eel-skinn.

Etymology: < eel n. + skin n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeel-skin.

1. The skin of an eel. †merchant of eel-skins = ? rag and bone collector. Also attributive, as in eelskin-dress n. a tight-fitting dress. eelskin-queue n. ? a pig-tail.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. H A marchant of eele skyns. A marchaunt, without either money or ware.

1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K8 When hee's drunke, you may thrust your hand into him like an Eele skinne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 141 My armes, such eele-skins stuft.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. vii. 67 He directed that he should be carried to his grave with his eel-skin queue sticking out of a knot hole in his coffin.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 226 Jersey jackets and eel-skin dresses.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 4/1 A smooth-faced, vicious-looking fellow, dressed in a close cap and eelskin neckcloth.

2. U.S. = paster n. 3, sticker n.² 6.

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1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Eel-skin, a thin, narrow slip of paper, with the name of a candidate on one side, and coated with mucilage on the other, so as to be quickly and secretly placed over the name of an opponent, on a printed ballot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	eel-skin
释义	eel-skinn. Etymology: < eel n. + skin n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeel-skin. 1. The skin of an eel. †merchant of eel-skins = ? rag and bone collector. Also attributive, as in eelskin-dress n. a tight-fitting dress. eelskin-queue n. ? a pig-tail. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > tight-fitting huke1415 fourreau1872 eelskin-dress1881 sheath1904 skimmer1964 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. H A marchant of eele skyns. A marchaunt, without either money or ware. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K8 When hee's drunke, you may thrust your hand into him like an Eele skinne. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 141 My armes, such eele-skins stuft. View more context for this quotation 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. vii. 67 He directed that he should be carried to his grave with his eel-skin queue sticking out of a knot hole in his coffin. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 226 Jersey jackets and eel-skin dresses. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 4/1 A smooth-faced, vicious-looking fellow, dressed in a close cap and eelskin neckcloth. 2. U.S. = paster n. 3, sticker n.² 6. ΚΠ 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Eel-skin, a thin, narrow slip of paper, with the name of a candidate on one side, and coated with mucilage on the other, so as to be quickly and secretly placed over the name of an opponent, on a printed ballot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1546
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