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half-calf

11. Bookbinding. Designating a binding of which only the back and corners consist of the material specified; e.g. half-calf, half-russia.Cf. half binding n.

1784 Bibliotheca Hoopiana (J. Gaillard, the Hague) (auction catal.) 126 Cudworth's Abridgment of true intellectual System of the Universe, 2 vol. London 1732. neatly bound in half calf.

1844 Catal. Messrs. C. Knight & Co. 8 Half Morocco or Russia.

1847 Harper's Illustr. Catal. Valuable Standard Wks. Gen. Lit. 7 Armstrong's Treatise on Agriculture... 18mo, half Sheep. 50 cents.

1923 Humorist 18 Aug. 88/2 If Bacon had written ‘The Gay Lord Quex’, would the Plays of Shakespeare be presented in half-calf to the good boys on Speech Day at Giggleswick?

1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 9 Catalogue..1799; contemporary half russia (one spine worn, a few flaked).

2008 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 27 Sept. (Weekend section) 5 In London there are a couple of specialist dealers who sell antique books by the yard—fifty quid for three feet of instructive sermons, unread since they were neatly bound in half calf in 1840.

extracted from halfadj.

half-calf

C1. Forming compounds used as modifiers, e.g. half-calf, half-power, half-sleeve, etc.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe pounde, selibra. Halfe pownde wayght, semissis.

1753 Scots Mag. June 310/1 Each..received a half-peck loaf.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. v. 86 A half-quartern loaf and a piece of cheese.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) viii. 192 None of your ‘half-calf’ economies in that volume!

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 224 Half-quarter repeaters, instead of giving the minutes, strike one additional blow if the half-quarter has passed.

1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 88 A half-hatch door.

1898 Pearson's Mag. May 539/1 With a half-power steamer which had only one man all told upon her decks.

1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank i. 7 A thick half-litre glass of beer.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Weekend section) 37 Spinach is very nutritious: a half-cup serving furnishes all of the recommended daily amount of vitamin A for an adult man.

2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. 19 An embroidered floral half-sleeve shift dress.

extracted from halfadj.

half-calf

k. In Bookbinding, ‘half’ signifies that only the back and corners of the binding consist of the material specified; e.g. half-calf, half-russia.

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1844 Catal. Messrs. C. Knight & Co. 8 Half Morocco or Russia.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) viii. 192 None of your ‘half-calf’ economies in that volume!

1898 N.E.D. at Half-, Mod. Bookseller's Catal., Original half sheep.

extracted from half-comb. form

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单词	half-calf
释义	> as lemmas half-calf 11. Bookbinding. Designating a binding of which only the back and corners consist of the material specified; e.g. half-calf, half-russia.Cf. half binding n. Π 1784 Bibliotheca Hoopiana (J. Gaillard, the Hague) (auction catal.) 126 Cudworth's Abridgment of true intellectual System of the Universe, 2 vol. London 1732. neatly bound in half calf. 1844 Catal. Messrs. C. Knight & Co. 8 Half Morocco or Russia. 1847 Harper's Illustr. Catal. Valuable Standard Wks. Gen. Lit. 7 Armstrong's Treatise on Agriculture... 18mo, half Sheep. 50 cents. 1923 Humorist 18 Aug. 88/2 If Bacon had written ‘The Gay Lord Quex’, would the Plays of Shakespeare be presented in half-calf to the good boys on Speech Day at Giggleswick? 1986 Christie's Sale Catal.: Bks from Libr. of M. Boulton 12 Dec. 9 Catalogue..1799; contemporary half russia (one spine worn, a few flaked). 2008 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 27 Sept. (Weekend section) 5 In London there are a couple of specialist dealers who sell antique books by the yard—fifty quid for three feet of instructive sermons, unread since they were neatly bound in half calf in 1840. extracted from halfadj. half-calf C1. Forming compounds used as modifiers, e.g. half-calf, half-power, half-sleeve, etc. Π 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe pounde, selibra. Halfe pownde wayght, semissis. 1753 Scots Mag. June 310/1 Each..received a half-peck loaf. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. v. 86 A half-quartern loaf and a piece of cheese. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) viii. 192 None of your ‘half-calf’ economies in that volume! 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 224 Half-quarter repeaters, instead of giving the minutes, strike one additional blow if the half-quarter has passed. 1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 88 A half-hatch door. 1898 Pearson's Mag. May 539/1 With a half-power steamer which had only one man all told upon her decks. 1921 W. J. Locke Mountebank i. 7 A thick half-litre glass of beer. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Weekend section) 37 Spinach is very nutritious: a half-cup serving furnishes all of the recommended daily amount of vitamin A for an adult man. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. 19 An embroidered floral half-sleeve shift dress. extracted from halfadj. half-calf k. In Bookbinding, ‘half’ signifies that only the back and corners of the binding consist of the material specified; e.g. half-calf, half-russia. ΚΠ 1844 Catal. Messrs. C. Knight & Co. 8 Half Morocco or Russia. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table (1885) viii. 192 None of your ‘half-calf’ economies in that volume! 1898 N.E.D. at Half-, Mod. Bookseller's Catal., Original half sheep. extracted from half-comb. form < as lemmas
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