death's headn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθs hɛd/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθs ˌhɛd/

Forms: 1500s deathes heade, 1500s dethes hede, 1600s deathes head, 1600s deaths head, 1600s deaths hed, 1600s deths head, 1600s– death's head.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., head n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of death n. + head n.¹ Compare death-head n. at death n. Compounds 2 and slightly earlier mort-head n. at mort n.¹ Compounds.

1. A representation of a human skull, typically imagined as the head of the personification of Death (see death n. 1c), esp. as an emblem of mortality or danger. Also: a human skull; (figurative) an old or very thin person (rare, now only in walking death's head at walking adj. 6a). Cf. death-head n. at death n. Compounds 2.

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the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized

dead man's head1546

death's head1563

death-head1569

billow1592

death's face1598

scythe1609

caput mortuum1694

thigh-bone1825

skull1826

Kensal Green1842

calavera1904

1563 in M. Cox Sir John Deane's Gram. School (1975) ii. 25 A ringe of goulde wayinge three poundes havinge a deathes heade to turn aboute yt.

1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese sig. G.iiii^v Their deathes heades, their Barnacle, courry combes and brushes with their posies either fondly composed or too too arrogant.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 236 Do not speake like a deathes head, doe not bid me remember mine end.

a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) iii. ii. 22 As the two old death's-heads to morrow morning Are to be joyn'd together.

1684 London Gaz. No. 1987/4 Several Jewels and Rings, one of which was Enamelled with a Deaths-head.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 428 Hermits and holy men are described sighing over death's heads, sobbing and groaning at their being men and not angels.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 309 The old black flag, with the death's head and hour glass.

a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval (1867) ii His appearance..was as cheerful as a death's head at a feast.

1899 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 353/1 He broke off to laugh with silent, hateful laughter, as mirthful as the grin of a death's-head.

1925 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 56/1 A small vial labeled with a death's head.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways (1991) ix. iv. 358 Among the mors vincit omnia sentiments were some well-cut death's-heads and angels of redemption.

1993 Washington Post 24 Jan. e6/2 For less than 20 bucks, even the faintest of heart could affix to thigh or forearm a gruesome death's head or loathsome reptile that would last several days.

2011 tr. B. Hartmann Panzers in Sand I. i. 16/1 Another distinguishing feature of the uniform was the use of the death's head on the collar patches.

†2. A finger ring decorated with an image of a skull. Cf. death's head ring at Compounds 1. Obsolete.in the early 17th cent. particularly associated with procuresses.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring

kine-ringc1225

pontificala1500

hoop-ring1545

death's head1577

ring of remembrance1659

serjeant's ring1690

garter-ring1709

bath-ring1771

solitaire1832

regard ring1853

key ring1856

bodylet1870

portrait ring1877

tower-ring1877

whistle-ring1877

marquise1885

princess-ring1886

dinner ring1890

cluster ring1897

eternity ring1939

1577 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1886) I. 83 Three pieces of a rynge called a deathes heade.

1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii Their wickednesse is always before their eyes, and a deathes-head most commonly on their middle finger.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. E4^v As if I were a baud, no ring pleases me but a deaths head.

1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 17 Shall I not wear thy Ring, who am so ready to wear a Deaths-head, to preserve alive the memorial of a dead Friend?

1875 A. E. Wilson Infelice (1877) xxxiv. 541 The death's-head, that you gave me as a bridal token!..Upon my wedding ring stands the cinerary urn,—that soon sepulchred my peace, my hopes.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as death's head emblem, death's head ring, etc.

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1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. v. sig. E3^v Shee broke mee a tooth once with a deaths Head-ring on her finger.

1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 215 War, whose expectation tiptoe stood, Ready for hills of slain, and seas of blood, Who drops his death's head flag, and puts on mourning.

1822 R. Nares Gloss. 122/1 Death's Head Ring. By a strange inconsistency,..the procuresses of Elizabeth's time wore usually a ring with a death's head upon it.

1873 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) Oct. 483 The terrible nature of the struggle was well indicated by the death's-head emblems of the banner borne in the first campaign.

