Douglasn.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʌɡləs/,

/ˈduːɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈdəɡləs/

Forms: 1800s Douglass, 1800s– Douglas.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas.

Etymology: < the name of David Douglas (1798–1834), Scottish botanist who collected the first specimens of the Douglas fir, and who discovered and described the Douglas squirrel.Compare scientific Latin douglasii , specific epithet (1835: see quot. 1834 at sense 1) and specific name (1836: see quot. 1836 for Douglas squirrel n. at sense 2).

1. attributive and (occasionally) in the genitive. Designating the coniferous tree Pseudotsuga menziesii and other members of the genus Pseudotsuga (family Pinaceae), which are native to western North America and eastern Asia. Also: designating the wood of such a tree. Chiefly in Douglas fir.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Douglas fir

Nootka fir1803

red fir1844

Oregon pine1845

Douglas fir1850

Oregon fir1853

1834 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 5 No. 27. 443 Douglas's Fir (A. Douglasii).

1850 Horticulturist Jan. 334/2 Douglas Firs, transplanted between August and October 1848.

1856 A. W. Whipple in Rep. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific III) i. x. 79 Douglass spruce..would afford a better material for railroad ties.

1879 Dundee Courier & Argus 31 Oct. 7/5 The Haidah canoes are often eighty feet long, and have masts..cut from the Douglas pine, a magnificent tree.

1937 Evening News 11 Feb. 8/4 All the Office of Works stands are being constructed of Douglas Fir and Western hemlock from British Columbia.

1947 R. Peattie Sierra Nevada 148 It is called Douglas fir or Douglas spruce indiscriminately.

1970 H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation xix. 286 Where there is less room, the best kind to plant is the blue or Colorado Douglas fir, P. glauca.

1995 Log Home Living Sept. 4 Some softwoods, such as Douglas fir and Southern yellow pine, are suitable and available for floors.

2009 Pacific Northwest Q. 100 86/2 Behind the building were trails through an apparent wilderness of rhododendrons and Douglas firs.

2. Douglas squirrel n. (also Douglas' squirrel Douglas's squirrel) a pine squirrel native to coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, Tamiasciurus douglasii, which has a grey coat with a pale orange chest and belly.Also called chickaree.

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1836 Proc. Zool. Soc. 4 88 A Squirrel (Sciurus Douglasii)..discovered by the late Mr. Douglas in North America.]

1838 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 6 101 The remaining grinders, both in the upper and lower jaw, do not differ very materially from those of Douglas' Squirrel.

1878 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 260/1 The Douglass squirrel is by far the most interesting and influential of all the California sciuridæ.

1938 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. xx1/8 The rollicking chatter of Douglas squirrels and golden chipmunks.

1997 Antioch Rev. 55 414 ‘And this’—indicating the big yellow and chocolate Douglas's squirrel at their feet—‘this is Phil.’

2004 D. Suzuki & W. Grady Tree iv. 109 In the Douglas-fir forest, the main seed-eating predator is the Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Douglasn.²

Brit.

/ˈdʌɡləs/,

/ˈduːɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈdəɡləs/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas.

Etymology: < the name of James Douglas (1675–1742), Scottish physician. Compare French valvule de Douglas (1839 or earlier), espace de Douglas (1858 or earlier).

Anatomy.

In the genitive and with of. Designating several anatomical structures described by or named after Douglas; spec. (esp. in pouch of Douglas, Douglas's pouch) designating the rectouterine pouch, a pocket of peritoneum located between the rectum and the uterus.This pocket of peritoneum was described by Douglas in 1730 ( Descr. Peritonæum).

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1856 C. West Lect. Dis. Women I. xv. 273 The interspace between the uterus and rectum, which continental writers commonly speak of as the space of Douglas.

1858 A. Farre Article Uterus & its Appendages 683/1 The fundus occupies a position more or less deep between the cervix and rectum, filling and distending the pouch of Douglas.

1880 Lancet 25 Sept. 494/2 Tappings through the peritoneum..for accumulation of fluid in Douglas's pouch.

1890 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. Aug. 180/1 A tumor as large as an orange, lying close to Douglas's cul-de-sac on the left side.

1907 Practitioner Nov. 678 Ulcer stitched, Douglas's space opened, and drainage tube inserted.

1913 E. E. Montgomery in W. W. Keen Surgery VI. 864 The under half of the ureter lies to the side and extends forward into Douglas' fold.

