greasyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːsi/,

/ˈɡriːzi/, U.S.

/ˈɡrisi/,

/ˈɡrizi/

Forms: 1500s gresy, 1500s–1700s greasie, 1600s greazie, greazy, ( greezy), (1800s greecy), 1600s– greasy.

Etymology: < grease n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Smeared, covered, or soiled with grease; foul with grease. Often said of persons or their clothes.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared > with fat or grease

greasy?1518

creeshy1535

fatty1572

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i^v His hosen gresy vpon his thyes.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiij ^v Greasy lyppes, and slymy berde.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 84 Rammed me in With foule..stokins, greasie napkins [etc.].

1660 T. Blount Boscobel 41 An old grey, greazy hat.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 21 A Fat Greasie Porter.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 108/2 If the glass be perfectly clean and not greasie.

1867 M. E. Braddon Run to Earth I. i. 2 The paper on the walls was dark and greasy with age.

1890 W. A. Harris Techn. Dict. Fire-insurance Greasy waste, Greasy matter (such as cotton and other oily material, and oily rags).

1892 Speaker 30 July 141/2 Little children who make themselves greasy with roast turkey at Christmas.

b. as a contemptuous or abusive epithet. greasy mechanic n. U.S. used of Northerners by Southerners preceding and during the American Civil War.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused

lousyc1386

greasya1529

mongrela1594

shake rotten1595

strummell-patch1600

thornbackly1605

toad-spotted1608

pissabed1643

shit-breeched1664

shit-breech1675

mole-catching1693

nine-eyed1694

poxya1758

cocksucking1872

bastard1877

motherfucking1890

son-of-a-bitching1902

so-and-so1929

mother-raping1932

zombie1937

chickenshit1940

pissy-arsed1940

bastarding1944

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 121 Wherto xulde I wryght Of soche a gresy knyght?

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 55 I quoth Iaques, Sweepe on you fat and greazie Citizens.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 62 Not Epicurus, nor Aristippus..but would shut his school dores against such greasy sophisters.

a1813 A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 37 Ye ugly, greasy, girnin' tyke.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 91 ‘I do wonder what sich great, nasty, good-for-nothin’—greecy—snappish—’. Come, come, our major—none o' that.

1856 W. Goodell Kansas Struggle (1857) 8 Free society! we sicken at the name. What is it but a conglomeration of Greasy Mechanics, Filthy Operatives, Small-Fisted Farmers, and moonstruck Theorists?

1865 R. H. Kellogg Life & Death in Rebel Prisons 65 Talk no longer about ‘mudsills,’ and ‘greasy mechanics’!

1974 D. Smith Fisherman's Whore 61 I watch him let the robe clot at your feet as his greasy mechanic's hands slide under breasts only he and I have ever seen naked and lived.

†2. Anointed or ‘smeared’ with ‘grease’ or chrism. (A contemptuous term applied to Roman Catholic priests in reference to unction.) Obsolete.

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society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [adjective] > anointed

y-eledc1275

anointc1350

ointedc1384

anointed?c1400

aneled1440

greasy?1542

oiled1546

smeared?1550

nointed1566

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiv. sig. H4 Thus for lukers sake the greasy canonistes nosel the peple in Idolatry.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 118 That greasie order of shauelings.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. K3 He [sc. the Pope] being a greasie priest, & smered prelate, hath no more authority than other oiled shauelings haue.

3. Composed of or containing grease; of the nature of grease. Of food: Containing a disproportionate quantity of grease. †greasy stomach (? nonce-use): an appetite for oily food.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy

fatc1000

fattya1398

tallowyc1440

seamya1529

tallowish1552

smeary1582

fattish1589

greasy1592

pinguedinous1599

enseamed1604

pingui-substance1621

pinguid1635

axungious1658

pinguious1705

sevous1726

suety1730

sebaceous1783

pinguitudinous1827

crassy1858

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [adjective]

greasy1592

adipocerous1801

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > appetite for specific kind of food

sweet tooth1390

sweetnessc1440

greasy stomach1592

1592 tr. Junius on Rev. (1599) xiii. 16 Her greasie Chrisme which hee doubteth not to preferre before Baptisme.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 40 Oyle and all greasie things are light, and therefore swimme aboue, and burne.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 211 [Dodos] are reputed of more for wonder then food, greasie stomackes may seeke after them, but to the delicate, they are offensiue.

