Jacobn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒeɪkəb/, U.S.

/ˈdʒeɪˌkɑb/,

/ˈdʒeɪkəb/

Etymology: < Hebrew yaʿăqōb, in Greek Ἰάκωβος, Latin Jacōbus, whence also came English James.

A personal name and surname; used also in derived and transferred senses, partly referring to Jacob's ladder n.

†1. = Jacobus n., the gold coin. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

1662 S. Pepys Diary 23 Nov. (1970) III. 265 A poulterer..hath left 800l per annum..and 40000 Jacobs—in gold.

†2. slang.

a. A housebreaker carrying a ladder.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who uses a ladder

Jacob1712

1712–53 Thief-Catcher 25 Rogues called Jacobs; these go with Ladders in the Dead of the Night, and get in at the Windows.

b. A ladder.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun]

ladder971

staira1400

stya1400

scale1412

Jacob1708

1708 Mem. John Hall 10 Jacob, a Ladder.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Jacob, a ladder: perhaps from Jacob's dream.

1803 Sporting Mag. 12 54 A Jacob is a ladder.

c. A simpleton.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton

innocentc1386

greenhead1576

gonyc1580

ninnyhammer1592

chicken1600

loach1605

simplician1605

hichcock1607

smelt1607

foppasty1611

dovea1616

goslinga1616

funge1621

simplicity1633

gewgaw1634

squab1640

simpletonian1652

ninny-whoop1653

softhead1654

foppotee1663

greenhorn1672

sumph1682

sawney1699

sillyton1708

gaby?1746

gobbin?1746

green goose1768

nin-a-kin1787

Jacob1811

green1824

sillikin1832

greeny1834

softhorn1836

sucker1838

softie1850

dope1851

soft1854

verigreen1854

peanut1864

daftie1872

josser1886

naïf1891

yapc1894

barm-stick1924

knobhead1931

sook1933

nig-nog1953

sawn1953

pronk1959

stiffy1965

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Jacob, a soft fellow, a fool.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 181 Jacob,..a simple half-witted person.

3. [ < Genesis xxx. 40 (King James Bible) ‘Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-straked’.] A variety of two- or four-horned piebald sheep, believed to have been introduced from Spain in the eighteenth century, and since used as an ornamental park breed.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Jacob

Jacob1913

Spanish sheep1974

1913 H. J. Elwes Guide Primitive Breeds of Sheep 30 ‘Spanish’ or Piebald Sheep... These sheep are called by various names—‘Syrian’, ‘Persian’, ‘Zulu’, ‘Barbary’, ‘Jacobs’, and ‘Spotted’.

1970 Observer 26 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 35/2 The black and white Jacobs..are another rare breed of sheep.

1972 Kent Life July 28/2 Ten years ago the number of Jacob Sheep in Britain could be counted in dozens. Today the National Agricultural Centre calculates that there are more than 3,000 sheep in 132 flocks.

1973 Times 14 Apr. 14/5 Most horned breeds are hill breeds. Exceptions are Dorset..and Jacob.

Compounds

The possessive Jacob's occurs in the following. Also Jacob's ladder n., Jacob's staff n.

Jacob's coat n.

Jacob's membrane n. Anatomy the layer of rods and cones of the retina of the eye (named after Arthur Jacob, an Irish ophthalmic surgeon, died 1874).

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the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > retina > layers of

Jacob's membrane1842

plexiform layer1856

molecular layer1867

pigment epithelium1872

pigment layer1872

1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 453 Jacob's Membrane..is seen as a flocculent film when the eye is suspended in water.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 18 This external layer, called Jacob's membrane.

Jacob's shell n. the scallop-shell Pecten Jacobæus, the emblem of St. James the Greater, and worn by pilgrims who had visited his shrine.

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society > faith > artefacts > pilgrim's garb > items of attire > [noun] > token > shell

shell1362

scallop?a1400

cockleshell1488

scallop-shell1530

Jacob's shell1757

cockle1962

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Pectinidae > genus Pecten > member of > shell of

cockle1415

cockleshell?1440

scallop-shell1530

freel1637

scallop1639

frill1713

Jacob's shell1757

petuncle1854

skimmer shell1880

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 52 In the Adriatic are likewise found the species called Jacob-shells, or Pectines.

Jacob's stone n. a name applied to the coronation stone of the Scottish kings at Scone, now in Westminster Abbey, fabled to be the stone of Jacob's pillow (Genesis xxviii. 11).

ΚΠ

1637 T. Heywood Royall King i. i. sig. A4^v If I survive Englands Inheritance, Or ever live to sit on Iacob's Stone.

Jacob's ulcer n. ‘a term for Lupus or rodent ulcer of the eye’ (from Arthur Jacob, above-named).

Draft additions September 2017

Jacob's Join n. English regional (Lancashire and Yorkshire) a meal or event where each of the guests contributes a dish of food; a potluck meal.

ΚΠ

1913 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 11 Sept. 592 They returned to Sister Sarah Smith's home at Trawden, and had a ‘Jacob's Join’.

1972 M. Bacon Kitty vii. 38 It was just the vicar's wife..wanting cakes for the Jacob's Join Tea.

2002 Oldie June 41/2 Our office ‘do’ in the Library of the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, last year, was a Jacob's Join. Members of the staff each brought in some cheese, wine, pastries, etc.

