单词 | inkle |
释义 | inklen. Now rare. 1. a. A kind of linen tape, formerly much used for various purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > tape inkle1541 1541 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 155 For a pece of brode yncull for gyrdyllys..vd. c1545 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 136 For ij peeces of buckerham, 12s. For ij do. of white unckle.., 7d. 1546 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 159 For whyte ynchull to make amyss..jd. 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Eiiii With baskets..on their armes, wherein they haue laces, pynnes, nedles, white ynkell. 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie v. sig. I3v My wife is learning new sir to weaue inckle. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries (1738) I. 41 Here we noted an engine or wheel for the weaving of inkle and tape. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2197/4 Lost,..a parcel of Papers,..wrapt and bound about with Red Incle. 1781 W. Harrod Antiq. Stamford (1785) II. 438 His shoes were..ty'd with strings of a purple colour,..but whether ribbon, or inkle I know not. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Inkle, an inferior kind of tape. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Inkle, a narrow linen fabric, or kind of tape, formerly used for shoe-ties, apron-strings, and the like. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > tape > piece or variety of inkle1607 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 58 Take an Incle or Ribband, and measure the Foale when hee is newe foaled. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. iii. 399 Either stitch them together, or with a broad inckle bind them vp. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 208 Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i' th Rainebow; Points..Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. vi. 141 With an Incle or Filliting bind the Hough. 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 101 They buy up large Quantities of our fine Linen Yarn,..Yarn of a coarser Staple..for Warp to their wrought Inkles, Fustians and Linsywoolsies. 2. The linen thread or yarn from which inkle is manufactured; usually unwrought inkle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > made from flax, hemp, or jute > linen linea700 Bruges thread1473 inkle1545 outnal1545 spinal16.. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. bvv Incle the hundreth pounde vnwrought. 1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 361 iij ouncs of cotton silk iijs.—ij ouncs of fyne ynkell vjd. 1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Cvij Inckle vnwrought called white thred single or double. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xx. 8 Marina..with her neele composes, Natures owne shape, of budde, bird, branche, or berry..Her Inckle [1623 inkle], Silke Twine, with the rubied Cherrie. View more context for this quotation 1714 London Gaz. No. 5240/3 Unwrought Incle Imported into this Kingdom. 1813 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 252/1 Ribbons made of silk mixed with Inkle or cotton. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1188/1 Spinel is bleached yarn for the manufacture of the tape, and is known as unwrought inkle. 1879 Spons' Encycl. Manuf. I. 590 The majority [of wicks] consist of inkle, a fine flax yarn. Compounds C1. General attributive. Categories » inkle-house n. inkle-loom n. ΚΠ 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 157 In 1732 Mr. Harvey brought away from Haerlem two inkle-looms. inkle-maker n. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cannikin,..as great as Cup and Cann; or as great as two Inklemakers. inkle-manufacture n. ΚΠ 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 128 Ten tons of linen yarn have been annually consumed in the inkle manufacture. inkle-manufacturer n. ΚΠ 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 16 Mr. Maclellan, a rich inkle-manufacturer. inkle-points n. ΚΠ 1603 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 189 For sale of sackclothe, inclepoints, Garteringe, Threede, Buttons and othr Small wares. inkle-roll n. ΚΠ 1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Cvij Inckle roles the dosen peeces. inkle string n. ΚΠ 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xxxiii. 65 Tye vp his eares with a soft inckle string. inkle-wares n. ΚΠ 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 157 Glasgow was the first place in Britain where inkle wares were manufactured. C2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of trimmings or tape milliner1530 haberdasher1611 inkle-beggar1616 1616 T. Adams Garden of Graces in Divine Herball 6 From the Courtier to the Carter, from the Lady to the Inkle-beggar, there is this excesse. inkle-eloquence n. ? tawdry, shoddy rhetoric. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > rhetoric rhetory?a1500 rhetoric1559 rope-ripe1584 inkle-eloquence1774 rhetoricianism1842 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 I have seen a powdered coxcomb of this gawzy make..flatter himself with the power of his inkle eloquence. inkle-weaver n. a weaver of inkle or linen tape; whence the phrase as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers, extremely intimate (see quot. 1788). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > very intimate hand and glove1654 hand in glove1737 as great (or thick) as inkle-weavers1738 as thick as glue, as inkle-weavers, as peas in a shell, as (two) thieves1833 like that1925 1688 T. Brown Reasons Mr. Bays 16 The Inkle-weavers,..the dealers in Ribbons. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 105 She and you were as great as two Inkle-weavers. 1788 W. Cowper Let. 6 May (1982) III. 156 When people are intimate, we say—They are as great as two Inkle-weavers..Inkle weavers contract intimacies with each other sooner than other people, on account of their juxtaposition in weaving of Inkle [the inkle-looms being so narrow and close together]. 1874 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands (new ed.) xxxiii. 389 My relatives..and the Greylands' Rest people used to be as thick as inkle-weavers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). inklev. rare. 1. transitive. To utter or communicate in an undertone or whisper, to hint, give a hint of. In quot. 1340-70 ‘to inkle the truth’, (parenthetically) = to mention or tell the truth, ‘sooth to say’. In quots. 1901, 1904 a back-formation from inkling n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1340–70 Alisaunder 616 A brem brasen borde bringes hee soone, Imped in iuory, too incle þe truthe. 1901 S. Butler Erewhon Revisited 42 People like being deceived, but they also like to have an inkling of their own deception, and you never inkle them. 1904 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 1st i. vi. 57 Thou art young, and dost not heed the Cause of things Which some of us have inkled to thee here. 2. dialect. To get an inkling or notion (of).[In this sense apparently a back-formation from inkling n. 3, 4] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > know a small amount salute1648 inkle1866 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1883) xxix. 153 His marriage settlement and its effects, they could only inkle of. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Inkle. 1. To form notions, guesses or projects..2. To form wishes or inclinations..for this or that gratification, to wit. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xxiv. 334 She inkled what it was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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