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 77 The Papacy may content themselves with their Chrysme, or greasie Unction.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 44 The greasy bituminous particles raised from the sea.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 277 Thy greasy ointment will hiss as it drops upon the wound.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 922 The fixed oil..gave a greasy stain to paper.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 199 When a German dish is not sour it is sure to be greasy.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 296 The native mode of cookery is extravagant, and possibly a little greasy.

figurative.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 162 The..greazie reliques, Of her ore-eaten faith.

a. Of wool: Containing a natural grease (see grease n. 4); used spec. of wool before it has been cleansed of this. Also of flannel.

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

yolkyeOE

greasya1616

greased1848

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 52 We are still handling our Ewes, and their Fels you know are greasie .

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 177 See that they [sheep]..have a soft, greasie, well curled close Wooll.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 7 She would not keep her self in a constant Sweat with greasy Flannel.

1883 Leisure Hour 242/1 The specifications of the state of the wool, i.e. whether ‘greasy’ or ‘scoured’.

b. absol. as n. ‘Greasy’ wool.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > before cleaning

greasy1883

grease1898

1883 Times 25 May 11 Western Cape lambs' wool and some descriptions of Natal greasies.

1890 Daily News 24 Feb. 7/3 Good deep combing greasys..have shown less decline.

5. Of a horse: Affected with the ‘grease’.

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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

1701 London Gaz. No. 3741/4 A Sorrel Mare..subject to greasy Heels.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 55 Stiff and greasy horses.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 226 It is a disgrace for any steward..to allow his horses to become greasy.

a. Having the appearance or ‘feel’ of containing or being covered with grease.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy > in feel or appearance

greasy1700

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 Greasy clammy Stone.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 41 As to the Feel, we may distinguish those that are rough, smooth, or greasy.

1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 92 The chalk is..very splintery and greasy.

1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Greasy, where the surface feels as though it were rubbed with grease.

1876 Gilder's Man. 88 Should the presence of mercury or a bad deposit prevent the [burnishing] tool from producing a bright surface [in electroplating], the object is said to be greasy.

b. Of a road, etc.: Slippery or slimy with mud or moisture.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy > characterized by presence of slimy matter

slimy1377

slimed1393

greasy1801

snaily1870

1801 [implied in: A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. lxxiii. 408 The slippery greasiness of a damp day keeps me within doors. (at greasiness n.)].

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 26 When the ground is what the vulgar call greasy.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 19 Just enough damp gently stealing down, to make the pavement greasy.

1869 G. Morgans in Eng. Mech. 10 Dec. 293/1 The rails about stations generally being what is termed ‘greasy’.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 83 The ground was very greasy and slippery.

c. dialect. (See quot. 1787.)

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1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 161 Whose nice Scent O'er greasy Fallows, and frequented Road, Can pick the dubious Way.

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 380 Greasy, foul; grassy: spoken of fallows or other plowed grounds.

d. Of the weather or the sky: ‘Thick’, ‘dirty’.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > dense or dark (of mist, fog, or weather)

thicka1000

murk1609

gross1785

greasya1825

troubled1855

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) The sky is greasy.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 69 The harder, more ‘greasy’, rolled, tufted, or ragged [clouds look]—the stronger the coming wind will prove.

7. Filthy, obscene, low; esp. of language.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene

lewdc1386

filthy?c1400

knavishc1405

sensual?a1425

ribaldousc1440

dishonestc1450

bawdya1513

ribald?a1513

ribaldious?1518

slovenly?1518

ribaldry1519

priapish1531

ribaldish?1533

filthous1551

ribaldly1570

obscene1571

bawdisha1586

obscenous1591

greasy1598

dirty1599

fulsome1600

spurcitious1658

lasciviating1660

smutty1668

bawdry1764

ribaldric1796

un-Quakerlike1824

fat1836

ithyphallic1856

hot1892

rorty1898

rude1919

bitchy1928

feelthy1930

raunchy1943

ranchy1959

down and dirty1969

steamy1970

sleazo1972

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C7 Chast cells, when greasie Aretine For his ranck Fico, is surnam'd diuine.

1598 [implied in: W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 136 You talke greasely, your lips grow fowle.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. v. 26 in Wks. II Let's away, her language growes greasier then her Pigs.

1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 5 His greasy Jest.

