单词 | baft |
释义 | baftn. A kind of coarse and cheap (generally cotton) fabric, originally of Indian manufacture, but now made in Great Britain for export, especially to Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > cheap baft1598 marry-muff1604 capitation drugget1697 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. ix. 18/2 Cotton Linnen of diuers sorts..Boffetas. 1612 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. 347 Baftas or white Callicos. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6079/7 A Parcel of..Pelongs, Cuttanees, chequer'd Bafts, Nillaes, etc. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 106 They purchase blue and red baftaes from the Chinese. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 376 Some silk manufactories here [i.e. in Bhaugulpore]..produce a coarse stuff, called baftah. 1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 155 Blue baft from which the stiffening has been washed out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). baftadv.prep. A. adv. 1. Of place: Behind, in the rear; in later usage only Nautical: Astern, aft, abaft. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adverb] baftc885 afterwardOE afterOE at-hind1016 abackOE behindc1220 backc1300 arrear1393 hinda1400 baftsc1400 dererec1410 abaft1495 ahind1768 retrally1825 a-rear1849 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [adverb] aftc1580 astern1675 baft1687 a-poop1809 c885 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §3 Micel ðæs heres ðe mid hiere beæftan wæs. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13440 Þa weoren heo biuoren and Bruttes biaften [c1300 Otho bi-hinde]. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxviii. 66 He smate his faas in baft. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 148 Þe bur ber to hit baft þat braste alle her gere. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2272/4 Long Hatches from Fore and baft. 1759 London Mag. 28 32 The powder room..was be-aft. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xiii. 173 ‘Are they all forward?’..‘Yes..not one soul baft.’ ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later sitheneOE aftereOE sithOE eftOE latterOE aftOE sithencea1170 sithrec1175 thereup?c1225 baftc1275 furtherc1290 eftsoon1297 therewithala1300 afterwardc1300 afterwardsc1300 soc1300 therewithc1369 eftersoonsa1400 suingly?a1425 at after1425 followingly?c1425 afterhand1438 syne1489 by posteriority1523 in sequel1524 still1526 later1527 subsequently1537 senthis?1553 lately1565 subsequent1568 behindc1600 sequelarly1600 posterior1628 in prosecutiona1641 subsequentiallya1683 artera1746 posteriorly1799 ulteriorly1818 later on1829 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15947 Hit ilomp inne frimdæȝen feor her bi-æften. Obsolete. ΚΠ a800 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 755 Þæs cyninges þegnas þe him be æftan wærun [Laud, bæfton]..Þa men þe he be æftan him læfde ær [Laud, be æfton]. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 23 Gang bæftan me, Satanas! c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xvi. 23 Gange befte me. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14688 Tacc þær an shep bafftenn þin bacc. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13455 Richer and Beduer wenden heom bafte [c1300 Otho bi-hinde]. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1333 Bi-aften bak as he nam kep. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1576 Euery man..to-fore the Shipp, & bafft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1598adv.prep.a800 |
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