greasedadj.

/ɡriːzd/

/ɡriːst/

Etymology: < grease v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Smeared, anointed, or lubricated with grease. greased pole = greasy pole (see greasy adj. Compounds 2). Phrase as quick as, or like, greased lightning (colloquial): used to denote extreme quickness of movement.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [adjective] > smeared or lubricated with grease

greaseda1529

liquored1611

larded1785

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 118 [Your] lothesum lere to loke on, lyke a gresyd bote dothe schyne.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Greased or dressed wyth grease or fat, ædipatus. Greased or anoynted wyth grease, vnctus.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 537 They rub Soot over the greased parts.

1789 Nicholson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 273 Grease the cylinder by turning it against a greased leather.

1833 Boston, Lincoln, etc. Herald 15 Jan. 3/6 He spoke as quick as ‘greased lightning’.

1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 73 The mouth of the bottle is secured by a greased stopper.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 306 Others..put it [mountaineering] on a level with the passion for climbing greased poles.

1880 G. B. Malleson Hist. Indian Mutiny III. 470 Sir John Lawrence arrived at the conclusion that the mutiny was due to the greased cartridges, and to the greased cartridges only.

b. figurative. Bribed.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed

subornate1431

bribed?1556

waged1561

feed1579

suggested1647

suborned1676

greased1693

bought1700

nobbled1876

fixeda1889

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 38 Envy not the store Of the Greaz'd Advocate, that Grinds the Poor.

c. (See quot. 1848 Cf. grease n. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > unmanufactured or unprocessed > greasy or unwashed

yolkyeOE

greasya1616

greased1848

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > containing oily matter

greased1848

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. vii. 1025 The hides were found to be in a state of incipient putrefaction..; they were all, as it is termed ‘greased’, the hair coming off in the fingers of those who handled them.

2. Of a horse: Affected with ‘grease’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of feet or hooves

broken-hoofed1362

afounded?a1425

foundered1543

pumiced1566

hoof-bound1598

fretished1607

incastellated1611

wired1614

gravelled1630

grease-fallen1688

greasy1701

incastled1706

greased1710

scratchy1710

retraised1725

hot-footed1740

twitter-boned1760

quittered1778

thrushy1831

1710 London Gaz. No. 4695/4 A..Gelding..lately greas'd in the..Feet.

1720 London Gaz. No. 5831/4 The..Preparation of Antimony..cures Greased Heels.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. x. 43 His horse was either clapp'd, or spavin'd, or greaz'd.

c1785 T. Bewick Waiting for Death in A. Dobson Bewick & Pupils ix. 155 Becoming greased, spavined, [etc.], he was judged to be only fit for the dogs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	greased
释义	greasedadj. /ɡriːzd//ɡriːst/ Etymology: < grease v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Smeared, anointed, or lubricated with grease. greased pole = greasy pole (see greasy adj. Compounds 2). Phrase as quick as, or like, greased lightning (colloquial): used to denote extreme quickness of movement. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [adjective] > smeared or lubricated with grease greaseda1529 liquored1611 larded1785 a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 118 [Your] lothesum lere to loke on, lyke a gresyd bote dothe schyne. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Greased or dressed wyth grease or fat, ædipatus. Greased or anoynted wyth grease, vnctus. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xx. 537 They rub Soot over the greased parts. 1789 Nicholson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 273 Grease the cylinder by turning it against a greased leather. 1833 Boston, Lincoln, etc. Herald 15 Jan. 3/6 He spoke as quick as ‘greased lightning’. 1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 73 The mouth of the bottle is secured by a greased stopper. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 306 Others..put it [mountaineering] on a level with the passion for climbing greased poles. 1880 G. B. Malleson Hist. Indian Mutiny III. 470 Sir John Lawrence arrived at the conclusion that the mutiny was due to the greased cartridges, and to the greased cartridges only. b. figurative. Bribed. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed subornate1431 bribed?1556 waged1561 feed1579 suggested1647 suborned1676 greased1693 bought1700 nobbled1876 fixeda1889 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 38 Envy not the store Of the Greaz'd Advocate, that Grinds the Poor. c. (See quot. 1848 Cf. grease n. 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > unmanufactured or unprocessed > greasy or unwashed yolkyeOE greasya1616 greased1848 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > containing oily matter greased1848 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. vii. 1025 The hides were found to be in a state of incipient putrefaction..; they were all, as it is termed ‘greased’, the hair coming off in the fingers of those who handled them. 2. Of a horse: Affected with ‘grease’. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of feet or hooves broken-hoofed1362 afounded?a1425 foundered1543 pumiced1566 hoof-bound1598 fretished1607 incastellated1611 wired1614 gravelled1630 grease-fallen1688 greasy1701 incastled1706 greased1710 scratchy1710 retraised1725 hot-footed1740 twitter-boned1760 quittered1778 thrushy1831 1710 London Gaz. No. 4695/4 A..Gelding..lately greas'd in the..Feet. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5831/4 The..Preparation of Antimony..cures Greased Heels. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. x. 43 His horse was either clapp'd, or spavin'd, or greaz'd. c1785 T. Bewick Waiting for Death in A. Dobson Bewick & Pupils ix. 155 Becoming greased, spavined, [etc.], he was judged to be only fit for the dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.a1529
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