1814 Way to win Her iii. i Kettle of fish! O fie; how could you possibly pick up so coarse and greasy an idea?

8. Of manners, expression of countenance, voice, etc.: Disagreeably ‘unctuous’, ‘oily’.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners

fairOE

honeyed1435

glozed1509

fair-tongued1541

fine1568

smoothed1568

smoothinga1592

sugary1591

slicked1594

rose water1598

rose-watered1599

candied1604

soft1609

courtlya1616

smooth-faced1626

oileda1640

blandished1671

sugar1687

fair-spoken1704

smooth-tongued1761

silky1778

pill-gilded1822

blarneyfied1830

greasy1848

blarneyed1861

soothering1866

soothing-syrupy1902

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxix. 151 With..an endless greasy simper—he fawns on everybody.

1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 367 A greasy voice struck his ear.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

greasy-headed adj.

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1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 103 Cropped greasy-headed joskins's.

greasy-heeled adj.

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1711 London Gaz. No. 4902/4 Given to be greasie-heal'd.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 54 Greasy-heeled, and broken-winded horses.

greasy-smelling adj.

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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 233 A filthy and greasie-smelling old man.

C2.

† greasy chin n. slang Obsolete (see quot.).

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greasy chin, a treat given to parish officers in part of commutation for a bastard; called also eating a child.

greasy fritillary n. a species of butterfly (see quot.).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Melitaea > melitaea artemis

scabious1832

greasy fritillary1844

1844 J. O. Westwood Brit. Butterflies 37 Melitæa Artemis, the greasy fritillary.

greasy pole n. a pole rubbed with grease to make it harder to climb or walk upon (commonly used as an object of diversion at fairs or village sports).

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1861 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 199/1 We had a day's sport, consisting of greasy-pole climbing, jumping in sacks, [etc.].

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xvi. 197 They erected greasy-poles for climbing.

1899 Strand Mag. May 17 529 The walking the greasy pole for a pig is a very old form of pastime. It is nearly always the last item in a regatta programme.

greasy spoon n. (also greasy restaurant) slang (originally U.S.) a cheap and inferior eating-house.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house

hash house1865

hashery1867

beanery1887

quick-and-dirty1892

one-arm lunch room1912

panciteria1912

one-arm joint1915

one-arm lunch1922

greasy spoon1925

one-arm1940

1925 Writer's Monthly June 486/2 Greasy spoon, a low~class restaurant.

1951 Time 31 Dec. 29/2 They [sc. the Marx brothers]..ate in coffee pots and greasy spoons.

1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 A room behind a greasy-spoon restaurant.

1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 The cook came from the greasy spoon.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf viii. 110 Bob said he was hungry and wanted to pull up at every greasy spoon we passed.

greasy steam n. (see quot.).

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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Greasy Steam, steam which becomes its own lubricant by a mechanical admixture of grease therewith.

