hattedadj.
/ˈhatᵻd/, U.S. /ˈhædəd/ 1. Wearing a hat; provided with a hat; with a hat on. Cf. hat v. 2a. In quots. c1450 and a1683 in well hatted: wearing a suitable hat.picture-, plug-, red-, round-, white-hatted, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a hat
hattedc1450
coveredc1669
tiled1792
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 121 (MED) Al be it j be mantelled and wel hatted [Fr. enchapee].
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Hatted, petasatus.
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. Aii Hens with your hatted Mercury, and with his rod also.
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. Bv It is as easie way vnto a Dutchesse, As to a Hatted-dame [= peasant woman].
a1683 P. Warwick Disc. Govt. (1694) 209 It is..necessary for a Traveller to be well hatted, booted, and coated against foul weather and ways.
1753 World 26 July 179 This uncouth taste of being hatted prevails in almost all the churches in town and country.
1791 F. Burney Let. Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 40 Ready Hatted and Cloaked.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. v. 55 We will pity the crowned head, as well as the hatted and even hatless one.
1875 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 407/1 Pushing slowly to the front.., came a gray horse with a hatted rider.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvi. 146 Along the fence a row of heads hatted and bare above work-thickened shoulders.
1985 J. Morris Last Lett. from Hav i. 9 On the left, bathed in golden sunshine.., was the city of Hav, with elaborately hattedladies.
2011 New Yorker 18 Apr. 127/1 The seemingly infinite number of British series that include hatted, eccentric Englishwomen riding bicycles down country lanes.
2. figurative. In predicative use with with: capped, crowned. Also in attributive use with preceding modifying word.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > at the top or end
steel-tippeda1400
cappeda1616
hatted1880
1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 376 Here and there they are hatted with trees.
1909 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Set in Silver xxvii. 359 A bit which might be gray and grim if the beetling rocks were n't hatted with moss and mantled with delicate green trees.
1993 Islands Aug. 99/2 The tiny, unnamed green-hatted island.
2001 G. Long Juniper Tree Burning vi. 349 Outside, everything's hatted with snow except for the white car.
Compounds
hatted kit n. chiefly Scottish †(a) a dairy vessel, perhaps a kit (kit n.1 1a) with a cover (obsolete rare); (b) a sweet dish made by adding buttermilk to warm fresh milk or cream and combining the resulting curds with sugar and spices or other flavourings; cf. hat n. 8.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > milk and cream dishes > [noun] > hatted kit
hatted kit1572
hata1803
1572 Inventory of Ger. Salveyn in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 349 One buttr skepp ij hattyd kitts.
1600 Let. in M. Napier Mem. J. Napier of Merchiston (1834) v. 219 We sould hev prepared ane fyne hattit kit, with succar, comfeitis and wyn.
1719 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 290 Lemon hatted kit.
1785 H. Arnot Coll. Trials Scotl. 54 A hatted kit is a dish common in Scotland at this hour. It is a preparation of milk kept for some time. The whey is let off, and the remainder is of a pretty thick consistence, and no unpleasant acidity.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 275 He has spilt the hatted kitt that was for the Master's dinner.
1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. iii. vii. 991 Hatted kitt, a gallon of sour butter-milk is put in the bottom of the milk pail, and a quart or more of milk drawn from the cow into it... The new warm milk..rises to the top and forms a creamy scum or hat over the other, whence the name.
1906 Blackwood's Mag. July 63/1 A hatted kit well made—the cook standing on the table and pouring the milk from that height upon the other ingredients—is a dish for an emperor.
1952 F. White Good Eng. Food iv. ii. 180 Hatted Kit...fresh good butter-milk, and a pint of milk hot from the cow. Mix well by jumbling... It will now firm, and gather a hat.
1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 Sept. Scotland's national pantry includes a rich selection of foods to die for—and from: desserts called cream crowdie..and hattit kit (buttermilk, cream, sugar, nutmeg).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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