 J. Geikie Earth Sculpt. xv. 262 When we consider the surface of the earth's crust as a whole we recognize two great areas, an oceanic depressed region and a continental elevated region, or, shortly, an oceanic basin and a continental plateau. continental platform n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n. ΚΠ 1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 286 British and Continental Platform, a gently shelving platform stretching seawards to varying distances from 20 to 200 miles, terminating in a declivity or escarpment at depths (according to distance from land) varying from 100 to 200 fathoms. 1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. i. 11 The continental platforms are much more nearly continuous than the continental lands. continental rise n. the gently inclined slope between the foot of the continental slope and the ocean bed. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > continental shelf > slope at foot of continental rise1959 1959 B. C. Heezen et al. in Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 65. ii. 19 Since we have limited the continental slope to gradients greater than 1:40, we split off this lower portion of the continental margin into a separate province, the continental rise. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation iii. 47 The continental rise although it descends to 16,000 feet has a gentler inclination than the continental slope. 1970 D. A. Ross Introd. Oceanogr. viii. 273 Many continental slopes end in a gently inclining, broad topographic feature called the continental rise. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans ii. 41 Few continental rises occur in the Pacific Ocean. continental shelf n. see shelf n.¹ 5b. continental slope n. the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the ocean bed. ΚΠ 1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. 761/1 Continental slopes. continental terrace n. the continental shelf and continental slope considered together. ΚΠ 1942 R. A. Daly Floor of Ocean i. 10 The continental shelf..and slope together make the composite surface of a great three-dimensional bench which is conveniently named the continental terrace. 1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 82/1 This underwater borderland between continent and ocean, called the continental terrace, is a shelf of varying width—from a few tens of miles to as much as 300 or 400 miles off some coasts. At its seaward edge it pitches steeply into the deep ocean basin. Derivatives contiˈnental v. = continentalize v. 1.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming II. vii. 164 Mr. Edward was Continentalling. Draft additions 1993 Continental day n. a school day extending from early morning to early afternoon, as is customary in many countries of mainland Europe. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > set time of attendance > school day according to duration school time1612 Continental day1981 1981 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Apr. 3/1 A plan for a continental-style day in an East Sussex school, ending with lunch at 1.30 pm, has run into legal difficulties.] 1981 Times Educ. Suppl. 3 July 6 (heading) Continental day dawns. 1984 Education 2 Mar. 184/1 The so-called Continental Day..a gruelling Teutonic affair, starting 8 o'clock, breaking mid-morning for würst, and finishing at about 2 p.m.... I'm not aware of any English school which operates the Continental Day in its pure lunchless form. 1986 Times 13 June 13/1 Called variously the ‘Continental’, the compressed or the shortened day, the new schedule is being adopted by increasing numbers of schools. Draft additions 1993 Continental roast n. and adj. (designating) dark-roasted coffee beans producing coffee with a Continental flavour, or the coffee itself. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee from specific place Arabian coffee1674 Java coffee1764 mocha1773 Java1805 Rio1817 Blue Mountain coffee1879 Blue Mountain1882 Santos1888 Jamaica1899 Mysore1907 Kenya coffee1921 Chagga1957 Continental roast1958 arabica1959 the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [adjective] > relating to coffee from specific place Continental roast1958 1958 Catal. County Stores, Taunton June 29 Coffee..Continental Roast—a lb. 7/6. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxvii. 172 ‘You're up,’ said Charlie, coming into the living-room with a big white coffee-pot. ‘Continental roast. O.K.?’ 1985 S. Rees Devil's Looking-Glass xvii. 138 Strong black coffee, continental-roast. Draft additions June 2017 continental grip n. Tennis (originally U.S.) a manner of gripping the racket in which (for a right-handed player) the bottom knuckle of the index finger is in contact with the top of the handle and the heel of the hand with the bevel immediately clockwise from it, used for a variety of shots but now the standard grip for serving and volleying.So named because it was originally considered characteristic of European tennis players. ΚΠ 1925 W. Tilden in Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 June 6/6 The English or Continental grip used by Rene La Coste and Colonel A. R. F. Kingscote. 1977 N.Y. Times 1 May v. 4/4 You should be holding the racket with a Continental grip. 2012 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 5 Aug. 7 Her continental grip has resulted in playing both powerful backhands and smashes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1760
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