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单词	greasy
释义	greasyadj. Brit. /ˈɡriːsi/, /ˈɡriːzi/, U.S. /ˈɡrisi/, /ˈɡrizi/ Forms: 1500s gresy, 1500s–1700s greasie, 1600s greazie, greazy, ( greezy), (1800s greecy), 1600s– greasy. Etymology: < grease n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Smeared, covered, or soiled with grease; foul with grease. Often said of persons or their clothes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared > with fat or grease greasy?1518 creeshy1535 fatty1572 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.i^v His hosen gresy vpon his thyes. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Jiij ^v Greasy lyppes, and slymy berde. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 84 Rammed me in With foule..stokins, greasie napkins [etc.]. 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 41 An old grey, greazy hat. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 21 A Fat Greasie Porter. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 108/2 If the glass be perfectly clean and not greasie. 1867 M. E. Braddon Run to Earth I. i. 2 The paper on the walls was dark and greasy with age. 1890 W. A. Harris Techn. Dict. Fire-insurance Greasy waste, Greasy matter (such as cotton and other oily material, and oily rags). 1892 Speaker 30 July 141/2 Little children who make themselves greasy with roast turkey at Christmas. b. as a contemptuous or abusive epithet. greasy mechanic n. U.S. used of Northerners by Southerners preceding and during the American Civil War. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused lousyc1386 greasya1529 mongrela1594 shake rotten1595 strummell-patch1600 thornbackly1605 toad-spotted1608 pissabed1643 shit-breeched1664 shit-breech1675 mole-catching1693 nine-eyed1694 poxya1758 cocksucking1872 bastard1877 motherfucking1890 son-of-a-bitching1902 so-and-so1929 mother-raping1932 zombie1937 chickenshit1940 pissy-arsed1940 bastarding1944 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 121 Wherto xulde I wryght Of soche a gresy knyght? a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 55 I quoth Iaques, Sweepe on you fat and greazie Citizens. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 62 Not Epicurus, nor Aristippus..but would shut his school dores against such greasy sophisters. a1813 A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 37 Ye ugly, greasy, girnin' tyke. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 91 ‘I do wonder what sich great, nasty, good-for-nothin’—greecy—snappish—’. Come, come, our major—none o' that. 1856 W. Goodell Kansas Struggle (1857) 8 Free society! we sicken at the name. What is it but a conglomeration of Greasy Mechanics, Filthy Operatives, Small-Fisted Farmers, and moonstruck Theorists? 1865 R. H. Kellogg Life & Death in Rebel Prisons 65 Talk no longer about ‘mudsills,’ and ‘greasy mechanics’! 1974 D. Smith Fisherman's Whore 61 I watch him let the robe clot at your feet as his greasy mechanic's hands slide under breasts only he and I have ever seen naked and lived. †2. Anointed or ‘smeared’ with ‘grease’ or chrism. (A contemptuous term applied to Roman Catholic priests in reference to unction.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [adjective] > anointed y-eledc1275 anointc1350 ointedc1384 anointed?c1400 aneled1440 greasy?1542 oiled1546 smeared?1550 nointed1566 ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xxiv. sig. H4 Thus for lukers sake the greasy canonistes nosel the peple in Idolatry. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 118 That greasie order of shauelings. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. K3 He [sc. the Pope] being a greasie priest, & smered prelate, hath no more authority than other oiled shauelings haue. 3. Composed of or containing grease; of the nature of grease. Of food: Containing a disproportionate quantity of grease. †greasy stomach (? nonce-use): an appetite for oily food. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy fatc1000 fattya1398 tallowyc1440 seamya1529 tallowish1552 smeary1582 fattish1589 greasy1592 pinguedinous1599 enseamed1604 pingui-substance1621 pinguid1635 axungious1658 pinguious1705 sevous1726 suety1730 sebaceous1783 pinguitudinous1827 crassy1858 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [adjective] greasy1592 adipocerous1801 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > appetite for specific kind of food sweet tooth1390 sweetnessc1440 greasy stomach1592 1592 tr. Junius on Rev. (1599) xiii. 16 Her greasie Chrisme which hee doubteth not to preferre before Baptisme. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 40 Oyle and all greasie things are light, and therefore swimme aboue, and burne. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 211 [Dodos] are reputed of more for wonder then food, greasie stomackes may seeke after them, but to the delicate, they are offensiue. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 77 The Papacy may content themselves with their Chrysme, or greasie Unction. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 44 The greasy bituminous particles raised from the sea. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 277 Thy greasy ointment will hiss as it drops upon the wound. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 922 The fixed oil..gave a greasy stain to paper. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 199 When a German dish is not sour it is sure to be greasy. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 296 The native mode of cookery is extravagant, and possibly a little greasy. figurative.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 162 The..greazie reliques, Of her ore-eaten faith. View more context for this quotation 4. a. Of wool: Containing a natural grease (see grease n. 4); used spec. of wool before it has been cleansed of this. Also of flannel. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > unmanufactured or unprocessed > greasy or unwashed yolkyeOE greasya1616 greased1848 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 52 We are still handling our Ewes, and their Fels you know are greasie . View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 177 See that they [sheep]..have a soft, greasie, well curled close Wooll. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 7 She would not keep her self in a constant Sweat with greasy Flannel. 1883 Leisure Hour 242/1 The specifications of the state of the wool, i.e. whether ‘greasy’ or ‘scoured’. b. absol. as n. ‘Greasy’ wool. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > before cleaning greasy1883 grease1898 1883 Times 25 May 11 Western Cape lambs' wool and some descriptions of Natal greasies. 