grampusn.

Brit.

/ˈɡrampəs/, U.S.

/ˈɡræmpəs/

Forms: 1500s graundepose, grampoys, 1600s grampas(se, -pisce, -po(i)s, grandpisce, (plural granspices), 1700s grampuss, 1600s– grampus.

Etymology: Early 16th cent. graundepose , apparently an etymologizing alteration (after grand adj.) of the earlier grapeys n. of the same meaning. Most of the forms of the last syllable are paralleled in the case of porpoise n.; but some show assimilation to Latin piscis fish.

a. The popular name of various delphinoid cetaceans, having a high falcate dorsal fin and a blunt rounded head, and remarkable for the spouting and blowing which accompanies their movements.In popular use, the name seems to be more frequently applied to the formidable ‘killer’ ( Orca gladiator). But it is also applied to an inoffensive cetacean resembling this in size and general appearance, but differing in the smaller size and number of the teeth. For the latter, which Cuvier had placed in the genus Delphinus, the English word grampus was adopted by J. E. Gray, 1846, as a modern Latin generic name; the only species certainly determined is G. griseus, sometimes called cow-fish. According to some authorities, the name is also applied to the pilot- or ca'ing whale ( Globicephalus).

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > miscellaneous members of

porpoisea1425

grampusa1529

marsouin1568

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale)

grampusa1529

orcc1590

herring-hoga1641

orca1653

springer1700

thrasher1709

killer whale1726

grampus-whale1744

thresher1787

sword-whale1860

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 15 With porpose and graundepose he may fede hym fatte.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 15 Sea-monsters, such as the Whale, the Grampoys, the Wasser-man.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 231 We espied eight or ten Saluages about a dead Grampus.

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ix. 32 The snuffing Grampus.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 7 God hath made to take his pastime in the Sea; Granpisces, or lesser whales, Sharkes [etc.].

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 10 Here likewise we saw many Grandpisces or Herring-hogs, hunting the scholes of Herrings.

1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit ii. 18 My Master is a Leviathan in Love, and I am a very Grampois.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. viii. 264 I do not add the Legend of Two Grampisces stranded, or taken at Greenwich.

1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. vi. xxxvi The grampus and the monsters of the sea Move on disturbed from their accustom'd sloth.

1776 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 188 The whale or the grampus are terrible at any time; but are fierce and desperate in the defence of their young.

1812 S. Rogers Written in Highlands 35 The grampus, half-descried, Black and huge above the tide.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 41 Coughing like a grampus.

1888 J. De Mille Strange MS. in Copper Cylinder 12 All around us..grampuses were gambolling.

b. Nautical. to blow the grampus (see quots.).

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society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > soak skulking sailor

to blow the grampus1829

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 124 The buckets of water which were..poured over me by the midshipmen, under the facetious appellation of ‘blowing the grampus’,..could [not] rouse my dormant energies.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 346 Blowing the grampus, sluicing a person with water, especially practised on him who skulks or sleeps on his watch.

c. transferred. A person given to puffing and blowing.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting > person

grampus1837

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 264 ‘The boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him.’ ‘What a young grampus!’ said Mr. Weller.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vi. 77 The blustering old grampus of a governor is to honour the ball with his presence.

2. Metallurgy. (See quot. 1881.)

ΚΠ

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 143 Grampus (U.S.), the tongs with which bloomary loups and billets are handled.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

grampus-oil n.

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 202 Grampus oil, used for lubricating fine machinery.

C2.

grampus-whale n. = sense 1.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale)

grampusa1529

orcc1590

herring-hoga1641

orca1653

springer1700

thrasher1709

killer whale1726

grampus-whale1744

thresher1787

sword-whale1860

1744 tr. H. Boerhaave Acad. Lect. Theory Physic III. 191 The Grampus Whale.

1879 Daily News 23 Aug. 6/2 A large cetacean called a grampus whale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grampus
释义	grampusn. Brit. /ˈɡrampəs/, U.S. /ˈɡræmpəs/ Forms: 1500s graundepose, grampoys, 1600s grampas(se, -pisce, -po(i)s, grandpisce, (plural granspices), 1700s grampuss, 1600s– grampus. Etymology: Early 16th cent. graundepose , apparently an etymologizing alteration (after grand adj.) of the earlier grapeys n. of the same meaning. Most of the forms of the last syllable are paralleled in the case of porpoise n.; but some show assimilation to Latin piscis fish. 1. a. The popular name of various delphinoid cetaceans, having a high falcate dorsal fin and a blunt rounded head, and remarkable for the spouting and blowing which accompanies their movements.In popular use, the name seems to be more frequently applied to the formidable ‘killer’ ( Orca gladiator). But it is also applied to an inoffensive cetacean resembling this in size and general appearance, but differing in the smaller size and number of the teeth. For the latter, which Cuvier had placed in the genus Delphinus, the English word grampus was adopted by J. E. Gray, 1846, as a modern Latin generic name; the only species certainly determined is G. griseus, sometimes called cow-fish. According to some authorities, the name is also applied to the pilot- or ca'ing whale ( Globicephalus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > miscellaneous members of porpoisea1425 grampusa1529 marsouin1568 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale) grampusa1529 orcc1590 herring-hoga1641 orca1653 springer1700 thrasher1709 killer whale1726 grampus-whale1744 thresher1787 sword-whale1860 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 15 With porpose and graundepose he may fede hym fatte. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 15 Sea-monsters, such as the Whale, the Grampoys, the Wasser-man. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 231 We espied eight or ten Saluages about a dead Grampus. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ix. 32 The snuffing Grampus. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 7 God hath made to take his pastime in the Sea; Granpisces, or lesser whales, Sharkes [etc.]. 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 10 Here likewise we saw many Grandpisces or Herring-hogs, hunting the scholes of Herrings. 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit ii. 18 My Master is a Leviathan in Love, and I am a very Grampois. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. viii. 264 I do not add the Legend of Two Grampisces stranded, or taken at Greenwich. 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. vi. xxxvi The grampus and the monsters of the sea Move on disturbed from their accustom'd sloth. 1776 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 188 The whale or the grampus are terrible at any time; but are fierce and desperate in the defence of their young. 1812 S. Rogers Written in Highlands 35 The grampus, half-descried, Black and huge above the tide. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 41 Coughing like a grampus. 1888 J. De Mille Strange MS. in Copper Cylinder 12 All around us..grampuses were gambolling. b. Nautical. to blow the grampus (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > soak skulking sailor to blow the grampus1829 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 124 The buckets of water which were..poured over me by the midshipmen, under the facetious appellation of ‘blowing the grampus’,..could [not] rouse my dormant energies. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 346 Blowing the grampus, sluicing a person with water, especially practised on him who skulks or sleeps on his watch. c. transferred. A person given to puffing and blowing. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting > person grampus1837 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 264 ‘The boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him.’ ‘What a young grampus!’ said Mr. Weller. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vi. 77 The blustering old grampus of a governor is to honour the ball with his presence. 2. Metallurgy. (See quot. 1881.) ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 143 Grampus (U.S.), the tongs with which bloomary loups and billets are handled. Compounds C1. General attributive. grampus-oil n. Π 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 202 Grampus oil, used for lubricating fine machinery. C2. grampus-whale n. = sense 1. 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