2017 @TeacupsPearls 14 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We've got half the church coming round for communion and a Jacob's Join in a while.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jacob
释义	Jacobn. Brit. /ˈdʒeɪkəb/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪˌkɑb/, /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ Etymology: < Hebrew yaʿăqōb, in Greek Ἰάκωβος, Latin Jacōbus, whence also came English James. A personal name and surname; used also in derived and transferred senses, partly referring to Jacob's ladder n. †1. = Jacobus n., the gold coin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 1662 S. Pepys Diary 23 Nov. (1970) III. 265 A poulterer..hath left 800l per annum..and 40000 Jacobs—in gold. †2. slang. a. A housebreaker carrying a ladder. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who uses a ladder Jacob1712 1712–53 Thief-Catcher 25 Rogues called Jacobs; these go with Ladders in the Dead of the Night, and get in at the Windows. b. A ladder. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] ladder971 staira1400 stya1400 scale1412 Jacob1708 1708 Mem. John Hall 10 Jacob, a Ladder. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Jacob, a ladder: perhaps from Jacob's dream. 1803 Sporting Mag. 12 54 A Jacob is a ladder. c. A simpleton. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > simpleton innocentc1386 greenhead1576 gonyc1580 ninnyhammer1592 chicken1600 loach1605 simplician1605 hichcock1607 smelt1607 foppasty1611 dovea1616 goslinga1616 funge1621 simplicity1633 gewgaw1634 squab1640 simpletonian1652 ninny-whoop1653 softhead1654 foppotee1663 greenhorn1672 sumph1682 sawney1699 sillyton1708 gaby?1746 gobbin?1746 green goose1768 nin-a-kin1787 Jacob1811 green1824 sillikin1832 greeny1834 softhorn1836 sucker1838 softie1850 dope1851 soft1854 verigreen1854 peanut1864 daftie1872 josser1886 naïf1891 yapc1894 barm-stick1924 knobhead1931 sook1933 nig-nog1953 sawn1953 pronk1959 stiffy1965 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Jacob, a soft fellow, a fool. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 181 Jacob,..a simple half-witted person. 3. [ < Genesis xxx. 40 (King James Bible) ‘Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-straked’.] A variety of two- or four-horned piebald sheep, believed to have been introduced from Spain in the eighteenth century, and since used as an ornamental park breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Jacob Jacob1913 Spanish sheep1974 1913 H. J. Elwes Guide Primitive Breeds of Sheep 30 ‘Spanish’ or Piebald Sheep... These sheep are called by various names—‘Syrian’, ‘Persian’, ‘Zulu’, ‘Barbary’, ‘Jacobs’, and ‘Spotted’. 1970 Observer 26 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 35/2 The black and white Jacobs..are another rare breed of sheep. 1972 Kent Life July 28/2 Ten years ago the number of Jacob Sheep in Britain could be counted in dozens. Today the National Agricultural Centre calculates that there are more than 3,000 sheep in 132 flocks. 1973 Times 14 Apr. 14/5 Most horned breeds are hill breeds. Exceptions are Dorset..and Jacob. Compounds The possessive Jacob's occurs in the following. Also Jacob's ladder n., Jacob's staff n. Jacob's coat n. Jacob's membrane n. Anatomy the layer of rods and cones of the retina of the eye (named after Arthur Jacob, an Irish ophthalmic surgeon, died 1874). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > retina > layers of Jacob's membrane1842 plexiform layer1856 molecular layer1867 pigment epithelium1872 pigment layer1872 1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 453 Jacob's Membrane..is seen as a flocculent film when the eye is suspended in water. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 18 This external layer, called Jacob's membrane. Jacob's shell n. the scallop-shell Pecten Jacobæus, the emblem of St. James the Greater, and worn by pilgrims who had visited his shrine. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > pilgrim's garb > items of attire > [noun] > token > shell shell1362 scallop?a1400 cockleshell1488 scallop-shell1530 Jacob's shell1757 cockle1962 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Pectinidae > genus Pecten > member of > shell of cockle1415 cockleshell?1440 scallop-shell1530 freel1637 scallop1639 frill1713 Jacob's shell1757 petuncle1854 skimmer shell1880 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 52 In the Adriatic are likewise found the species called Jacob-shells, or Pectines. Jacob's stone n. a name applied to the coronation stone of the Scottish kings at Scone, now in Westminster Abbey, fabled to be the stone of Jacob's pillow (Genesis xxviii. 11). ΚΠ 1637 T. Heywood Royall King i. i. sig. A4^v If I survive Englands Inheritance, Or ever live to sit on Iacob's Stone. Jacob's ulcer n. ‘a term for Lupus or rodent ulcer of the eye’ (from Arthur Jacob, above-named). Draft additions September 2017 Jacob's Join n. English regional (Lancashire and Yorkshire) a meal or event where each of the guests contributes a dish of food; a potluck meal. ΚΠ 1913 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 11 Sept. 592 They returned to Sister Sarah Smith's home at Trawden, and had a ‘Jacob's Join’. 1972 M. Bacon Kitty vii. 38 It was just the vicar's wife..wanting cakes for the Jacob's Join Tea. 2002 Oldie June 41/2 Our office ‘do’ in the Library of the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, last year, was a Jacob's Join. Members of the staff each brought in some cheese, wine, pastries, etc. 2017 @TeacupsPearls 14 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We've got half the church coming round for communion and a Jacob's Join in a while. 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