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单词 crocket
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crocketn.1

Brit. /ˈkrɒkɪt/, U.S. /ˈkrɑkət/
Forms: Also Middle English croket.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman croket, croquet, northern French form of French crochet (used in senses 1, 2), diminutive of Old French croche , Old Northern French croque : see crochet n., croquet n.
1. A curl or roll of hair formerly worn. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style > a curl
crocket1303
crookc1308
crotchet1589
lock1601
bergera1685
beau-catcher1818
sausage curl1828
spit-curl1831
crimp1855
kiss-curl1856
follow-me-lads1862
Alexandra curl1863
bob-curl1867
pin-curl1873
Montague1881
quiff1890
kiss-me-quick1893
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3208 Be nat proude of þy croket [Fr. trop geluz de sun croket].
c1325 Poem Times Edw. II in Pol. Songs (Camden) 329 He set upon a koife, and kembeth the croket.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 370 His croket kempt and theron set An ouche, with a chapelet.
2. Architecture. ‘One of the small ornaments placed on the inclined sides of pinnacles, pediments, canopies, etc. in Gothic architecture’ (Gwilt); usually in the form of buds or curled leaves, sometimes of animals. (Also crochet, crotchet n.1 4.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornaments on pediments or cornices
crotchetc1394
crocket1677
vessel1704
vase1706
blocking-course1761
acroter1829
crocketing1851
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 174 Þe mynstre..Wiþ arches..y-corven Wiþ crochetes on corners wiþ knottes of golde.]
1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 80 This Spire hath the largest Crockets I have observed in any.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Posthumous Wks. (1712) 34 Eight leaves of stone spreading outward, under which begin the eight rows of crockets.
1811 J. Milner Eccl. Archit. Eng. 104 Adorned with the representation of foliage along the jambs called crockets.
1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 296 Rows of canopied niches, with crocket and finial.
1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) Gloss. 243 Crocket,..supposed to be derived from the resemblance to a shepherd's crook.
3. One of the terminal ‘buds’ or knobs on a stag's horn; = croche n.2
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > knob forming beginning or tip of
broach1575
button1575
croche1575
tenderlings1575
bud1593
peg1611
scrotcher1611
seal1611
velvet tip1638
crocket1870
offer1884
nubbin1978
1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1796 His [the stag's] crockets are the upright points of his horns.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxv. 414 You will discourse..of the span and the pearls, of the antlers and the crockets.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations (in sense 2): = ‘decorated with, or characterized by, crockets’.
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1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 155 Arches are made use of in crocket Windows.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 194 Crocket-work, (or Fret~work, as some Glaziers call it).
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 153 During the first half of the thirteenth century these crocket capitals were brought to very high perfection.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crocketn.2

Etymology: < crock n.1 + -et suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Used as a diminutive of: crock n.1
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > earthenware vessel > small
crusec1420
pankin1420
gallipot1465
crocketa1657
piggy1711
canette1881
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 160 Besides other Crockets and earthen Vessels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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