1954 L. T. Morton Garrison & Morton's Med. Bibliogr. (ed. 2) 107 Douglas described the peritoneum in detail; his name is perpetuated in the ‘pouch’, ‘line’, and ‘fold of Douglas’.

1970 Cumul. Index Med. 1969 X. 5621/1 Puncture of Douglas' pouch in cytodiagnosis of ovarian neoplasms.

2006 Clin. Radiol. 61 917/2 The peritoneum is attached to the uppermost part of the posterior wall of the vagina in women, forming the recto-uterine or rectovaginal pouch of Douglas.

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† douglasitis n. [after French douglassite (1895)] Obsolete inflammation of the pouch of Douglas (see main sense).

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1896 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Oct. 974/2 Repose in the dorsal decubitus alleviates the pain of douglasitis much more readily than of salpingitis.

1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Nov. 81/2 Treatment of the retroversion alone is said to be useless in chronic parametritis or douglasitis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

Douglasn.³

Brit.

/ˈdʌɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈdəɡləs/, Australian English

/ˈdʌɡləs/, New Zealand English

/ˈdʌɡləs/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas.

Etymology: < Douglas, a former brand name in the United States for axes, hatchets, etc., produced by the Douglas Axe Manufacturing Co., East Douglas, Massachusetts ( Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office), 1926, 13 July 326/2).

Australian and New Zealand slang. Now rare.

An axe. Frequently personified, esp. in to swing Douglas: to wield an axe; spec. to chop wood.

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1900 Sunday Times (Sydney) 16 Sept. 5/5 You will have to ‘swing Douglas’ (chop wood) for this man.

1907 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Sept. 6/9 Each able-bodied applicant shall..perform for an hour at the wood-heap the operation known in the back-blocks as ‘swinging Douglas’.

1915 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 27 May 3/3 Several gentlemen..are to be seen on the course wielding a ‘douglas’ until blisters appear.

1929 C. H. Winter Story of 'Bidgee Queen 106 An' you graft at ‘Swinging Douglas’ an' you chop the limbs away.

1941 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 15 Mar. (Mag. section) 9/3 Down came ‘Douglas’ straight through my chopping-block.

1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 160 Exhibitions of axemanship..were given; right and wrong way to swing Douglas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Douglasn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈdʌɡləs/, U.S.

/ˈdəɡləs/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas.

Etymology: < the name of Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879–1952), English economic theorist.

Economics. Now chiefly historical.

attributive. Designating the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas, esp. his scheme for Social Credit (Social Credit n. 1).Clifford Hugh Douglas in his theory of Social Credit argued that in every productive establishment the amount of money issued as wages, salaries, and dividends was less than the total price of the goods produced, and proposed that, to remedy the consequent discrepancy between consumer purchasing power and prices, additional money should be distributed to consumers, or producers subsidized to enable them to lower prices.

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1921 Sat. Rev. 15 Oct. (Financial Suppl.) p. vi/2 If the Douglas scheme is the only solution for unemployment, unemployment is here until further notice.

1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. iii. 75 An earnest..little man..who had swallowed the Douglas gospel whole.

1946 Mercury (Hobart) 27 July (Mag. section) 3/4 Minister for Lands and Works..has been allotted a task by Cabinet in which Douglas Credit theories will not help him.

1994 E. Bell Social Classes & Social Credit in Alberta v. 61 Aberhart and his followers were very successful in promulgating the Douglas Social Credit philosophy in Alberta.

Derivatives

ˈDouglasite n. and adj. (a) n. an advocate or supporter of the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas, esp. in relation to his scheme for Social Credit (Social Credit n. 1); (b) adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas.

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1922 Economist 13 May 909/2 A comparatively small proportion [of the books] are concerned with Socialism,..despite the noble efforts of the Douglasites.

1922 Economist 15 July 99/1 The point which emerges from the Douglasite analysis..is that the purchasing power in their hands is not and cannot be adequate to purchase the goods available to them.

1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. iii. 73 It included everything from..single-taxers to Douglasites.

1962 Listener 6 Sept. 357/3 Orage..became the most persuasive exponent of Douglasite economics the Social Creditors ever had.