1901 House Beautiful Sept. 220/2 Many memorial rings are decorated with urns and willows... A death's-head ring is also used.

1939 Bull. Internat. News 16 52 Under the supervision of S.S. ‘Death's Head’ units men up to 70 years of age and women up to 55 were put to work on road-building and land reclamation.

1972 Washington Post 23 Nov. n2/1 His jacket with the [Hell's Angels] club's grinning death's head emblem on the back.

2007 A. McGregor Shaping of Pop. Consent ii. iv. 150 Their hats were clearly adorned with a German-esque Death's head motif.

C2.

death's head monkey n. rare any of various South American squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri), having facial markings somewhat resembling a skull.

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1891 J. W. Buel Living World 681 The Death's-head Monkey (Chrysothrix, or Callithrix scienreus [read sciureus]), is black, with a tinge of gray.

1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 21 May f10 The [squirrel] monkey, sometimes called Death's Head Monkey because of its facial markings, is in danger of extinction.

death's head moth n. (also death's head hawkmoth) [after French papillon à tête de mort (1734 or earlier), with allusion to the skull-like markings on the thorax of the moth] a very large hawkmoth of Europe and Africa, Acherontia atropos, which has a marking on the back of the thorax somewhat resembling a skull, and is also noted for its ability to make a loud squeaking sound.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > acherontia atropos (death's-head moth)

death's head moth1778

death moth1820

1778 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 468/2 Though the sphinx atropos, la tête du mort, or death's-head moth, be a rare insect, it is found in many parts of the world.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvii. 516 The bees..protected themselves against the attacks of the death's-head moth..by so closing the entrance of the hive.

1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 50 The Death's head hawk-moth caterpillar feeds on the potato.

1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 28 Another queer creature is the death's-head moth. Upon its back is the outline of a human skull.

