单词 | footmark |
释义 | footmarkn.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > boundary which must not be passed footmarka1400 bounds1857 a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 104 God..haþ sett a footemerk as þeiȝ he seide tempte hym so fer & no ferrer..& þe fende may no ferrer prike þan þe merk. 2. A mark made on the foot of a bird (esp. a swan) for purposes of identification. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping of swans > marking of swan > mark swan-mark1550 gap1558 footmark1614 neb-marka1642 1614 Orders & Bylawes Stretham in C. L. Kingsford Two London Chrons. (1910) 274 The owner of euerie marke or flock of geese of one foot-marke shall pay vnto the fennreeues the somm of fower pence for euerie default, goeing vppon the horsepasture. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 129 Our foote marke is to cutte or slitte them on both the in-webbes. 1708 in T. Wildridge Holderness & Hullshire Hist. Gleanings (1886) 125/1 If any person footmark any young swans with other footmark than his old ones to whom they belong, he shall forfeit 6s. 1912 Outing Feb. 586/2 Not so long since, two of the old-timers died and on examination their foot-marks proved to be quite different from those now in use. 1951 Bird-Banding 22 52 A record was made, showing the footmark, parents, and band of each chick. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class kinc950 kindOE distinction?c1225 rowc1300 spece1303 spice1303 fashionc1325 espicec1386 differencea1398 statec1450 sort?1523 notion1531 species1561 vein1568 brood1581 rank1585 order1588 race1590 breed1598 strain1612 batch1616 tap1623 siege1630 subdivision1646 notionality1651 category1660 denomination1664 footmark1666 genus1666 world1685 sortment1718 tribe1731 assortment1767 description1776 style1794 grouping1799 classification1803 subcategory1842 type1854 basket1916 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 1666 Church-lurcher Unkennelled 6 Amongst those that subscribed that Petition..we question not but to find many offenders of that foot mark. 1680 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. Justified 3 You may take the occasion to discover yourself of what foot-mark you are. 1704 S. Wesley Def. Let. conc. Educ. Dissenters 20 I'm sure they [sc. the Doctrines] were..embrac'd and defended by all of the same Footmark [as John Goodwin and Hugh Peter]. 1711 Obed. to Civil Govt. clearly Stated Ep. Ded. p. i Two or three hot leading Men may design to hire a mercenary Pen to put a Brand on a Doctrine, as well as on a Party of Men, and the rest knowing them of their Foot-mark, may follow them. 4. a. A mark or print made by the foot; a footprint. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint trod946 lastOE foot sporeOE tread?c1225 stepc1290 footstepa1300 solec1325 tracta1547 footprint1552 traces1552 footing1563 foot track1600 accub1623 vestigating1634 vestige1656 seal1686 sign1692 footmark1756 stabble1863 pelmatogram1890 paw print1894 1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. i, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 225 The foot-marks all looking towards you, and none from you, affright me. 1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 67 Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small. 1855 J. W. Dawson Acadian Geol. ix. 187 When examining the red sandstones..I found in one of the beds a few footmarks of an unknown animal. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 6/2 I examine the powder round the doors for footmarks or paw-treads. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 60 Stopping only to bribe the steward to change the tablecloth before the captain could see the footmarks on it, I dashed out after the monkey. 2011 Independent 12 May 7/1 Ripped chairs, footmarks on the walls and ceilings, coffee rings. b. figurative. An impression or indication left by someone or something; a vestige, a trace. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] signa1382 stepa1382 ficchingc1384 marka1400 tracesc1400 scentc1422 footstep?a1425 tidinga1440 relicc1475 smell?a1505 stead1513 vestigy1545 print1548 token1555 remnant1560 show1561 mention1564 signification1576 footing?1580 tract1583 remainder1585 vestige1602 wrack1602 engravement1604 footstepping1610 resent1610 ghost1613 impression1613 remark1624 footprint1625 studdle1635 vestigium1644 relict1646 perception1650 vestigiary1651 track1657 symptom1722 signacle1768 ray1773 vestigia1789 footmark1800 souvenir1844 latent1920 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein iii. ii. 73 The clear and written law, the deep trod foot-marks [Ger. Spur] Of ancient custom, are all necessary. 1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 31 Possessed of data wherewith to discover the genuine footmark, we may now track the course of our author. 1920 H. Crane Let. 25 May (1965) 39 Your story..somewhat in the Chekhov tradition,—but a little too slight to leave many foot-marks. 1992 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 19 The aim of this paper is..to try a new access by tracing both in the Preface and in the poem the footmarks of Shelley's contemporary theologian, Robert Fellowes. 2003 Irish Pages 2 46 Placenames..preserve the trace of the past, the footmarks of bygone lifestyles. c. Cricket. A rough or uneven area on the pitch created by the impact of a bowler's foot at the end of a delivery. Chiefly in plural with reference to rough patches which develop during a match at either end of the pitch as a result of repeated impacts of this type (cf. rough n.1 2d).The footmarks are often exploited by bowlers to create spin and irregular bounce. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > surface of ground > irregular place spot1859 footmark1923 1923 Cricketer Ann. 1923–4 19/1 It is alleged that occasionally the footmarks made by Macaulay were of assistance to R. Kilner, bowling left-hand over the wicket. 1965 Irish Times 16 Dec. 2/8 Edrich..lost his wicket going for a long carry, after being worried by Philpott pitching in the bowlers' footmarks. 1997 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 July 72 It landed in a footmark, spun sharply and kept low, but the Surrey batsman jabbed down to earn himself a single. 2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 4/1 Blackwell..hit him out of the footmarks to the long-on boundary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). footmarkv. 1. transitive. To mark (a bird, esp. a swan) with a footmark (footmark n. 2). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [verb (transitive)] > mark swan up1560 footmarka1642 neb-marka1642 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 129 The Swanners gette up the younge swannes about midsummer..and footemarke them for the owners. 1708 in T. Wildridge Holderness & Hullshire Hist. Gleanings (1886) 125/1 If any person footmark any young swans with other footmark than his old ones to whom they belong, he shall forfeit 6s. 1958 Wilson Bull. 70 205 Individuals were footmarked (with leather-punch perforations in the webs). 2. transitive. To mark with a footprint or footprints. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (transitive)] > mark with footprint print1637 footmark1821 footprint1850 web1866 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 208 Where..First foot-mark'd the ground by me, All is still. 1997 W. Haygood Haygoods of Columbus vii. 124 I'd angle off..through a pathway that had been footmarked in the weeds. Derivatives ˈfootmarked adj. marked with a footprint or footprints. ΚΠ 1856 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 12 377 The evidence seems to point to a contemporaneity of..the foot-marked sandstones of Connecticut , and the upper red sandstone of Nova Scotia. 1959 Manch. Guardian 8 May 8/5 [Dali] designed a forerunner of the foot-marked bathmats. 2007 J. Kelly Coldest Blood 83 The sun beating flat down on the footmarked sand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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