2005 G. Erreygers & G. Jacobs Lang., Communication & Econ. ix. 201 A special conference of the Guild National Monument voted against re-aligning along Douglasite lines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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单词	douglas
释义	Douglasn.¹ Brit. /ˈdʌɡləs/, /ˈduːɡləs/, U.S. /ˈdəɡləs/ Forms: 1800s Douglass, 1800s– Douglas. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas. Etymology: < the name of David Douglas (1798–1834), Scottish botanist who collected the first specimens of the Douglas fir, and who discovered and described the Douglas squirrel.Compare scientific Latin douglasii , specific epithet (1835: see quot. 1834 at sense 1) and specific name (1836: see quot. 1836 for Douglas squirrel n. at sense 2). 1. attributive and (occasionally) in the genitive. Designating the coniferous tree Pseudotsuga menziesii and other members of the genus Pseudotsuga (family Pinaceae), which are native to western North America and eastern Asia. Also: designating the wood of such a tree. Chiefly in Douglas fir. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Douglas fir Nootka fir1803 red fir1844 Oregon pine1845 Douglas fir1850 Oregon fir1853 1834 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 5 No. 27. 443 Douglas's Fir (A. Douglasii). 1850 Horticulturist Jan. 334/2 Douglas Firs, transplanted between August and October 1848. 1856 A. W. Whipple in Rep. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific III) i. x. 79 Douglass spruce..would afford a better material for railroad ties. 1879 Dundee Courier & Argus 31 Oct. 7/5 The Haidah canoes are often eighty feet long, and have masts..cut from the Douglas pine, a magnificent tree. 1937 Evening News 11 Feb. 8/4 All the Office of Works stands are being constructed of Douglas Fir and Western hemlock from British Columbia. 1947 R. Peattie Sierra Nevada 148 It is called Douglas fir or Douglas spruce indiscriminately. 1970 H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation xix. 286 Where there is less room, the best kind to plant is the blue or Colorado Douglas fir, P. glauca. 1995 Log Home Living Sept. 4 Some softwoods, such as Douglas fir and Southern yellow pine, are suitable and available for floors. 2009 Pacific Northwest Q. 100 86/2 Behind the building were trails through an apparent wilderness of rhododendrons and Douglas firs. 2. Douglas squirrel n. (also Douglas' squirrel Douglas's squirrel) a pine squirrel native to coniferous forests along the Pacific Coast of North America, Tamiasciurus douglasii, which has a grey coat with a pale orange chest and belly.Also called chickaree. ΚΠ 1836 Proc. Zool. Soc. 4 88 A Squirrel (Sciurus Douglasii)..discovered by the late Mr. Douglas in North America.] 1838 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 6 101 The remaining grinders, both in the upper and lower jaw, do not differ very materially from those of Douglas' Squirrel. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 260/1 The Douglass squirrel is by far the most interesting and influential of all the California sciuridæ. 1938 N.Y. Times 27 Mar. xx1/8 The rollicking chatter of Douglas squirrels and golden chipmunks. 1997 Antioch Rev. 55 414 ‘And this’—indicating the big yellow and chocolate Douglas's squirrel at their feet—‘this is Phil.’ 2004 D. Suzuki & W. Grady Tree iv. 109 In the Douglas-fir forest, the main seed-eating predator is the Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Douglasn.² Brit. /ˈdʌɡləs/, /ˈduːɡləs/, U.S. /ˈdəɡləs/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas. Etymology: < the name of James Douglas (1675–1742), Scottish physician. Compare French valvule de Douglas (1839 or earlier), espace de Douglas (1858 or earlier). Anatomy. In the genitive and with of. Designating several anatomical structures described by or named after Douglas; spec. (esp. in pouch of Douglas, Douglas's pouch) designating the rectouterine pouch, a pocket of peritoneum located between the rectum and the uterus.This pocket of peritoneum was described by Douglas in 1730 ( Descr. Peritonæum). ΚΠ 1856 C. West Lect. Dis. Women I. xv. 273 The interspace between the uterus and rectum, which continental writers commonly speak of as the space of Douglas. 1858 A. Farre Article Uterus & its Appendages 683/1 The fundus occupies a position more or less deep between the cervix and rectum, filling and distending the pouch of Douglas. 1880 Lancet 25 Sept. 494/2 Tappings through the peritoneum..for accumulation of fluid in Douglas's pouch. 1890 Internat. Jrnl. Surg. Aug. 180/1 A tumor as large as an orange, lying close to Douglas's cul-de-sac on the left side. 1907 Practitioner Nov. 678 Ulcer stitched, Douglas's space opened, and drainage tube inserted. 1913 E. E. Montgomery in W. W. Keen Surgery VI. 864 The under half of the ureter lies to the side and extends forward into Douglas' fold. 1954 L. T. Morton Garrison & Morton's Med. Bibliogr. (ed. 2) 107 Douglas described the peritoneum in detail; his name is perpetuated in the ‘pouch’, ‘line’, and ‘fold of Douglas’. 