1992 N.Y. Times 23 June c1/3 (caption) Caterpillars of the Old World death's-head hawk moth, named for the skull patterns on the adults' backs, feed on potato plant leaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deaths head
释义	death's headn. Brit. /ˈdɛθs hɛd/, U.S. /ˈdɛθs ˌhɛd/ Forms: 1500s deathes heade, 1500s dethes hede, 1600s deathes head, 1600s deaths head, 1600s deaths hed, 1600s deths head, 1600s– death's head. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., head n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of death n. + head n.¹ Compare death-head n. at death n. Compounds 2 and slightly earlier mort-head n. at mort n.¹ Compounds. 1. A representation of a human skull, typically imagined as the head of the personification of Death (see death n. 1c), esp. as an emblem of mortality or danger. Also: a human skull; (figurative) an old or very thin person (rare, now only in walking death's head at walking adj. 6a). Cf. death-head n. at death n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized dead man's head1546 death's head1563 death-head1569 billow1592 death's face1598 scythe1609 caput mortuum1694 thigh-bone1825 skull1826 Kensal Green1842 calavera1904 1563 in M. Cox Sir John Deane's Gram. School (1975) ii. 25 A ringe of goulde wayinge three poundes havinge a deathes heade to turn aboute yt. 1585 S. Daniel tr. P. Giovio Worthy Tract contayning Disc. Imprese sig. G.iiii^v Their deathes heades, their Barnacle, courry combes and brushes with their posies either fondly composed or too too arrogant. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 236 Do not speake like a deathes head, doe not bid me remember mine end. View more context for this quotation a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) iii. ii. 22 As the two old death's-heads to morrow morning Are to be joyn'd together. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1987/4 Several Jewels and Rings, one of which was Enamelled with a Deaths-head. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 428 Hermits and holy men are described sighing over death's heads, sobbing and groaning at their being men and not angels. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 309 The old black flag, with the death's head and hour glass. a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval (1867) ii His appearance..was as cheerful as a death's head at a feast. 1899 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 353/1 He broke off to laugh with silent, hateful laughter, as mirthful as the grin of a death's-head. 1925 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 56/1 A small vial labeled with a death's head. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways (1991) ix. iv. 358 Among the mors vincit omnia sentiments were some well-cut death's-heads and angels of redemption. 1993 Washington Post 24 Jan. e6/2 For less than 20 bucks, even the faintest of heart could affix to thigh or forearm a gruesome death's head or loathsome reptile that would last several days. 2011 tr. B. Hartmann Panzers in Sand I. i. 16/1 Another distinguishing feature of the uniform was the use of the death's head on the collar patches. †2. A finger ring decorated with an image of a skull. Cf. death's head ring at Compounds 1. Obsolete.in the early 17th cent. particularly associated with procuresses. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring kine-ringc1225 pontificala1500 hoop-ring1545 death's head1577 ring of remembrance1659 serjeant's ring1690 garter-ring1709 bath-ring1771 solitaire1832 regard ring1853 key ring1856 bodylet1870 portrait ring1877 tower-ring1877 whistle-ring1877 marquise1885 princess-ring1886 dinner ring1890 cluster ring1897 eternity ring1939 1577 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1886) I. 83 Three pieces of a rynge called a deathes heade. 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii Their wickednesse is always before their eyes, and a deathes-head most commonly on their middle finger. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. E4^v As if I were a baud, no ring pleases me but a deaths head. 1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 17 Shall I not wear thy Ring, who am so ready to wear a Deaths-head, to preserve alive the memorial of a dead Friend? 1875 A. E. Wilson Infelice (1877) xxxiv. 541 The death's-head, that you gave me as a bridal token!..Upon my wedding ring stands the cinerary urn,—that soon sepulchred my peace, my hopes. Compounds C1. General attributive, as death's head emblem, death's head ring, etc. ΚΠ 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. v. sig. E3^v Shee broke mee a tooth once with a deaths Head-ring on her finger. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 215 War, whose expectation tiptoe stood, Ready for hills of slain, and seas of blood, Who drops his death's head flag, and puts on mourning. 1822 R. Nares Gloss. 122/1 Death's Head Ring. By a strange inconsistency,..the procuresses of Elizabeth's time wore usually a ring with a death's head upon it. 1873 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) Oct. 483 The terrible nature of the struggle was well indicated by the death's-head emblems of the banner borne in the first campaign. 1901 House Beautiful Sept. 220/2 Many memorial rings are decorated with urns and willows... A death's-head ring is also used. 1939 Bull. Internat. News 16 52 Under the supervision of S.S. ‘Death's Head’ units men up to 70 years of age and women up to 55 were put to work on road-building and land reclamation. 1972 Washington Post 23 Nov. n2/1 His jacket with the [Hell's Angels] club's grinning death's head emblem on the back. 2007 A. McGregor Shaping of Pop. Consent ii. iv. 150 Their hats were clearly adorned with a German-esque Death's head motif. C2. death's head monkey n. rare any of various South American squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri), having facial markings somewhat resembling a skull. ΚΠ 1891 J. W. Buel Living World 681 The Death's-head Monkey (Chrysothrix, or Callithrix scienreus [read sciureus]), is black, with a tinge of gray. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 21 May f10 The [squirrel] monkey, sometimes called Death's Head Monkey because of its facial markings, is in danger of extinction. death's head moth n. (also death's head hawkmoth) [after French papillon à tête de mort (1734 or earlier), with allusion to the skull-like markings on the thorax of the moth] a very large hawkmoth of Europe and Africa, Acherontia atropos, which has a marking on the back of the thorax somewhat resembling a skull, and is also noted for its ability to make a loud squeaking sound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > acherontia atropos (death's-head moth) death's head moth1778 death moth1820 1778 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 468/2 Though the sphinx atropos, la tête du mort, or death's-head moth, be a rare insect, it is found in many parts of the world. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxvii. 516 The bees..protected themselves against the attacks of the death's-head moth..by so closing the entrance of the hive. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. ii. 50 The Death's head hawk-moth caterpillar feeds on the potato. 1954 F. C. Lane All about Insect World 28 Another queer creature is the death's-head moth. Upon its back is the outline of a human skull. 1992 N.Y. Times 23 June c1/3 (caption) Caterpillars of the Old World death's-head hawk moth, named for the skull patterns on the adults' backs, feed on potato plant leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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