babbittn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbabɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbæbət/

Forms: 1800s– babbit (irregular), 1800s– babbitt. Also with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Babbitt.

Etymology: < the name of Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), U.S. metallurgist, who invented the alloy in 1839 ( U.S. Patent 1252).

Engineering.

I. Compounds.

1. babbitt metal n. (also Babbitt's metal (now rare)) any of various alloys of tin with smaller quantities of antimony, copper, and usually lead, which are typically used as linings in bearings and other mechanisms in order to reduce friction.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin

steel1662

potin1741

queen's metal1785

tutania1790

Britannia metal1800

babbitt metal1850

babbitt1866

zircaloy1953

1850 Sci. Amer. 20 Oct. 43/3 The pillow blocks, which are lined with Babbitt metal in the usual manner.

1890 A. H. Hiorns Mixed Metals iv. 230 The bearing to be lined with Babbit's metal is recommended to be washed with alcohol.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/2 The nuts are formed by pouring molten Babbitt metal in the hollow bosses of the shoes.

1921 C. S. Case Pract. Treat. Technics & Princ. Dental Orthopedia (ed. 2) ix. v. 458 They represent in connection with the original working-model the models that are duplicated in Babbitt's metal.

1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost viii. 46 The bronze and babbitt metal are scraped out of the connecting rods.

2005 J. Emsley Elements of Murder ix. 207 The Babbitt metal quickly adapts its shape to the moving part so that there is less friction between the surfaces.

II. Simple uses.

2. Short for babbitt metal n. at sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin

steel1662

potin1741

queen's metal1785

tutania1790

Britannia metal1800

babbitt metal1850

babbitt1866

zircaloy1953

1866 Sci. Amer. 24 Mar. 197/1 When the box is tinned it will take the Babbitt, but it must be pretty hot before the Babbitt is poured in.

1899 Home Study Mag. 3 136/2 Tin the surfaces well, and then pour on the babbitt.

1940 Pop. Mech. Feb. 283/1 The paper retains the molten babbitt and the hole serves to anchor it in place.

2000 S. Yost How to rebuild & restore Farm Tractor Engines ix. 110 The manufacture and design of the bearings' backing materials can also add significant strength, even though the composition of the babbitt doesn't change.

Compounds

babbitt-lined adj.

ΚΠ

1877 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 13 69 This spider is firmly keyed to the shaft which rotates in babbit-lined boxes on the turntable.

1937 Times 16 Sept. 6/5 The big end and camshaft bearings are babbitt-lined.

1997 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Business section) 3 His company specializes in production of babbitt-lined bearings, used to reduce friction in pumps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

Babbittn.²

Brit.

/ˈbabɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbæbət/

Forms: 1900s– Babbit (irregular), 1900s– Babbitt.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Babbitt.

Etymology: < the name of George F. Babbitt, the eponymous protagonist of Sinclair Lewis's 1922 novel.

allusive (originally and chiefly North American).

A person likened to the character George Babbitt, esp. a materialistic, complacent businessman who conforms unthinkingly to the views and standards of his social set. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine

Goth1663

Saracen1723

Visigoth1749

barbarian1757

Philistine1825

Babbitt1921

no-brow1926

bourgeois1930

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a convention > adherence to what is conventional > conventional person

Babbitt1921

1921 S. Lewis Let. Jan. in J. M. Hutchisson Rise S. Lewis (1996) 83 He told Harcourt that..he wanted the character to ‘completely sum up certain things in all contemporary Babbitts’.

1922 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 6 Oct. 5/5 That the world is full of Babbitts none of them can deny.

1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 279 At all times the vast majority of human beings has consisted of Babbitts and peasants.

1932 Scrutiny 1 3 In America there is the Hound and Horn, The Symposium, and the New Republic, all of which remind us that America is not inhabited solely by Babbitts.

1957 Listener 14 Nov. 771/1 We Americans were known as the Babbits of the nineteen-twenties... The Russians are now the Babbits of the mid-century.

1969 H. Brodkey in New Yorker 25 Jan. 31/2 I spoke..to the National Conference of English Instructors,..the unenlightened, Babbits, Antichrists, blindhearts.

1999 S. Rosen in R. C. Hancock Amer., West, & Liberal Educ. v. 74 A flourishing free market that produces a nation of Babbits is an obscenity.

Derivatives

ˈBabbitty adj. resembling the character George Babbitt; characterized by people like Babbitt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] > Philistine

unseasoned1598

Gothish1602

Gothic1695

Vandal1752

beauty-proof1753

bourgeois1764

Philistine1831

palateless1860

philistinic1869

Philistinish1871

Babbitty1925

1925 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 May 8/3 He is..a bluffer of the worst sort, ignorant of the developments in his work,..ostentatious, Babbitty, pompous, vain.

1960 L. S. Silk Res. Revol. (1963) v. 100 The 1920s, when everyone joined in a mass attack on American society as cramped, crabbed, bluestockinged, Babbitty, inhibited.

