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单词 kelp
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kelpn.1

Brit. /kɛlp/, U.S. /kɛlp/
Forms: Middle English culp, 1600s kilpe, 1600s– kelp.
Etymology: Middle English culp or culpe/y/, of unknown origin. Of this the normal modern representation would be kilp; kelp is apparently a dialect variation: compare melt and milt, noun.
1.
a. A collective term for large seaweeds (chiefly Fucaceæ and Laminariaceæ) which are burnt for the sake of the substances found in the ashes. bull-head kelp, a north-west American species ( Nereocystis Luetkeana) used by the Indians for fishing-lines.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > seaweeds used as fuel or manure
warec725
sea-warec1000
kelpa1387
orewood1586
ore1587
float-ore1602
vraic1610
woad of the seaa1613
oarweed1622
bell-ware1812
laminaria1848
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 181 As culpes of þe see waggeþ wiþ þe water.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. vi. 437 As for the reits Kilpe, Tangle, & such like sea-weeds, Nicander saith, they are as good as treacle.
1663 R. Boyle Exper. & Consid. Colours xlix. Ann. i In making our ordinary allom the workmen use the ashes of a sea-weed (vulgarly called kelp).
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 112 The cutting and burning of the kelp that grows on their shores.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 35 We found the tide low, and the rocks and stones covered with kelp and sea-weed.
b. spec. The giant or great kelp ( Macrocystis pyrifera or Fucus giganteus) of the Pacific coast of America, the largest of seaweeds.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > kelp and allies
red ware1699
kelp-weed1805
kelp1839
Macrocystis1847
laminaria1848
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 303 There is one marine production, which from its importance is worthy of a particular history. It is the kelp or Fucus giganteus of Solander.
1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ ix. 88 We were continually passing broad patches of kelp..whose great leaves and cable-laid stems made quite reef-like breaks in the heaving waste of the restless sea.
2. The calcined ashes of seaweed used in commerce for the sake of the carbonate of soda, iodine, and other substances which they contain; large quantities were formerly used in the manufacture of soap and glass.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1054 Kelp is made of a Sea~weed, called Tangle, such as comes to London on Oysters.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 9 [It] is the nitre of the antients, not unlike the soda or kelp of the moderns.
1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Gigha Much sea weed is..partly employed as a manure, and partly burned into kelp.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxii. 514 The quantity of weed required to manufacture a ton of kelp averages twenty tons.
3. A name for the plants Salsola and Salicornia: cf. kali n.1 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > glassworts
sea-grape1578
crab-grass1597
glasswort1597
marsh samphire1670
kelp1712
crab-weed1790
jume18..
sea-grass1839
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 101 A Plant..which the Botanists call Kali..and we..Kelp.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Kelp, Salicornia.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
kelp-ashes n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 420 6 bushels of kelp-ashes.
kelp belt n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > kelp and allies > mass of kelp
kelp belt1895
kelp raft1897
1895 Outing 26 355/1 The long swells..only half broken by the kelp belt a mile away.
kelp-burner n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials
mortar-maker1359
wax-maker1515
petre man1594
saltpetre-maker1611
starch man1699
varnish-maker1753
icemaker1775
kelper1808
black lead maker1813
bone man1834
kelp-burner1845
black-salter1866
1845 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 13. 161 These buildings have..been occupied..by the kelp-burners.
kelp-burning n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > types of heating process
burning1559
firework1560
roast1582
coction1684
kelp-burning1845
hot drawing1897
process heating1926
1845 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 13. 162 Kelp-burning was carried on at Holy Island as early as the 13th century.
kelp line n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > other types of line
ground-linea1450
ledger-line1653
gildert1681
kipping-linec1686
fly-line1706
night line1726
trout-line1789
train line1828
runner1835
salmon line1850
loop-line1859
stray-line1879
dandy-line1882
kelp line1884
cross-line1891
free line1913
flatline1950
multistrand1960
flatliner1984
1884 Harper's Mag. Apr. 706/2 They caught gulls, and tried to make them carry kelp lines, but all was of no avail.
kelp-making n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > others
heading1390
saddleryc1449
stiling1509
wax-making?1544
pin-makinga1711
pipe-making1721
keeve-work1776
kelp-making1810
handrailing1814
kelping1822
pin-heading1835
blanket-making1857
safe making1867
stick dressing1891
1810 Edinb. Rev. 17 146 The introduction of kelp-making.
kelp-weed n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > kelp and allies
red ware1699
kelp-weed1805
kelp1839
Macrocystis1847
laminaria1848
1805 Naval Chron. 14 38 The kelp-weed..lying upon the Shore.
kelp-wrack n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > fucus seaweeds
fucus1714
kelp-wrack1833
1833 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora V. i. 268 It [Fucus nodosus] is said in the Hebrides to be preferable to all other Fuci in the manufacturing of kelp, and passes there under the name of kelp-wrack.
C2.
kelp crab n. a spider crab, Pugettia producta, found on the Pacific coast of North America.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > member of division Oxyrhyncha (spider-crab)
MaiaOE
sea spider1666
Maja1706
spider-crab1710
oxyrhynch1839
spider1853
kelp crab1884
1884 Bull. U.S. National Museum No. 27. 112 The Kelp Crabs are used by the natives.
1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. v. 657 The kelp crab..is eaten by the Indians.
1939 E. F. Ricketts & J. Calvin Between Pacific Tides i. 80 A dark, olive-green, spider crab, Pugettia producta, occurs so frequently on strands of the seaweed Egregia and others that it is commonly called the kelp crab. The points on the carapace and the spines on the legs are sharp.
1954 S. F. Light et al. Intertidal Invertebr. Cent. Calif. Coast 342 A few organisms (e.g. the kelp crab Pugettia producta..) graze directly on the larger attached algae.
kelp-fish n. the name given to several fishes found on the Pacific coast of the United States; see also quot.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
butterfish1673
zebrafish1771
moki1777
kelp-fish1880
harlequin smiler1955
blue eye1978
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 533 The ‘Butter-fish’, or ‘Kelp fish’ of the colonists of New Zealand (Coridodax pullus)... It feeds on zoophytes, scraping them from the surface of the kelp.
kelp-goose n.
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1883 Coppinger Cruise ‘Alert’ 56 The kelp-geese (Bernicla antarctica) were paddling about with their young ones.
kelp-hen n. (see quots.).
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1899 Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 247 These Rails are semi-nocturnal..Ocydromus fuscus [of N.Z.] obtaining the name of Kelp-Hen from the stretches of sea-weed that it frequents.
kelp-pigeon n. the sheathbill, an Antarctic sea-bird.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Chionis (sheath bill)
sheath bill1781
kelp-pigeon1886
paddy bird1894
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 782/2 (note) In the Falkland Isles it is called the ‘Kelp-Pigeon’.
kelp raft n. a mass of kelp floating on the sea.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > kelp and allies > mass of kelp
kelp belt1895
kelp raft1897
1897 Outing 30 259/1 We drew in toward the island..avoiding the great kelp rafts.

