单词 | martinet |
释义 | martinetn.1ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Delichan (house-martin) martinet1440 martina1525 marlet1530 house martin1767 window swallow1791 window martin1793 eaves-martin1833 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift) martinet1440 martleta1460 marlet1530 swift1668 black martin1673 Apus1774 longwing1786 deviling1797 devilet1828 flap-wing1834 squealer1854 devil1885 devil bird1885 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 327 (MED) Martnet, byrd: Turdus, padellus, pandellus. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 144 Quayle, sparow, larke, & litelle, mertinet. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.ivv Quayle sparowe martynet. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 243/2 Martynet a byrde, martinet. 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. F2 Minores [apodes] Angli uocant rok martinettes or chirche martnettes... Tertium genus, quod in ripis nidulatur, Angli a bank martnet..nominant. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Apus..a martnette, the seconde kind of swallowes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 288 A third sort there is of these Swallows and Martinets. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xvii. 163 The Martlet or Martinet (saith Bekenhawb) hath legges so exceeding short, that they can by no means goe. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 213 The Martin, or Martinet, or Martlet. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 111 Those Birds which have but short Feet, as the Swift and Martinet. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Apiastra A bird that eateth bees, called midwal, or martinet. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 255 (heading) The Martin. Martlet, Martinet, or Window-Swallow. 1833 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (new ed.) 316 Martinet a name for the Window Swallow. 2. A student at the University of Paris not living in a college. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1831 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. June 408 The martinets or scholars of the University [of Paris] not belonging to Colleges at all. 1885 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 6 104 ‘Day-students’ were well-known in medieval days in the University of Paris; and they were called ‘Martinets’ because they had their dwellings, so to speak, beneath the eaves. 1956 J. Brodrick St Ignatius Loyola viii. 229 Among the Martinets, composed mostly of young fellows who lived by their wits, were to be found not a few elderly men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † martinetn.2 Obsolete. rare. 1. A watermill for an iron forge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > other mills martinet?c1475 watermill1580 overfall mill1615 breast mill1659 undershot1705 merchant mill1759 pounding mill1785 floating mill1796 steam-mill1801 pecker1802 chip mill1819 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 77v A martinett, irristiticus, & dicitur de Irriguo. 2. A type of small cart. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > small, for timber martinet1489 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxiii. 137 Litel cartes called martymettes [Fr. martinetz (a1410)] for to carye the mantelles & the tymbre that serueth for ye engins from the shippes vnto the place where as thei shal be dressed. 3. A type of siege engine used in warfare for bombarding a target with large stones. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista ballistaeOE ginc1325 mangonelc1325 springalc1330 ballistc1384 scorpionc1384 tormentc1384 trebuchet1388 fowler1420 dondainec1430 onagera1460 perrier1481 trabuch?1482 bricole1489 coillard1489 mouton1489 sambuca1489 martinet1523 racket1535 sling1535 brake1552 catapult1577 sweep1598 sling-dart1600 petrary1610 espringal1614 scorpion-bowa1629 swafe1688 sackbut1756 mangona1773 matafunda1773 lombard1838 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxx. 144 These four martynettes dyd cast out..great stones. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 259 Him passing on, A ponderous stone from some huge martinet, Struck. 4. A type of cat-o'-nine-tails formerly used in French schools. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > cat-o'-nine-tails cat-o'-nine-tails1695 cat1788 bone-polisher1803 thieves' cat1867 martinet1881 bush1895 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 262 I saw..what resembled a policeman's club, at the end of which was a thick piece of leather, the whole reminding one of a martinet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † martinetn.3 Obsolete. rare. A demon supposed to summon witches to their assemblies. Cf. martinist n.3 ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > that summons witches martinet1609 martinist1652 1609 B. Jonson Masque Queens B 2 Their litle Martin is he that calls them to their Conuenticles.] 