† headstickn.¹

Forms: 1500s hedestikkis (plural), 1500s heidsteke, 1500s heidstik.

Origin: Apparently either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (i) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Dutch hoofdstuk; Middle Low German hȫvetstücke.

Etymology: Apparently < (i) Dutch hoofdstuk large cannon (although this is first attested slightly later: 1530 as hootstuck ; < hoofd head n.¹ + stuk piece of ordnance, cannon (16th cent.), specific use of stuk piece: see stitch n.²), or its equivalent (ii) Middle Low German hȫvetstücke, with remodelling of the first element after head n.¹ and unrounding of the vowel in the second element (either in the donor language or in English; compare masterstick n.). Compare early modern German haubtstück (16th cent. or earlier). With the second element compare earlier (in different senses) stick n.²

Scottish. Obsolete.

A kind of large cannon.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces

serpentinec1450

culverin1515

headstick1516

slang1521

sling1547

basilisk1549

basilc1565

Roaring Meg1575

serpitanta1578

whole culverin1577

cannon1587

whole-cannon1589

cannon pedro1625

royal mortar1761

Long Tom1812

serpent1830

twelve-incher1909

Big Bertha1914

big boy1917

Lizzie1925

1516 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XXVII. 158, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Hede-), Heid-steke xii barrellis of hone, twa heid stekis of artalȝery, a small serpentyne.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Slangis, & half slangis, quartar slangis, hede stikkis, murdresaris.

1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 520 Ane irne slang and iiij heidstikis with thair chalmeris.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

headstickn.²

Brit.

/ˈhɛdstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, stick n.¹

Etymology: < head n.¹ + stick n.¹

1. Printing. A piece of wood placed above the top of pages in a forme when they are imposed, so as to secure them and produce a margin at the head of the printed page. Cf. reglet n. 2a(a). Now historical.

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society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > spacing material

reglet1636

space1676

headstick1683

quadrat1683

quotation1683

rule1683

space1683

quadc1781

spacer1857

mutton1938

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 28 By Furniture is meant the Head-sticks, Foot-sticks,..Scabbords and Quoyns.

1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. at Printing He opens or Unlocks..the Quoins and Form: and then the Furniture; viz. the head-sticks, the Inner Side-sticks, and Gutter-sticks, if the Form have any.

1818 C. S. Van Winkle Printers' Guide 139 The gutters should be cut two or three lines longer than the page; the head sticks wider.

1904 M. T. Bigelow Punctuation 101 The furniture consists of the gutters..; the head-sticks, between the head of the page and the crossbar [etc.].

1982 P. W. M. Blayney Texts King Lear 530 Each [stage direction] was set in a marginal column of quotation quads..extending from head-stick to foot-stick and vertically justified.

2. Nautical. A stick attached to the head of a triangular sail to prevent it from twisting.

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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 128 The hoist-rope is put through the holes in the head-stick.

1886 Outing Apr. 123/2 In the B and C classes, foot yards, head yards or head sticks shall not be allowed for spinnakers.

1956 Mariner's Mirror 42 19 The shoulder-of-mutton sail..had a short head-stick and usually a boom.

1997 D. R. MacGregor Schooner (2001) 32 (caption) The clew of the latter [sc. the square sail] hauled out on a passaree boom and the head extended by a short head stick at the outer end.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headstick
释义	† headstickn.¹ Forms: 1500s hedestikkis (plural), 1500s heidsteke, 1500s heidstik. Origin: Apparently either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (i) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Dutch hoofdstuk; Middle Low German hȫvetstücke. Etymology: Apparently < (i) Dutch hoofdstuk large cannon (although this is first attested slightly later: 1530 as hootstuck ; < hoofd head n.¹ + stuk piece of ordnance, cannon (16th cent.), specific use of stuk piece: see stitch n.²), or its equivalent (ii) Middle Low German hȫvetstücke, with remodelling of the first element after head n.¹ and unrounding of the vowel in the second element (either in the donor language or in English; compare masterstick n.). Compare early modern German haubtstück (16th cent. or earlier). With the second element compare earlier (in different senses) stick n.² Scottish. Obsolete. A kind of large cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces serpentinec1450 culverin1515 headstick1516 slang1521 sling1547 basilisk1549 basilc1565 Roaring Meg1575 serpitanta1578 whole culverin1577 cannon1587 whole-cannon1589 cannon pedro1625 royal mortar1761 Long Tom1812 serpent1830 twelve-incher1909 Big Bertha1914 big boy1917 Lizzie1925 1516 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XXVII. 158, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Hede-), Heid-steke xii barrellis of hone, twa heid stekis of artalȝery, a small serpentyne. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Slangis, & half slangis, quartar slangis, hede stikkis, murdresaris. 1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 520 Ane irne slang and iiij heidstikis with thair chalmeris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). headstickn.² Brit. /ˈhɛdstɪk/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, stick n.¹ Etymology: < head n.¹ + stick n.¹ 1. Printing. A piece of wood placed above the top of pages in a forme when they are imposed, so as to secure them and produce a margin at the head of the printed page. Cf. reglet n. 2a(a). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > composing equipment > [noun] > spacing material reglet1636 space1676 headstick1683 quadrat1683 quotation1683 rule1683 space1683 quadc1781 spacer1857 mutton1938 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 28 By Furniture is meant the Head-sticks, Foot-sticks,..Scabbords and Quoyns. 1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II. at Printing He opens or Unlocks..the Quoins and Form: and then the Furniture; viz. the head-sticks, the Inner Side-sticks, and Gutter-sticks, if the Form have any. 1818 C. S. Van Winkle Printers' Guide 139 The gutters should be cut two or three lines longer than the page; the head sticks wider. 1904 M. T. Bigelow Punctuation 101 The furniture consists of the gutters..; the head-sticks, between the head of the page and the crossbar [etc.]. 1982 P. W. M. Blayney Texts King Lear 530 Each [stage direction] was set in a marginal column of quotation quads..extending from head-stick to foot-stick and vertically justified. 2. Nautical. A stick attached to the head of a triangular sail to prevent it from twisting. ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 128 The hoist-rope is put through the holes in the head-stick. 1886 Outing Apr. 123/2 In the B and C classes, foot yards, head yards or head sticks shall not be allowed for spinnakers. 1956 Mariner's Mirror 42 19 The shoulder-of-mutton sail..had a short head-stick and usually a boom. 1997 D. R. MacGregor Schooner (2001) 32 (caption) The clew of the latter [sc. the square sail] hauled out on a passaree boom and the head extended by a short head stick at the outer end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1516n.²1683
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