单词 | motey |
释义 | † moteyn. Obsolete. An earth (perhaps similar to ochre) used as a pigment; (perhaps) a pigment which has a speckled or mottled appearance when applied. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > colouring matter > [noun] > pigments yelloweOE motey1353 arsenica1393 orpimentc1395 auripigmenta1398 ochre1440 pink1464 massicot1472 yellow ochre1482 orpine1548 painter's gold1591 spruce1668 giallolino1728 king's yellow1738 Naples yellow1738 stil de grain1769 yellow earth1794 queen's yellow1806 chromate1819 chrome yellow1819 Oxford ochre1827 Indian yellow1831 Italian pink1835 Montpellier yellow1835 Turner1835 quercitron lake1837 jaune brillant1851 zinc chromate1851 zinc sulphide1851 brush-gold1861 zooxanthin1868 Oxford chrome1875 aureolin1879 cadmium yellow1879 Cassel yellow1882 Neapolitan yellow1891 zinc chrome1892 Mars1899 jaune jonquille1910 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > specific pigments motey1353 green earth1634 terre-verte1658 Terra Sienna1760 Siena1787 gamboge yellow1807 zinc white1847 zinc-powder1881 1353 in Pipe Roll 32 Edward III m.36 In xxx lb. de vermylone,..cxiiij lb. de moti. 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 66 (MED) Also for vj dischis cole & xij lb. moty, x d. 1446–7 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 395 Et in empcione x dd. motey pro superornacione caminorum de le Almeshous : iijs. iiijd. 1510 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 199 Mastyke vernysch yelowe moty orpment vermylyon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). moteyadj. Originally and chiefly Scottish. 1. a. Full of tiny particles of dust or extraneous matter; (hence) full of specks, spotty. Formerly also (of bread): containing currants. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > spotted spotty1340 specky1382 splecked1382 splecky1398 spotteda1425 sproteda1500 motey1786 bespotted- the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [adjective] > bad air > specific smoky1398 mephitic1623 damp1637 mephitical1704 mephitized1794 moted1821 ozoneless1887 motey1893 1599 A. Hume Day Estivall 53 The subtile mottie rayons light. ?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 67 When all their enemies come about them like bees, thicker than the motty sun. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. ii. 76 The rising Sun shines motty throw the Reek. a1758 A. Ramsay Highland Lassie ii [Lasses] wha mak their cheeks with patches motie. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 All in this mottie, misty clime. 1806 J. Hogg Poems 82 Motey bread right plenty. 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) vi. 76 The level sunbeams..fell at een or morn in long rules athwart the motty atmosphere within. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye (1880) 331 Where the motty sunbeam from the pane..struck him. 1893 R. Ford Harp 156 Like midges i' the motty sun. 1893 R. Bridges Winnowers in Shorter Poems v. 21 The sunbeams on the motey air Streamed through the open door. 1903 I. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 171/2 [N. Yorkshire] This watter's varry moaty; throw it out. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 54/1 Motty, full of small particles, as milk. b. Scottish Proverb. motey salt's good enough for hairy butter: two dubious characters make a well-suited couple. Sc. National Dict. (1965) records the proverb as still in use in north-east Scotland in 1963. ΚΠ 1916 Rymour Club Misc. II. 182 Moty saut's guid for hairy butter. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > other bagging1732 super-head1800 burly1805 felting1805 Tibet1827 pointy1844 motey1851 blue1884 shivey1884 shafty1891 lofty1909 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 490/1 Burry and motey wool, with the same cleaned from the burs and motes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1353adj.1599 |
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