dot and carry onen.adj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌdɒt (ə)n(d) karɪ ˈwʌn/, U.S.

/ˌdɑt n̩ ˌkɛri ˈwən/

Forms: 1700s– dot and carry one, 1800s– dot and carry, 1800s– dot carry one.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dot v.¹, and conj.¹, carry v., one n.

Etymology: < dot v.¹ + and conj.¹ + carry v. + one n.With extended uses referring to a limping gait or people having such a gait (see senses A. 2, B. 2, C.) compare earlier dot and go one n., dot and go one adj., dot and go one adv.

colloquial (originally and chiefly British).

A. n.

a. A method used (esp. by schoolchildren) in addition, subtraction, and long division, in which units are placed in a column and tens carried over to the next column, a dot being used to represent each ten carried over. Now historical.Quot. 1726 shows part of an example of using this method.

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1726 H. Wilson Surv. Improv'd 11 Dot and carry 1, then 1 and 5 is 6 and 6 is 12, Dot and carry 2, then 2 and 9 is 11.]

1780 Festival of Momus 148 Addition be my golden rule. Ha! Dot and carry one.

1813 La Belle Assemblée Sept. 123/2 Then, too, would I..Taste the dull joys of dot and carry one; Would dare inspect accounts.

1857 J. R. Lowell Orig. Didactic Poetry in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 110 The metre, too, was regular As schoolboy's dot and carry.

2001 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 5 Nov. 9 The till, cashing up, and keeping the books, is a nightmare to most volunteers, whose maths date back to dot and carry one.

†b. A derogatory nickname for: a person involved in finance or financial calculations. Cf. quot. 1813 at sense A. 1a. Obsolete. rare.The precise meaning of quot. 1822 is unclear; it may possibly show a use of sense A. 2.

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1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 115 You old dotard Dot-and-carry-one that you are.

1836 Times 31 Mar. That most extraordinary of all financial prigs, ‘little dot and carry one’, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer is now designated among us.

2. (A nickname for) a person with a limping, uneven gait, esp. one who has a wooden leg or uses a crutch. Cf. dot and go one n. 1. Now rare.

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1841 W. L. Rede Sixteen String Jack i. v, in BL MS Add. 42960 f. 568^v Of all the rummy chaps I ever did see the dot and carry one of a servant is the queerest.

1906 Daily Mail 14 Apr. 4/5 ‘Lamed for life, anyway,’ remarked one, more cheerfully. ‘He'll be a dot and carry one for the remainder of his existence.’

1954 Times 2 June 1/5 (heading) Mr. Dot-And-Carry-One... A poisoned toe has enforced Mr. Kirkland Bridge's prescribed fortnight's rest.

B. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or designating the method used in simple arithmetic described in sense A. 1a; (also more generally) of or relating to finance or numerical calculations.

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1828 Morning Post 25 July Those who set up for Statesmen, upon the mere conceit that they are skilled in arithmetic. To this dot-and-carry-one school of Statesmen, [etc.].

1849 Era 4 Mar. 9/3 Cobden's budget has formed the great topic of conversation; high and low, townsmen and countrymen, are all debating dot and carry one lore.

2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 12 Senga persevered with the pen and paper and the dot and carry one routine and a total was arrived at.

a. Of or designating an irregular motion or rhythm; spec. (of a person's or animal's gait) limping, uneven.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > limping

haltingc1384

limpish1570

limping1599

claudicant1624

dot and go one1768

hilching1786

hippity-hop1845

dot and carry one1851

1851 Ainsworth's Mag. 29 435 Steerer's entrée was..an indescribable kind of dot-and-carry-one shuffle.

1884 Los Angeles Daily Times 27 Dec. 5/4 I..departed at a dot-and carry-one gait.

1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. Journey (1983) iii. 45 I could often hear her dot-and-carry-one step along the corridor.

1997 Observer (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Life Mag.) 57 Sometimes it [sc. a heartbeat] settles into a dot-carry-one rhythm,..but mostly it's every now and then.

b. In extended use: lacking in coherence or fluency; halting; disjointed.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective]

untruec1220

unrighta1393

amissa1398

unproperc1400

rudec1475

bada1522

haltinga1533

unjust1554

rustical1660

unaccurate1660

inaccurate1665

unprecise1742

unexact1758

imprecise1805

inexact1828

ungrammatical1843

bum1896

dot and carry one1900

seat-of-the-pants1935

1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 1/2 This irresolution, this dot and carry one method of dealing with matters of vital importance to the Empire, has been characteristic of the Government.

1996 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Review section) 9 I suspect the dot-and-carry-one narrative structure will deflect people looking for a quick read.

2002 Spectator (Nexis) 29 June 20 In my rather dot-and-carry Russian, I put this last to a Turkmen lady.

C. adv.

With an irregular motion or rhythm; (chiefly) spec. with a limping, uneven gait.

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1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 130 I know my pulse went dot and carry one.

1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall (1946) 293 With astounding agility he rushed dot-and-carry-one out of the room.

