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单词 locket
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locketn.1

Brit. /ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S. /ˈlɑkət/
Forms: see lock n.1 and -et suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lock n.1, -et suffix1.
Etymology: < lock n.1 + -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin loketti (plural) locks of wool (frequently from late 13th cent. in British sources).In later use perhaps sometimes associated with locket n.2 5b.
A lock of hair or (in early use) wool; a lovelock.The precise meaning in quot. a1350 is unclear, and may alternatively refer to some part of a headdress.
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the world > life > the body > hair > [noun] > lovelock or curl
locketa1350
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other
bouta1300
locketa1350
flipe1530
tarf1545
corneta1547
round tire1560
scuffe1599
lappet1601
mirror1601
flandana1685
rose1725
rounding1732
feather-peeper1757
screed1788
valance1791
busby-bag1807
cointise1834
wing1834
kredemnon1850
havelock1861
cache-peigne1873
pullover1875
stocking-foot1921
grummet1953
a1350 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 134 Ȝof þer lyþ a loket by er ouþer eȝe Þat mot wiþ worse be wet for lat [read lac] of oþer leȝe.
1350 in W. Greenwell Bp. Hatfield's Surv. (1857) 223 (MED) De vij velleribus j petra, preter locketts.
1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions 77 (title of poem) On a locket of hair wove in a true-loves knot, given me by Sir. R.O.
1845 Catholic Cabinet Mar. 693 Loving hearts preserve lockets of hair or autographs of their departed lovers.
1973 A. A. Cohen In Days of Simon Stern 346 How much we would like..that all the dead heroes..be remembered only by a few words and apothegms, redacted into books where they can be hidden, their words flattened by lockets of hair and dead flowers.
2001 A. Shakar Savage Girl (2002) 3 A length of slender chain hangs from her scalp, affixed in four places to isolated lockets of hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

