duck's eggn.

Forms:

α. see duck n.¹ and egg n.

β. Middle English duckys egg, 1500s–1600s duckes egg, 1500s–1600s ducks egg, 1600s ducks eg, 1600s ducks egge, 1700s– duck's egg.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: duck n.¹, egg n.

Etymology: In α. forms < duck n.¹ + egg n. In β. forms < the genitive of duck n.¹ + egg n.In sense b with allusion to the resemblance of the number zero to a duck's egg. For the semantic motivation of sense d see quot. 1897¹.

a. The egg of a duck.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxxxiv. 1347 Doke eyren [1495 de Worde Duckys egges] beþ more þan henne eiren.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 299 It is sport alone to see the maner of an hen that hath sitten vpon ducks egs..how at the first she will wonder to haue a teem of ducklings about her.

b. In Cricket, the zero or ‘0’ placed against a batter's name in the scoring sheet when he fails to score; no runs; hence, generally in school-boy slang, ‘nought’; to break one's duck's egg: see break v. 7d.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > no score by batsman

spectacles1835

egg1861

nought1862

pair1862

duck's egg1863

round O1863

duck1868

blob1889

balloon1906

1863 C. Reade Very Hard Cash vii Now you and I, at Lord's the other day..achieved..the British duck's-egg.

1868 St. Paul's Mag. in Daily News 24 Aug. You see..that his fear of a ‘duck’—as by a pardonable contraction from duck-egg a nought is called in cricket-play—outweighs all other earthly considerations.

1881 Standard 8 July 6/1 Their captain was out for the dreaded ‘duck's egg’.

c. The colour of the egg of a duck; used attributively. Frequently duck-egg blue, duck's egg blue.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue

watchetc1405

vessey colour1562

fesse1587

Venice blue1598

Turkey colour1661

powder blue1752

Eton blue1851

ice-blue1851

periwinkle blue1852

Cambridge blue1858

baby blue1861

starch blue1875

duck's egg1876

pervenche1876

opal blue1881

periwinkle1895

pervenche blue1898

harebell blue1909

horizon-blue1919

Nattier blue1923

zircon blue1928

Mary blue1943

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green

verditer1552

sea-green1598

blue-green1659

verdigris colour1668

verdigris green1794

beryl1834

pigeon's throat1868

duck's egg1876

peacock green1876

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xix. 191 A general flat tint of duck's-egg green.

1893 W. G. Collingwood Life & Work J. Ruskin II. 190 The walls, painted ‘duck egg’, are hung with old pictures.

1899 Daily News 13 Feb. 8/5 One of the prettiest of the new colours is a soft, duck's-egg blue.

1934 Times 18 July 17/6 This year pastel colours are much used, particularly a rather dark duck-egg blue.

a1954 F. B. Young Wistanslow (1956) iv. 87 The cool duck-egg blues and greens made fashionable by the Adam brothers.

1967 Harper's Bazaar Mar. 8 (advt.) Sweater…In maple..duck egg blue.

d. duck('s)-egg china, duck('s)-egg porcelain (see quots.).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > porcelain or china of specific colour

blue china1783

Parian1824

famille rose1868

famille verte1868

blue1869

imperial yellow1875

duck('s)-egg china1897

famille noire1898

famille jaune1901

powder blue1910

sang-de-bœuf1960

1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 72 Some of this ware has a greenish hue when held up to a strong light. Hence locally, it is called the ‘duck's egg.’

1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 343/2 ‘Duck's Egg’ China at Swansea.

1904 Burlington Mag. July 397/1 Old Swansea, or what is locally called the ‘duck-egg’ porcelain, has been collected, especially in South Wales, for many years.

1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 78/2 Duck Egg Porcelain, a much sought after variety of Swansea soft-paste porcelain showing a greenish translucency made about 1816–17.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ducks egg
释义	duck's eggn. Forms: α. see duck n.¹ and egg n. β. Middle English duckys egg, 1500s–1600s duckes egg, 1500s–1600s ducks egg, 1600s ducks eg, 1600s ducks egge, 1700s– duck's egg. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: duck n.¹, egg n. Etymology: In α. forms < duck n.¹ + egg n. In β. forms < the genitive of duck n.¹ + egg n.In sense b with allusion to the resemblance of the number zero to a duck's egg. For the semantic motivation of sense d see quot. 1897¹. a. The egg of a duck. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxxxiv. 1347 Doke eyren [1495 de Worde Duckys egges] beþ more þan henne eiren. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 299 It is sport alone to see the maner of an hen that hath sitten vpon ducks egs..how at the first she will wonder to haue a teem of ducklings about her. b. In Cricket, the zero or ‘0’ placed against a batter's name in the scoring sheet when he fails to score; no runs; hence, generally in school-boy slang, ‘nought’; to break one's duck's egg: see break v. 7d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > no score by batsman spectacles1835 egg1861 nought1862 pair1862 duck's egg1863 round O1863 duck1868 blob1889 balloon1906 1863 C. Reade Very Hard Cash vii Now you and I, at Lord's the other day..achieved..the British duck's-egg. 1868 St. Paul's Mag. in Daily News 24 Aug. You see..that his fear of a ‘duck’—as by a pardonable contraction from duck-egg a nought is called in cricket-play—outweighs all other earthly considerations. 1881 Standard 8 July 6/1 Their captain was out for the dreaded ‘duck's egg’. c. The colour of the egg of a duck; used attributively. Frequently duck-egg blue, duck's egg blue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue watchetc1405 vessey colour1562 fesse1587 Venice blue1598 Turkey colour1661 powder blue1752 Eton blue1851 ice-blue1851 periwinkle blue1852 Cambridge blue1858 baby blue1861 starch blue1875 duck's egg1876 pervenche1876 opal blue1881 periwinkle1895 pervenche blue1898 harebell blue1909 horizon-blue1919 Nattier blue1923 zircon blue1928 Mary blue1943 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green verditer1552 sea-green1598 blue-green1659 verdigris colour1668 verdigris green1794 beryl1834 pigeon's throat1868 duck's egg1876 peacock green1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xix. 191 A general flat tint of duck's-egg green. 1893 W. G. Collingwood Life & Work J. Ruskin II. 190 The walls, painted ‘duck egg’, are hung with old pictures. 1899 Daily News 13 Feb. 8/5 One of the prettiest of the new colours is a soft, duck's-egg blue. 1934 Times 18 July 17/6 This year pastel colours are much used, particularly a rather dark duck-egg blue. a1954 F. B. Young Wistanslow (1956) iv. 87 The cool duck-egg blues and greens made fashionable by the Adam brothers. 1967 Harper's Bazaar Mar. 8 (advt.) Sweater…In maple..duck egg blue. d. duck('s)-egg china, duck('s)-egg porcelain (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > porcelain or china of specific colour blue china1783 Parian1824 famille rose1868 famille verte1868 blue1869 imperial yellow1875 duck('s)-egg china1897 famille noire1898 famille jaune1901 powder blue1910 sang-de-bœuf1960 1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 72 Some of this ware has a greenish hue when held up to a strong light. Hence locally, it is called the ‘duck's egg.’ 1897 W. Turner Ceramics of Swansea 343/2 ‘Duck's Egg’ China at Swansea. 1904 Burlington Mag. July 397/1 Old Swansea, or what is locally called the ‘duck-egg’ porcelain, has been collected, especially in South Wales, for many years. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 78/2 Duck Egg Porcelain, a much sought after variety of Swansea soft-paste porcelain showing a greenish translucency made about 1816–17. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1398
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