2011 M. Gee My Animal Life (e-book ed.) Grandma Gee comes rocking towards me like a full-bosomed sea-legged sailor, dot and carry, dot and carry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dot and carry one
释义	dot and carry onen.adj.adv. Brit. /ˌdɒt (ə)n(d) karɪ ˈwʌn/, U.S. /ˌdɑt n̩ ˌkɛri ˈwən/ Forms: 1700s– dot and carry one, 1800s– dot and carry, 1800s– dot carry one. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dot v.¹, and conj.¹, carry v., one n. Etymology: < dot v.¹ + and conj.¹ + carry v. + one n.With extended uses referring to a limping gait or people having such a gait (see senses A. 2, B. 2, C.) compare earlier dot and go one n., dot and go one adj., dot and go one adv. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). A. n. 1. a. A method used (esp. by schoolchildren) in addition, subtraction, and long division, in which units are placed in a column and tens carried over to the next column, a dot being used to represent each ten carried over. Now historical.Quot. 1726 shows part of an example of using this method. ΚΠ 1726 H. Wilson Surv. Improv'd 11 Dot and carry 1, then 1 and 5 is 6 and 6 is 12, Dot and carry 2, then 2 and 9 is 11.] 1780 Festival of Momus 148 Addition be my golden rule. Ha! Dot and carry one. 1813 La Belle Assemblée Sept. 123/2 Then, too, would I..Taste the dull joys of dot and carry one; Would dare inspect accounts. 1857 J. R. Lowell Orig. Didactic Poetry in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 110 The metre, too, was regular As schoolboy's dot and carry. 2001 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 5 Nov. 9 The till, cashing up, and keeping the books, is a nightmare to most volunteers, whose maths date back to dot and carry one. †b. A derogatory nickname for: a person involved in finance or financial calculations. Cf. quot. 1813 at sense A. 1a. Obsolete. rare.The precise meaning of quot. 1822 is unclear; it may possibly show a use of sense A. 2. ΚΠ 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 115 You old dotard Dot-and-carry-one that you are. 1836 Times 31 Mar. That most extraordinary of all financial prigs, ‘little dot and carry one’, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer is now designated among us. 2. (A nickname for) a person with a limping, uneven gait, esp. one who has a wooden leg or uses a crutch. Cf. dot and go one n. 1. Now rare. ΚΠ 1841 W. L. Rede Sixteen String Jack i. v, in BL MS Add. 42960 f. 568^v Of all the rummy chaps I ever did see the dot and carry one of a servant is the queerest. 1906 Daily Mail 14 Apr. 4/5 ‘Lamed for life, anyway,’ remarked one, more cheerfully. ‘He'll be a dot and carry one for the remainder of his existence.’ 1954 Times 2 June 1/5 (heading) Mr. Dot-And-Carry-One... A poisoned toe has enforced Mr. Kirkland Bridge's prescribed fortnight's rest. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating the method used in simple arithmetic described in sense A. 1a; (also more generally) of or relating to finance or numerical calculations. ΚΠ 1828 Morning Post 25 July Those who set up for Statesmen, upon the mere conceit that they are skilled in arithmetic. To this dot-and-carry-one school of Statesmen, [etc.]. 1849 Era 4 Mar. 9/3 Cobden's budget has formed the great topic of conversation; high and low, townsmen and countrymen, are all debating dot and carry one lore. 2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 12 Senga persevered with the pen and paper and the dot and carry one routine and a total was arrived at. 2. a. Of or designating an irregular motion or rhythm; spec. (of a person's or animal's gait) limping, uneven. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > limping haltingc1384 limpish1570 limping1599 claudicant1624 dot and go one1768 hilching1786 hippity-hop1845 dot and carry one1851 1851 Ainsworth's Mag. 29 435 Steerer's entrée was..an indescribable kind of dot-and-carry-one shuffle. 1884 Los Angeles Daily Times 27 Dec. 5/4 I..departed at a dot-and carry-one gait. 1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. Journey (1983) iii. 45 I could often hear her dot-and-carry-one step along the corridor. 1997 Observer (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Life Mag.) 57 Sometimes it [sc. a heartbeat] settles into a dot-carry-one rhythm,..but mostly it's every now and then. b. In extended use: lacking in coherence or fluency; halting; disjointed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] untruec1220 unrighta1393 amissa1398 unproperc1400 rudec1475 bada1522 haltinga1533 unjust1554 rustical1660 unaccurate1660 inaccurate1665 unprecise1742 unexact1758 imprecise1805 inexact1828 ungrammatical1843 bum1896 dot and carry one1900 seat-of-the-pants1935 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 1/2 This irresolution, this dot and carry one method of dealing with matters of vital importance to the Empire, has been characteristic of the Government. 1996 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Review section) 9 I suspect the dot-and-carry-one narrative structure will deflect people looking for a quick read. 2002 Spectator (Nexis) 29 June 20 In my rather dot-and-carry Russian, I put this last to a Turkmen lady. C. adv. With an irregular motion or rhythm; (chiefly) spec. with a limping, uneven gait. ΚΠ 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 130 I know my pulse went dot and carry one. 1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall (1946) 293 With astounding agility he rushed dot-and-carry-one out of the room. 2011 M. Gee My Animal Life (e-book ed.) Grandma Gee comes rocking towards me like a full-bosomed sea-legged sailor, dot and carry, dot and carry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.1780
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