2001 A. Beam Gracefully Insane i. 9 ‘It is very attractive and looks more like a college campus than a mental hospital’, the Babbitty World War II-era director Franklin Wood once boasted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babbitt
释义	babbittn.¹ Brit. /ˈbabɪt/, U.S. /ˈbæbət/ Forms: 1800s– babbit (irregular), 1800s– babbitt. Also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Babbitt. Etymology: < the name of Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862), U.S. metallurgist, who invented the alloy in 1839 ( U.S. Patent 1252). Engineering. I. Compounds. 1. babbitt metal n. (also Babbitt's metal (now rare)) any of various alloys of tin with smaller quantities of antimony, copper, and usually lead, which are typically used as linings in bearings and other mechanisms in order to reduce friction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin steel1662 potin1741 queen's metal1785 tutania1790 Britannia metal1800 babbitt metal1850 babbitt1866 zircaloy1953 1850 Sci. Amer. 20 Oct. 43/3 The pillow blocks, which are lined with Babbitt metal in the usual manner. 1890 A. H. Hiorns Mixed Metals iv. 230 The bearing to be lined with Babbit's metal is recommended to be washed with alcohol. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/2 The nuts are formed by pouring molten Babbitt metal in the hollow bosses of the shoes. 1921 C. S. Case Pract. Treat. Technics & Princ. Dental Orthopedia (ed. 2) ix. v. 458 They represent in connection with the original working-model the models that are duplicated in Babbitt's metal. 1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost viii. 46 The bronze and babbitt metal are scraped out of the connecting rods. 2005 J. Emsley Elements of Murder ix. 207 The Babbitt metal quickly adapts its shape to the moving part so that there is less friction between the surfaces. II. Simple uses. 2. Short for babbitt metal n. at sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of tin steel1662 potin1741 queen's metal1785 tutania1790 Britannia metal1800 babbitt metal1850 babbitt1866 zircaloy1953 1866 Sci. Amer. 24 Mar. 197/1 When the box is tinned it will take the Babbitt, but it must be pretty hot before the Babbitt is poured in. 1899 Home Study Mag. 3 136/2 Tin the surfaces well, and then pour on the babbitt. 1940 Pop. Mech. Feb. 283/1 The paper retains the molten babbitt and the hole serves to anchor it in place. 2000 S. Yost How to rebuild & restore Farm Tractor Engines ix. 110 The manufacture and design of the bearings' backing materials can also add significant strength, even though the composition of the babbitt doesn't change. Compounds babbitt-lined adj. ΚΠ 1877 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 13 69 This spider is firmly keyed to the shaft which rotates in babbit-lined boxes on the turntable. 1937 Times 16 Sept. 6/5 The big end and camshaft bearings are babbitt-lined. 1997 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Business section) 3 His company specializes in production of babbitt-lined bearings, used to reduce friction in pumps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Babbittn.² Brit. /ˈbabɪt/, U.S. /ˈbæbət/ Forms: 1900s– Babbit (irregular), 1900s– Babbitt. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Babbitt. Etymology: < the name of George F. Babbitt, the eponymous protagonist of Sinclair Lewis's 1922 novel. allusive (originally and chiefly North American). A person likened to the character George Babbitt, esp. a materialistic, complacent businessman who conforms unthinkingly to the views and standards of his social set. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine Goth1663 Saracen1723 Visigoth1749 barbarian1757 Philistine1825 Babbitt1921 no-brow1926 bourgeois1930 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a convention > adherence to what is conventional > conventional person Babbitt1921 1921 S. Lewis Let. Jan. in J. M. Hutchisson Rise S. Lewis (1996) 83 He told Harcourt that..he wanted the character to ‘completely sum up certain things in all contemporary Babbitts’. 1922 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 6 Oct. 5/5 That the world is full of Babbitts none of them can deny. 1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 279 At all times the vast majority of human beings has consisted of Babbitts and peasants. 1932 Scrutiny 1 3 In America there is the Hound and Horn, The Symposium, and the New Republic, all of which remind us that America is not inhabited solely by Babbitts. 1957 Listener 14 Nov. 771/1 We Americans were known as the Babbits of the nineteen-twenties... The Russians are now the Babbits of the mid-century. 1969 H. Brodkey in New Yorker 25 Jan. 31/2 I spoke..to the National Conference of English Instructors,..the unenlightened, Babbits, Antichrists, blindhearts. 1999 S. Rosen in R. C. Hancock Amer., West, & Liberal Educ. v. 74 A flourishing free market that produces a nation of Babbits is an obscenity. Derivatives ˈBabbitty adj. resembling the character George Babbitt; characterized by people like Babbitt. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] > Philistine unseasoned1598 Gothish1602 Gothic1695 Vandal1752 beauty-proof1753 bourgeois1764 Philistine1831 palateless1860 philistinic1869 Philistinish1871 Babbitty1925 1925 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 May 8/3 He is..a bluffer of the worst sort, ignorant of the developments in his work,..ostentatious, Babbitty, pompous, vain. 1960 L. S. Silk Res. Revol. (1963) v. 100 The 1920s, when everyone joined in a mass attack on American society as cramped, crabbed, bluestockinged, Babbitty, inhibited. 2001 A. Beam Gracefully Insane i. 9 ‘It is very attractive and looks more like a college campus than a mental hospital’, the Babbitty World War II-era director Franklin Wood once boasted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1850n.²1921
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