Kilkennyn.

Brit.

/kɪlˈkɛni/, U.S.

/kɪlˈkɛnni/

Etymology: < the name of Kilkenny, a county and city in Leinster in the Republic of Ireland.

1. Kilkenny cat n. one of a pair of cats fabled to have fought until only their tails remained; transferred, of combatants who fight until they annihilate each other; so Kilkenny fight.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > to annihilation

Kilkenny cat1822

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat

mouser1440

mouse-taker?c1475

mouse-catcher1611

Kilkenny cat1822

spitfire1825

alley cat1886

stray1892

tiler1905

1822 Hive I. ii. 32/2 (heading) Kilkenny cats.

1822 Hive I. ii. 32/2 One gentleman stated his opinion, that a Kilkenny cat was, of all other animals, the most ferocious;..‘..I once,’ said he, ‘saw two of these animals fighting..and..drove them into a deep saw-pit, and..left them to their amusement. Next morning,..what d'ye think I saw?..there was nothing left in the pit but the two tails and a bit of flue.’

1849 Pict. Guide Birmingham 162 Whatever may be the ultimate fate of the combatants—and it once seemed likely to be that of the Kilkenny cats.

1859 Slang Dict. Kilkenny Cat, a popular simile for a voracious or desperate animal or person.

1900 J. London Let. 2 May (1966) 105 If Russia and England played the Kilkenny cat act, there would be peace in the world.

1901 Graphic 64 288/1 The fate of the Kilkenny cats will meanwhile have overtaken the villains.

1909 Daily Chron. 11 Sept. 3/5 The election of its kings..was a continual cause of bickering and Kilkenny cat fighting.

1931 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Mar. 8/2 He has been in the center of a good old-fashioned Democratic kilkenny fight.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 578/2 All these excitable disputants have disappeared like the Kilkenny cats through the excess of their own zeal.

1972 Guardian 10 Mar. 1/3 Mr Heath and Mr Wilson..guard the rival despatch boxes with the mutual respect and tolerance of a pair of Kilkenny cats.

2. Kilkenny coal n. an Irish name for anthracite.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun]

coal1253

sea-coal1253

pit-coal1483

cannel1541

earth coala1552

horse coal1552

Newcastle coal1552

stone-coal1585

cannel coal1587

parrot1594

burn-coal1597

lithanthrax1612

stony coal1617

Welsh coala1618

land-coala1661

foot coal1665

peacock coal1686

rough coal1686

white coal1686

heathen-coalc1697

coal-stone1708

round1708

stone-coal1708

bench-coal1712

slipper coal1712

black coal1713

culm1742

rock coal1750

board coal1761

Bovey coal1761

house coal1784

mineral coal1785

splint1789

splint coal1789

jet coal1794

anthracite1797

wood-coal1799

blind-coal1802

black diamond1803

silk-coal1803

glance-coal1805

lignite1808

Welsh stone-coal1808

soft1811

spout coals1821

spouter1821

Wallsend1821

brown coal1833

paper coal1833

steam-coal1850

peat-coal1851

cherry-coal1853

household1854

sinter coal1854

oil coal1856

raker1857

Kilkenny coal1861

Pottery coal1867

silkstone1867

block coal1871

admiralty1877

rattlejack1877

bunker1883

fusain1883

smitham1883

bunker coal1885

triping1886

trolley coal1890

kibble1891

sea-borne1892

jet1893

steam1897

sack coal1898

Welsh1898

navigation coal1900

Coalite1906

clarain1919

durain1919

vitrain1919

single1921

kolm1930

hards1956

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > anthracite

culm1742

rock coal1750

anthracite1797

blind-coal1802

glance-coal1805

Kilkenny coal1861

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. iii. 33 Of coal there are various species; as, pit, culm, slate, cannel, Kilkenny, sulphurous, bovey, jet, &c.

1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 105/2 Other terms [for anthracite]..are..‘blind coal’ in Scotland, and ‘Kilkenny coal’ in Ireland.

3. Kilkenny marble n. (see quot. 1959).

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > others

lias1404

stone marrow1681

stone marl1682

saint's head stone1763

Kentish rag1769

watericle1776

kankar1793

Cotham1816

mountain limestone1817

tosca1818

cornstone1819

burr1829

coral-limestone1831

scar-limestone1831

Wenlock limestone1834

bavin1839

curf1839

Solenhofen slate1841

Beer stone1871

miliolite limestone1872

Clipsham1877

reef limestone1884

Hopton wood1888

thermo-calcite1888

Kilkenny marble1930

micrite1959

1930 F. J. North Limestones 145 Black Kilkenny Marble is widely used.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 217/1 The Kilkenny marbles are greyish crystalline limestones which become deep blue or black on polishing.

