derrickn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛrɪk/, U.S.

/ˈdɛrɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s derick.

Etymology: < Derrick, the surname of a noted hangman at Tyburn c1600. The name is originally the Dutch Dirk, Dierryk, Diederik = German Dietrich, Theoderic.

†1. A hangman; hanging; the gallows. (Cf. Jack Ketch n.)

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows

gallowsOE

gallows-treea1000

warytre?a1200

gibbet?c1225

gallow-forka1250

forkc1275

juisec1320

forchesc1380

crossa1382

treec1425

patible1428

justice1484

potencec1500

haltera1533

turning-tree1548

potentc1550

three treesa1566

chates1567

mare1568

furel1587

bough1590

gibe1590

derrickc1600

hangrella1605

cross-tree1638

Gregorian tree1641

wooden horse1642

timber-marec1650

triple tree1651

furca1653

nubbing1673

a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678

nub1699

Tyburn tree1728

raven-stone1738

picture frame1785

crap1789

lamp-iron1790

Moll Blood1818

stifler1818

scragging-post1819

government signposta1828

leafless tree1830

shuggie-shue1836

doom-tree1837

stob1860–62

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

c1600 Ballad Death Earl Essex Derick, thou know'st at Coles I sav'd Thy life lost for a rape there done.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 I would there were a Derick to hang vp him too.

1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iv. i Would Derrick had been his fortune seven years ago.

1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. G1^v He rides circuite with the Diuell, and Derick must bee his host, and Tiburne the Inne at which he will light.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Deric..is with us abusively used for a Hang-man; because one of that name was not long since a famed executioner at Tiburn.

2. A contrivance or machine for hoisting or moving heavy weights:

†a. originally. A tackle used at the outer quarter of the mizen-mast. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > derrick

derrick1738

whipsy-derry1857

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Table Ship fig. II Mizon Mast..Derrick and Spann.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 165 Derrick, a tackle used at the outer quarter of a mizen-yard, consisting of a double and single block, connected by a fall.

b. A spar or boom set up obliquely, with its head steadied by guys and its foot secured by lashings, or pivoted or socketed to the deck, floor, etc., and furnished with suitable tackle and purchases; originally and chiefly used on board ship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for hoisting things into or out of ship

garnet1485

derrick1756

stay-tackle1815

gin1836

gadget1891

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 429 Lightning..cut out a piece of what they call the Derrick, at least 18 inches diameter and 15 or 16 feet long.

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames 626 Get up and rig a Derick for the purpose of discharging the Cargo.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. iii. 37 They had jurymasts to serve as derricks on occasion.

c. A kind of crane (more fully derrick-crane) in which the jib is pivoted to the foot of the central post, so that it may take various angles with the perpendicular; a ‘jib and tie’ crane. Also often applied to any outstanding jib or arm with a pulley at the end, e.g. those outside the lofts of stables, warehouses, etc.

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1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xvi. 282 Swinging a block of granite..with an ordinary derrick.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 127 Derrick, the hoisting-tower over an artesian well-boring.

1885 E. Du Cane Punishm. & Prevent. Crime 179 The construction of the large cranes and derricks in the quarries.

d. floating derrick: one erected on a kind of boat, with a horizontal boom supported by stays from the top of the central post.

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1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 688/1 Bishop's floating-derrick..used in 1850..is capable of self-propulsion by means of paddle-wheels, and thus removes its suspended load to a position of safety for repair or other purpose.

e. A tall structure used to support telegraph wires.

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1886 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/6 They have..a very large derrick here holding up an immense number of wires and a good many cables.

f. A structure erected over a deep-bored well, esp. an oil-well, to support the drilling apparatus. Originally U.S.

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1861 Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) 30 Apr. 1/4 Shanties, derricks, engine-houses, and dwellings, were at once enveloped in flames.

1865 Times 18 Oct. 9/5 All along the last few miles to Oil City the derricks have been becoming thicker and thicker.

1865 Times 24 Oct. 6/1 The derrick used at oil wells..is a mere tall pyramid-shaped scaffolding, about 50 ft. high.

1883 Cent. Mag. July 329/2 [The boiler] usually stands at some distance from the derrick, so that it will not be injured in case the rest of the ‘rig’ is destroyed by fire.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 716/2 When the location of a well has been determined, a derrick or ‘rig’ is built, which consists of the derrick itself and a small house for an engine.

1961 H. van Dongen in K. Reisz Technique Film Editing (ed. 9) viii. 152 It is the precise spot chosen by the oil-prospectors for drilling, and it is here that the approaching derrick will settle down.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as derrick-floor, derrick-pole, etc.

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1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 June 9 About the same depth from their derrick floors.

1882 Times 27 Dec. 9/2 Unlike the derrick pole of an ordinary turret ship.

1883 Rosher Treat. Rating 42 To lay down moorings and moor a derrick hulk to them.

C2.