1970 Cumul. Index Med. 1969 X. 5621/1 Puncture of Douglas' pouch in cytodiagnosis of ovarian neoplasms. 2006 Clin. Radiol. 61 917/2 The peritoneum is attached to the uppermost part of the posterior wall of the vagina in women, forming the recto-uterine or rectovaginal pouch of Douglas. Derivatives † douglasitis n. [after French douglassite (1895)] Obsolete inflammation of the pouch of Douglas (see main sense). ΚΠ 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Oct. 974/2 Repose in the dorsal decubitus alleviates the pain of douglasitis much more readily than of salpingitis. 1929 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Nov. 81/2 Treatment of the retroversion alone is said to be useless in chronic parametritis or douglasitis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Douglasn.³ Brit. /ˈdʌɡləs/, U.S. /ˈdəɡləs/, Australian English /ˈdʌɡləs/, New Zealand English /ˈdʌɡləs/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas. Etymology: < Douglas, a former brand name in the United States for axes, hatchets, etc., produced by the Douglas Axe Manufacturing Co., East Douglas, Massachusetts ( Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office), 1926, 13 July 326/2). Australian and New Zealand slang. Now rare. An axe. Frequently personified, esp. in to swing Douglas: to wield an axe; spec. to chop wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] axec1000 belta1325 Douglas1900 1900 Sunday Times (Sydney) 16 Sept. 5/5 You will have to ‘swing Douglas’ (chop wood) for this man. 1907 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Sept. 6/9 Each able-bodied applicant shall..perform for an hour at the wood-heap the operation known in the back-blocks as ‘swinging Douglas’. 1915 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 27 May 3/3 Several gentlemen..are to be seen on the course wielding a ‘douglas’ until blisters appear. 1929 C. H. Winter Story of 'Bidgee Queen 106 An' you graft at ‘Swinging Douglas’ an' you chop the limbs away. 1941 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 15 Mar. (Mag. section) 9/3 Down came ‘Douglas’ straight through my chopping-block. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 160 Exhibitions of axemanship..were given; right and wrong way to swing Douglas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Douglasn.⁴ Brit. /ˈdʌɡləs/, U.S. /ˈdəɡləs/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Douglas. Etymology: < the name of Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879–1952), English economic theorist. Economics. Now chiefly historical. attributive. Designating the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas, esp. his scheme for Social Credit (Social Credit n. 1).Clifford Hugh Douglas in his theory of Social Credit argued that in every productive establishment the amount of money issued as wages, salaries, and dividends was less than the total price of the goods produced, and proposed that, to remedy the consequent discrepancy between consumer purchasing power and prices, additional money should be distributed to consumers, or producers subsidized to enable them to lower prices. ΚΠ 1921 Sat. Rev. 15 Oct. (Financial Suppl.) p. vi/2 If the Douglas scheme is the only solution for unemployment, unemployment is here until further notice. 1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. iii. 75 An earnest..little man..who had swallowed the Douglas gospel whole. 1946 Mercury (Hobart) 27 July (Mag. section) 3/4 Minister for Lands and Works..has been allotted a task by Cabinet in which Douglas Credit theories will not help him. 1994 E. Bell Social Classes & Social Credit in Alberta v. 61 Aberhart and his followers were very successful in promulgating the Douglas Social Credit philosophy in Alberta. Derivatives ˈDouglasite n. and adj. (a) n. an advocate or supporter of the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas, esp. in relation to his scheme for Social Credit (Social Credit n. 1); (b) adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the economic theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas. ΚΠ 1922 Economist 13 May 909/2 A comparatively small proportion [of the books] are concerned with Socialism,..despite the noble efforts of the Douglasites. 1922 Economist 15 July 99/1 The point which emerges from the Douglasite analysis..is that the purchasing power in their hands is not and cannot be adequate to purchase the goods available to them. 1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. iii. 73 It included everything from..single-taxers to Douglasites. 1962 Listener 6 Sept. 357/3 Orage..became the most persuasive exponent of Douglasite economics the Social Creditors ever had. 2005 G. Erreygers & G. Jacobs Lang., Communication & Econ. ix. 201 A special conference of the Guild National Monument voted against re-aligning along Douglasite lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1834n.²1856n.³1900n.⁴1921
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