1970 I. Origo Images & Shadows ii. 40 The home of my mother's Anglo-Irish parents..was an Italianate house built towards the end of the eighteenth century of the grey local limestone known as ‘Kilkenny marble’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kilkenny
释义	Kilkennyn. Brit. /kɪlˈkɛni/, U.S. /kɪlˈkɛnni/ Etymology: < the name of Kilkenny, a county and city in Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. 1. Kilkenny cat n. one of a pair of cats fabled to have fought until only their tails remained; transferred, of combatants who fight until they annihilate each other; so Kilkenny fight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > to annihilation Kilkenny cat1822 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat mouser1440 mouse-taker?c1475 mouse-catcher1611 Kilkenny cat1822 spitfire1825 alley cat1886 stray1892 tiler1905 1822 Hive I. ii. 32/2 (heading) Kilkenny cats. 1822 Hive I. ii. 32/2 One gentleman stated his opinion, that a Kilkenny cat was, of all other animals, the most ferocious;..‘..I once,’ said he, ‘saw two of these animals fighting..and..drove them into a deep saw-pit, and..left them to their amusement. Next morning,..what d'ye think I saw?..there was nothing left in the pit but the two tails and a bit of flue.’ 1849 Pict. Guide Birmingham 162 Whatever may be the ultimate fate of the combatants—and it once seemed likely to be that of the Kilkenny cats. 1859 Slang Dict. Kilkenny Cat, a popular simile for a voracious or desperate animal or person. 1900 J. London Let. 2 May (1966) 105 If Russia and England played the Kilkenny cat act, there would be peace in the world. 1901 Graphic 64 288/1 The fate of the Kilkenny cats will meanwhile have overtaken the villains. 1909 Daily Chron. 11 Sept. 3/5 The election of its kings..was a continual cause of bickering and Kilkenny cat fighting. 1931 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Mar. 8/2 He has been in the center of a good old-fashioned Democratic kilkenny fight. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 578/2 All these excitable disputants have disappeared like the Kilkenny cats through the excess of their own zeal. 1972 Guardian 10 Mar. 1/3 Mr Heath and Mr Wilson..guard the rival despatch boxes with the mutual respect and tolerance of a pair of Kilkenny cats. 2. Kilkenny coal n. an Irish name for anthracite. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] coal1253 sea-coal1253 pit-coal1483 cannel1541 earth coala1552 horse coal1552 Newcastle coal1552 stone-coal1585 cannel coal1587 parrot1594 burn-coal1597 lithanthrax1612 stony coal1617 Welsh coala1618 land-coala1661 foot coal1665 peacock coal1686 rough coal1686 white coal1686 heathen-coalc1697 coal-stone1708 round1708 stone-coal1708 bench-coal1712 slipper coal1712 black coal1713 culm1742 rock coal1750 board coal1761 Bovey coal1761 house coal1784 mineral coal1785 splint1789 splint coal1789 jet coal1794 anthracite1797 wood-coal1799 blind-coal1802 black diamond1803 silk-coal1803 glance-coal1805 lignite1808 Welsh stone-coal1808 soft1811 spout coals1821 spouter1821 Wallsend1821 brown coal1833 paper coal1833 steam-coal1850 peat-coal1851 cherry-coal1853 household1854 sinter coal1854 oil coal1856 raker1857 Kilkenny coal1861 Pottery coal1867 silkstone1867 block coal1871 admiralty1877 rattlejack1877 bunker1883 fusain1883 smitham1883 bunker coal1885 triping1886 trolley coal1890 kibble1891 sea-borne1892 jet1893 steam1897 sack coal1898 Welsh1898 navigation coal1900 Coalite1906 clarain1919 durain1919 vitrain1919 single1921 kolm1930 hards1956 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > anthracite culm1742 rock coal1750 anthracite1797 blind-coal1802 glance-coal1805 Kilkenny coal1861 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. iii. 33 Of coal there are various species; as, pit, culm, slate, cannel, Kilkenny, sulphurous, bovey, jet, &c. 1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 105/2 Other terms [for anthracite]..are..‘blind coal’ in Scotland, and ‘Kilkenny coal’ in Ireland. 3. Kilkenny marble n. (see quot. 1959). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > others lias1404 stone marrow1681 stone marl1682 saint's head stone1763 Kentish rag1769 watericle1776 kankar1793 Cotham1816 mountain limestone1817 tosca1818 cornstone1819 burr1829 coral-limestone1831 scar-limestone1831 Wenlock limestone1834 bavin1839 curf1839 Solenhofen slate1841 Beer stone1871 miliolite limestone1872 Clipsham1877 reef limestone1884 Hopton wood1888 thermo-calcite1888 Kilkenny marble1930 micrite1959 1930 F. J. North Limestones 145 Black Kilkenny Marble is widely used. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 217/1 The Kilkenny marbles are greyish crystalline limestones which become deep blue or black on polishing. 1970 I. Origo Images & Shadows ii. 40 The home of my mother's Anglo-Irish parents..was an Italianate house built towards the end of the eighteenth century of the grey local limestone known as ‘Kilkenny marble’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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