low mann.

Brit.

/ˈləʊ man/, U.S.

/ˈloʊ ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural low men.

Forms: see low adj. and n.² and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < low adj. + man n.¹ Compare high man n.

historical after mid 17th cent.

A dice fixed so as to turn up low numbers, usually through being loaded or improperly spotted. Usually in plural. Opposed to high man n.Commonly referred to as low fulhams: see fulham n.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded

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dice of vantage?1577

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c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ai^v The names of Dyce... A bale of Gordes with as many hyghe men as lowe men for passage.

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D3 Heere are tall men and little men... Hie men and low men, thou wouldst say.

a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) i. 79 Then play thou for a pound, or for a pin, High men are low men, still are foysted in.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 341 There did I learne..to make false Dice, as your High-men and your Low-men, setting two Aces one against another, or two Sixes on one Dye, for your Coggers and Cheaters.

a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. iii. 28 Your high And low men are but trifles: your poyz'd Dye That's ballasted with Quicksilver or Gold.

1799 F. Douce in Plays W. Shakespeare V. 44 High and low men were false dice, which, being chiefly made at Fulham, were thence called ‘high and low Fulhams’.

1985 Antiquaries Jrnl. June 453 Some dice are of the sort known in Tudor London as high men and low men and, later, as despatchers, having an aggregate of spots that is either higher or lower than it ought to be.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low man
释义	low mann. Brit. /ˈləʊ man/, U.S. /ˈloʊ ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural low men. Forms: see low adj. and n.² and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < low adj. + man n.¹ Compare high man n. historical after mid 17th cent. A dice fixed so as to turn up low numbers, usually through being loaded or improperly spotted. Usually in plural. Opposed to high man n.Commonly referred to as low fulhams: see fulham n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > die or dice > false or loaded stop-dice1540 bar1545 flat1545 gourd1545 barred dicec1555 bristle-dicec1555 fulhamc1555 graviersc1555 high manc1555 langretc1555 low manc1555 cheat1567 dice of vantage?1577 demy1591 forger1591 squarier1592 tallmen?1592 stop cater trey1605 demi-bar1606 downhill1664 high runner1670 low runner1670 doctor1688 tat1688 uphill1699 cut1711 loaded dice1771 dispatcher1798 dispatch1819 miss-out1928 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ai^v The names of Dyce... A bale of Gordes with as many hyghe men as lowe men for passage. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D3 Heere are tall men and little men... Hie men and low men, thou wouldst say. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) i. 79 Then play thou for a pound, or for a pin, High men are low men, still are foysted in. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 341 There did I learne..to make false Dice, as your High-men and your Low-men, setting two Aces one against another, or two Sixes on one Dye, for your Coggers and Cheaters. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. iii. 28 Your high And low men are but trifles: your poyz'd Dye That's ballasted with Quicksilver or Gold. 1799 F. Douce in Plays W. Shakespeare V. 44 High and low men were false dice, which, being chiefly made at Fulham, were thence called ‘high and low Fulhams’. 1985 Antiquaries Jrnl. June 453 Some dice are of the sort known in Tudor London as high men and low men and, later, as despatchers, having an aggregate of spots that is either higher or lower than it ought to be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1555
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