Derivatives

ˈkelper n. a maker of kelp.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials
mortar-maker1359
wax-maker1515
petre man1594
saltpetre-maker1611
starch man1699
varnish-maker1753
icemaker1775
kelper1808
black lead maker1813
bone man1834
kelp-burner1845
black-salter1866
1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 100 The kelpers might employ their time between tides.
1895 Longman's Mag. Nov. 33 The kelper's year may be reckoned from mid November.
ˈkelping n. and adj. (a) n. the manufacture of kelp; (b) adj. that makes kelp.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > others
heading1390
saddleryc1449
stiling1509
wax-making?1544
pin-makinga1711
pipe-making1721
keeve-work1776
kelp-making1810
handrailing1814
kelping1822
pin-heading1835
blanket-making1857
safe making1867
stick dressing1891
1822 G. Woodley View Present State Scilly Islands i. v. 119 The Islanders seldom get more..than from £7 to £10, for their labours during the kelping season.
1895 Longman's Mag. Nov. 39 The old stories linger among the kelping people.
ˈkelpy adj. abounding in kelp.
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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [adjective] > of or belonging to type of seaweed > of kelp
kelpy1852
laminaria1935
1852 J. Raine Hist. & Antiq. N. Durham 146 A ridge of kelpy stone, over which it is no easy matter to pass.
1890 Scribner's Mag. 19 659/1 The mother..struck out through the kelpy waters for the shore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kelpn.2

Etymology: Obscure: connection with kilp n. seems unlikely.
Obsolete. rare.
? Sword-belt, scabbard.
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13.. Disp. Mary & Cross 283 in Leg. Rood 140 His swerd he pulte vp in his kelp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

kelpn.3

Brit. /kɛlp/, U.S. /kɛlp/
Forms: Also kilp.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Obsolete slang.
A hat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat
hateOE
nab-cheat?1536
nab1673
kelp1736
mitre1807
tile1813
gossamer1836
cady1846
roof1857
roofer1859
pancake1875
lid1896
nudger1902
tit for tat1925
titfer1927
sky1944
1736 Ordinary of Newgate, his Acct. 4 Feb. 13/2 I and Thomas Campson..broke open a Hatters..and robbed it of three Dozen of Kilps.
1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 26 We jostle him up, and one knocks his Kelp off.

Derivatives

kelp v. (transitive) (see quot. 1819).
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1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Mem. (1964) 247 Kelp, a hat; to kelp a person, is to move your hat to him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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