1609 B. Jonson Masque Queens 166 (note) Wch makes, that theyr little Masters, or Martinetts, of whome I haue mention'd before, vse this forme in dismissing yeir conventions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). martinetn.4adj. A. n.4 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > type of drill or training sham fight1598 field exercise1616 martinet1677 field evolutions1789 foot drill1795 goose-step1806 war-game1828 rope drill1833 field training1836 repetition training1859 skeleton drill1876 drill-down1889 Beast Barracks1896 basic training1898 monkey motion1909 assault course1915 TEWT1942 workup1971 Taceval1977 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 52 What, d'ye find fault with Martinet?..'tis the best exercise in the World. 2. a. Originally: a person who leads others in military drill. Later: a military or naval officer who is especially concerned with strictness of discipline; (gen.) a rigid, inflexible, or merciless disciplinarian. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > disciplinarianism > disciplinarian discipliner?c1450 disciplinarian1598 martinet1718 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > strict officer martinet1718 sundowner1882 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot ii. i. 24 Machone. Make your Exercise, come—join your Left Hand to your Piece... Peter. A brave Martinet! 1737 London Mag. 376/1 Commodus..was properly what we call, in modern Language, a Martinet. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. xxxix. 339 Let our Martinets say what they please. 1812 J. West Loyalists 52 I wish..you could accompany me to see actual service; you would then feel a just contempt for military martinets and parade exercise. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. vii. 190 She knew that the fine ladies..were moral martinets with respect to any one not born among themselves. 1868 Ld. Bloomfield in Lady G. Bloomfield Remin. (1883) II. xix. 320 He is considerate, strict but not a martinet. 1888 Poor Nellie 300 A true-born martinet never thinks he is at all severe. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria i. 8 Under the influence of military training,..at first a disciplinarian and at last a martinet. 1976 ‘J. Herriot’ Vets might Fly (1977) xiv. 125 Flight Sergeant Blackett was an unsmiling martinet of immense natural presence. 1986 R. Thomas White Dove vii. 168 The grey, starched martinet in her office lined with bound copies of nursing journals. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] > automaton autom1610 automatea1751 automaton1785 martinet1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxix. 254 We had drilled with knapsack and sledge, till we were almost martinets in our evolutions on the ice. B. adj. (attributive and appositive). Of an idea or trait: characteristic of a martinet. Of a person: that is a martinet. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > disciplinarian disciplinary1599 disciplinarian1640 martinet1814 martinetish1852 regimental1919 taut-ship1941 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. v. 60 A sort of martinet attention to the minutiæ and technicalities of discipline. View more context for this quotation a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) i. 30 Martinet dowagers and venerable beaux acted as masters and mistresses of ceremonies. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vii. 163 Protests like those made against martinet riding regulations..and against our ‘ridiculous drill-book’. 1903 A. Ainger Crabbe viii. 145 The martinet father and his poor crushed wife. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 560/1 It was a time of government on martinet principles. 1980 V. S. Pritchett Tale Bearers 172 His martinet behaviour with his wife who leaves her clothes on the floor. Derivatives ˈmartinetdom n. government or rule characterized by military discipline. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > disciplinarianism martinetism1825 martinetship1827 disciplinarianism1832 martinetdom1866 martinetishness1882 1866 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 554 Educated in the traditions of military martinetdom which Frederick the Great had handed down to his successors as the basis of Prussia's greatness. ˈmartinetship n. rigidly disciplinarian rule. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > disciplinarianism martinetism1825 martinetship1827 disciplinarianism1832 martinetdom1866 martinetishness1882 1827 H. Smith Tor Hill (1838) II. 236 No garrison had ever been governed with so rancorous and unrelenting a martinetship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). martinetv. rare. intransitive. To behave like a martinet or strict disciplinarian. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > be strict [verb (intransitive)] > be disciplinarian martinet1827 1827 Sporting Mag. 20 107 Betwixt the system of martinetting too much and too little, the pro's and con's are nearly equal. 1998 Re: Bard v. Giblet! in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Mar. A ‘prig of a martinet’? What the heck is that supposed to mean? Am I priggish in my martinetting? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11440n.2?c1475n.31609n.4adj.1677v.1827 |
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