Categories »

derrick-car n. U.S. a railroad truck on which a small derrick is mounted, for use in clearing lines from any obstruction.

derrick-crane n. see sense 2c.

† derrick-jastro n. Obsolete a hangman; = sense 1.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World 174 This is inhabited only with serjeants, beadles, deputy-constables, and Derrick-jastroes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	derrick
释义	derrickn. Brit. /ˈdɛrɪk/, U.S. /ˈdɛrɪk/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s derick. Etymology: < Derrick, the surname of a noted hangman at Tyburn c1600. The name is originally the Dutch Dirk, Dierryk, Diederik = German Dietrich, Theoderic. †1. A hangman; hanging; the gallows. (Cf. Jack Ketch n.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 c1600 Ballad Death Earl Essex Derick, thou know'st at Coles I sav'd Thy life lost for a rape there done. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 I would there were a Derick to hang vp him too. 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iv. i Would Derrick had been his fortune seven years ago. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. G1^v He rides circuite with the Diuell, and Derick must bee his host, and Tiburne the Inne at which he will light. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Deric..is with us abusively used for a Hang-man; because one of that name was not long since a famed executioner at Tiburn. 2. A contrivance or machine for hoisting or moving heavy weights: †a. originally. A tackle used at the outer quarter of the mizen-mast. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > derrick derrick1738 whipsy-derry1857 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Table Ship fig. II Mizon Mast..Derrick and Spann. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 165 Derrick, a tackle used at the outer quarter of a mizen-yard, consisting of a double and single block, connected by a fall. b. A spar or boom set up obliquely, with its head steadied by guys and its foot secured by lashings, or pivoted or socketed to the deck, floor, etc., and furnished with suitable tackle and purchases; originally and chiefly used on board ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for hoisting things into or out of ship garnet1485 derrick1756 stay-tackle1815 gin1836 gadget1891 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 429 Lightning..cut out a piece of what they call the Derrick, at least 18 inches diameter and 15 or 16 feet long. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames 626 Get up and rig a Derick for the purpose of discharging the Cargo. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. iii. 37 They had jurymasts to serve as derricks on occasion. c. A kind of crane (more fully derrick-crane) in which the jib is pivoted to the foot of the central post, so that it may take various angles with the perpendicular; a ‘jib and tie’ crane. Also often applied to any outstanding jib or arm with a pulley at the end, e.g. those outside the lofts of stables, warehouses, etc. ΚΠ 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xvi. 282 Swinging a block of granite..with an ordinary derrick. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 127 Derrick, the hoisting-tower over an artesian well-boring. 1885 E. Du Cane Punishm. & Prevent. Crime 179 The construction of the large cranes and derricks in the quarries. d. floating derrick: one erected on a kind of boat, with a horizontal boom supported by stays from the top of the central post. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 688/1 Bishop's floating-derrick..used in 1850..is capable of self-propulsion by means of paddle-wheels, and thus removes its suspended load to a position of safety for repair or other purpose. e. A tall structure used to support telegraph wires. ΚΠ 1886 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/6 They have..a very large derrick here holding up an immense number of wires and a good many cables. f. A structure erected over a deep-bored well, esp. an oil-well, to support the drilling apparatus. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1861 Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.) 30 Apr. 1/4 Shanties, derricks, engine-houses, and dwellings, were at once enveloped in flames. 1865 Times 18 Oct. 9/5 All along the last few miles to Oil City the derricks have been becoming thicker and thicker. 1865 Times 24 Oct. 6/1 The derrick used at oil wells..is a mere tall pyramid-shaped scaffolding, about 50 ft. high. 1883 Cent. Mag. July 329/2 [The boiler] usually stands at some distance from the derrick, so that it will not be injured in case the rest of the ‘rig’ is destroyed by fire. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 716/2 When the location of a well has been determined, a derrick or ‘rig’ is built, which consists of the derrick itself and a small house for an engine. 1961 H. van Dongen in K. Reisz Technique Film Editing (ed. 9) viii. 152 It is the precise spot chosen by the oil-prospectors for drilling, and it is here that the approaching derrick will settle down. Compounds C1. attributive, as derrick-floor, derrick-pole, etc. ΚΠ 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 June 9 About the same depth from their derrick floors. 1882 Times 27 Dec. 9/2 Unlike the derrick pole of an ordinary turret ship. 1883 Rosher Treat. Rating 42 To lay down moorings and moor a derrick hulk to them. C2. Categories » derrick-car n. U.S. a railroad truck on which a small derrick is mounted, for use in clearing lines from any obstruction. derrick-crane n. see sense 2c. † derrick-jastro n. Obsolete a hangman; = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World 174 This is inhabited only with serjeants, beadles, deputy-constables, and Derrick-jastroes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † derrickv. Etymology: < derrick n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To hang. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1600 W. Kemp Nine Daies Wonder sig. D4 One that..would Pol his father, Derick his dad: doe aniething. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1600v.1600
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derrickn.

Compounds

† derrickv.