locketn.2

Brit. /ˈlɒkᵻt/, U.S. /ˈlɑkət/
Forms: Middle English lokat, Middle English loket, Middle English lokett, Middle English lokitt, Middle English lokkett, 1500s lockitt, 1500s–1600s lockett, 1500s– locket; also Scottish pre-1700 lockit, pre-1700 loikitt, pre-1700 lokart, pre-1700 loker, pre-1700 lokert, pre-1700 lokkatt, pre-1700 lokket, pre-1700 lokkett.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French loket ; lock n.2, -et suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently originally (i) < Anglo-Norman loket, lokette fastening device (12th cent.), fetterlock (15th cent. in heraldic use; < loc latch, lock ( < English lock n.2) + -et -et suffix1); in later use (ii) probably partly re-formed < lock n.2 + -et suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin lokettus , lokettum metal plate, bar, or bolt (late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare also Old French, Middle French, French loquet fastening device (13th cent.), catch, clasp (on a piece of jewellery) (c1470), padlock (on a prisoner's chain) (a1481) < Middle Dutch lok lock n.2 + Old French -et -et suffix1.In sense 5b sometimes associated with locket n.1
1. A horizontal bar, usually of iron, used to support the glass in a window. Occasionally attributive. Obsolete.Apparently unattested between the late 16th and mid 19th centuries.
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1354–5 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 92 In mercede fabri facientis pragges et lokats de ferro suo proprio pro fenestris figendis.
1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 101 Et in C loketnayles 3½d.
1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 171 (MED) For þe makynge of xvj lokkettes of yron to þe same wendowe.
1541 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1862) 3 163 And to put in ilk lycht of the wyndois grete lokartis of irne for binding of glas thareto.
1598 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 252 In euery light one vpright barr and fiue Crosse barrs or locketts.
1677 in 13th Vol. Wren Soc. (1936) 88 Letting in the locket barrs of 6 windows.
1862 Ecclesiologist 23 31 The lockets project, and are fastened on the outside.
2. Weaponry. A metal band or plate on a scabbard, often highly decorated, to which fixings may be attached for fastening to a belt. In early use also: †the scabbard itself (obsolete). Cf. locker n.1 2.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sheath of sword > parts of
locket1382
crampet1489
locker?a1549
sputcheon1852
1382 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 471 (MED) [A] copegorge, [with one] loket [and one] chape [of silver].
1386 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 400 [He had silvered a] chape [and a] loket [of] latone [for a baselard].
a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 279 (MED) Myn baselard haght a schede of red And a clene loket of led.
c1500 in J. Harley et al. Rep. MSS R. R. Hastings (1928) I. 420 (MED) Brokon silver, as old grydelles, lokettes, chapis and other sawdrid ware.
1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 7 No person..shall bring..into this Realme..Hiltes, Pommeles, Lockettes, Chapes, Dagger Blades [etc.].
1611 Rates Marchandizes sig. F4v Lockets or chapes for daggers, the groce conteining twelue dozen—iiii l.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Locket,..that part of a Sword-scabbard, where the Hook is fastened.
1808 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 291/1 The upper locket of the scabbard is composed of ancient arms, among which are conspicuous a quiver full of arrows, the fasces, and a shield.
1833 United Service Mag. Aug. 564 Scabbard.—The top and middle lockets to be four and three inches and a half long respectively.
1969 J. Henderson Sword Collecting x. 89 The blade is triangular, the scabbard of snake-skin with gilt lockets.
1993 Antique Dealer Aug. 39/1 A wooden scabbard covered with dyed polished black fish-skin and mounted with gold lockets and chape.
3. Nautical. A hole or socket used for securing something. Also: a device for securing a person's hands; (perhaps) a manacle. Obsolete.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s)
bendc890
shacklea1000
bandc1175
bonda1325
aneus1360
warlockc1400
leashc1430
link?a1500
shackle1540
cramp-ring1567
locketa1643
restraint1650
pinion1733
manacle1838
span1856
a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts iii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1732) (modernized text) III. 346/1 Lockets are the Holes the Pintle of the Murderers goes into.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 58 That other Virtuous School of Lashing, Where Knights are kept in narrow lists, With wooden Lockets 'bout their wrists.
4. A group of small jewels set in a pattern. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > group set in pattern
setting1611
locket1655
pavé1871
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 103 The Claspes of this Gown was Lockets of Diamonds [Fr. des Escailles couuertes de Diamans], all before, and likewise about her shoulders.
1659 Public Intelligencer No. 186. 604 (advt.) A Locket Jewel of about 40 Faucet Diamonds.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 12 Like a Locket of Diamonds, or a Sett of round Crystal Beads.
1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 17) 541 Twelve Ouches, in which every single Stone was set, as we see it now, in our present Lockets.
1704 London Gaz. No. 3984/4 Lost,..a Gold Case of a Watch, set on the outside with nine Lockets, and little Diamonds between.
5.
a. A small catch or fastening, esp. one used to fasten a necklace or other piece of jewellery. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > fastening for jewellery
locket1657
1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea II. sig. L She gave unto the Great Eurick, a bracelet of her haire, the lockets [Fr. fermoirs] whereof were Lions, set with stones.
1688 H. Keepe True Narr. Finding Crucifix 12 For the Chain, it was four and twenty Inches long..: The upper part whereof (to lye in the Nape of the Neck) was joyned together by a Locket.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Locket, a little Lock of a Gold Chain.
1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Chron. 152/1 The [nabob's] turban..has a top..most ingeniously contrived with lockets and springs to take in or let out.
b. A small case, typically made of gold or silver and worn as jewellery on a chain around the neck, often containing a memento such as a portrait, photograph, or lock of hair.Cf. quot. a1350 at locket n.1, often quoted as an example of this sense.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > locket
locket1679
1679 London Gaz. No. 1379/4 A Hair Locket, set round with small Table Diamonds.
1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 399 Some by a snip of woven hair In posied lockets bribe the fair.
1788 Town & Country Mag. July 331/1 A gold locket, with a device in hair, and the initials E. S. on the back, in a cypher.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xxxvii. 17 It contained a little gold locket, in which were two locks of hair.
1860 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 21 June Ladies' Locket Chains.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 45/1 Locket, fine brilliant centre and drop, pierced open setting.
1955 D. Eden Darling Clementine (1959) vii. 64 When Prissie was disturbed or upset she always fingered the locket round her neck.
1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant (1983) v. 150 The landlady slid her locket along its chain with a miniature zipping sound.
2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 89 All his adult life he kept in a silver locket a picture of her before her marriage.

Derivatives

ˈlocketed adj. (a) adorned with or wearing a locket (sense 5b); (b) contained in a locket.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [adjective] > having neck ornament
carcaneteda1652
gestatorya1682
bullated1698
locketed1871
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > set in locket
locketed1871
1871 G. A. Sala in Belgravia 14 430 Somebody..was highly curled, oiled, ringed, chained, pinned, and locketed.
1901 Academy 10 Aug. 110/1 His [sc. George IV's] request to be buried in his night-shirt, beneath which was a locketed portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert.
1988 M. S. Peden tr. I. Allende Eva Luna iii. 55 That woman with her tower of curls and locketed throat.
2003 Stud. Philol. 100 440 Miniatures..‘peaked’ in popularity in the 1580s when courtiers began collecting or sporting tiny locketed portraits of their beloveds in public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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