1890 Daily News 24 Feb. 7/3 Good deep combing greasys..have shown less decline. 5. Of a horse: Affected with the ‘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 1701 London Gaz. No. 3741/4 A Sorrel Mare..subject to greasy Heels. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 55 Stiff and greasy horses. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 226 It is a disgrace for any steward..to allow his horses to become greasy. 6. a. Having the appearance or ‘feel’ of containing or being covered with grease. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy > in feel or appearance greasy1700 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 Greasy clammy Stone. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 41 As to the Feel, we may distinguish those that are rough, smooth, or greasy. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 92 The chalk is..very splintery and greasy. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Greasy, where the surface feels as though it were rubbed with grease. 1876 Gilder's Man. 88 Should the presence of mercury or a bad deposit prevent the [burnishing] tool from producing a bright surface [in electroplating], the object is said to be greasy. b. Of a road, etc.: Slippery or slimy with mud or moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy > characterized by presence of slimy matter slimy1377 slimed1393 greasy1801 snaily1870 1801 [implied in: A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. lxxiii. 408 The slippery greasiness of a damp day keeps me within doors. (at greasiness n.)]. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 26 When the ground is what the vulgar call greasy. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 19 Just enough damp gently stealing down, to make the pavement greasy. 1869 G. Morgans in Eng. Mech. 10 Dec. 293/1 The rails about stations generally being what is termed ‘greasy’. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 83 The ground was very greasy and slippery. c. dialect. (See quot. 1787.) ΚΠ 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 161 Whose nice Scent O'er greasy Fallows, and frequented Road, Can pick the dubious Way. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 380 Greasy, foul; grassy: spoken of fallows or other plowed grounds. d. Of the weather or the sky: ‘Thick’, ‘dirty’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > dense or dark (of mist, fog, or weather) thicka1000 murk1609 gross1785 greasya1825 troubled1855 a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) The sky is greasy. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 69 The harder, more ‘greasy’, rolled, tufted, or ragged [clouds look]—the stronger the coming wind will prove. 7. Filthy, obscene, low; esp. of language. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene lewdc1386 filthy?c1400 knavishc1405 sensual?a1425 ribaldousc1440 dishonestc1450 bawdya1513 ribald?a1513 ribaldious?1518 slovenly?1518 ribaldry1519 priapish1531 ribaldish?1533 filthous1551 ribaldly1570 obscene1571 bawdisha1586 obscenous1591 greasy1598 dirty1599 fulsome1600 spurcitious1658 lasciviating1660 smutty1668 bawdry1764 ribaldric1796 un-Quakerlike1824 fat1836 ithyphallic1856 hot1892 rorty1898 rude1919 bitchy1928 feelthy1930 raunchy1943 ranchy1959 down and dirty1969 steamy1970 sleazo1972 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C7 Chast cells, when greasie Aretine For his ranck Fico, is surnam'd diuine. 1598 [implied in: W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 136 You talke greasely, your lips grow fowle. View more context for this quotation]. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. v. 26 in Wks. II Let's away, her language growes greasier then her Pigs. 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 5 His greasy Jest. 1814 Way to win Her iii. i Kettle of fish! O fie; how could you possibly pick up so coarse and greasy an idea? 8. Of manners, expression of countenance, voice, etc.: Disagreeably ‘unctuous’, ‘oily’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxix. 151 With..an endless greasy simper—he fawns on everybody. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman 367 A greasy voice struck his ear. Compounds C1. General attributive. greasy-headed adj. ΚΠ 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 103 Cropped greasy-headed joskins's. greasy-heeled adj. ΚΠ 1711 London Gaz. No. 4902/4 Given to be greasie-heal'd. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 54 Greasy-heeled, and broken-winded horses. greasy-smelling adj. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 233 A filthy and greasie-smelling old man. C2. † greasy chin n. slang Obsolete (see quot.). ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Greasy chin, a treat given to parish officers in part of commutation for a bastard; called also eating a child. greasy fritillary n. a species of butterfly (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Melitaea > melitaea artemis scabious1832 greasy fritillary1844 1844 J. O. Westwood Brit. Butterflies 37 Melitæa Artemis, the greasy fritillary. greasy pole n. a pole rubbed with grease to make it harder to climb or walk upon (commonly used as an object of diversion at fairs or village sports). ΚΠ 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 199/1 We had a day's sport, consisting of greasy-pole climbing, jumping in sacks, [etc.]. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xvi. 197 They erected greasy-poles for climbing. 1899 Strand Mag. May 17 529 The walking the greasy pole for a pig is a very old form of pastime. It is nearly always the last item in a regatta programme. greasy spoon n. (also greasy restaurant) slang (originally U.S.) a cheap and inferior eating-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > cheap eating-house hash house1865 hashery1867 beanery1887 quick-and-dirty1892 one-arm lunch room1912 panciteria1912 one-arm joint1915 one-arm lunch1922 greasy spoon1925 one-arm1940 1925 Writer's Monthly June 486/2 Greasy spoon, a low~class restaurant. 1951 Time 31 Dec. 29/2 They [sc. the Marx brothers]..ate in coffee pots and greasy spoons. 1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 A room behind a greasy-spoon restaurant. 1966 C. Himes Heat's On iii. 25 The cook came from the greasy spoon. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf viii. 110 Bob said he was hungry and wanted to pull up at every greasy spoon we passed. greasy steam n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Greasy Steam, steam which becomes its own lubricant by a mechanical admixture of grease therewith. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1518
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