单词 | mullocky |
释义 | mullockyadj. 1. English regional (west midlands). Dirty, untidy; rotten. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] uncleaneOE horyc1000 foulOE fennilicha1225 sutya1225 mixc1225 blackc1300 solwyc1325 bawdy1377 filthyc1384 nastyc1390 sowlyc1400 soryc1440 uncleanly1447 mossyc1450 dungyc1494 bedirted1528 slubberly?1529 filthish1530 deturpate?1533 mucky1538 stercorous1542 bluterc1550 dungish?1550 puddly1559 drumly1563 suddle1568 parbruilyiedc1586 sluttered1589 dirty1600 ordurous?1606 immund1621 turpie1633 sterquilinious1647 bruckled1648 cloacal1656 foede1657 stercorose1727 murky1755 sterquilinian1772 cloacinean1814 floy1820 poucey1829 stoachy1836 mullocky1839 muckering1841 sewery1851 dutty1853 dauby1855 cloacean1859 mucky1863 bilgy1878 cloacaline1879 muck-heapy1881 cloacinal1887 schmutzig1911 grufty1922 scabrous1939 mawkit1962 feechie1975 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied forrottedc897 foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 enraged1398 putrefieda1413 purulent?a1425 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 corrupped1533 corruptious1559 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pourryc1580 corruptive1593 putrilaginous1598 putrefactious1609 taint1620 putid1660 rottenish1691 septic1746 corrupted1807 mullocky1839 rotty1872 seething1875 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 70 Mullocky, the same as..moiled. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 39 ‘A mullocky mess’, ‘a mullocky place’. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Mullocky, of land, full of weeds and other rubbish. 1961 Countryman 58 623 Cotswold words..still in use... Mullocky, rotten (hay). 2. Australian and New Zealand. Of the nature of mullock; not containing ore. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > not containing ore mullocky1855 1855 Mt. Alexander Mail (Castlemaine, Austral.) 11 May No one seemed to imagine that the ‘black mullocky soil’ formed the bottom, until lately, when a large piece being broken a nugget weighing an ounce and a quarter was discovered. 1862 ‘W. T. G.’ Quite Colonial (c1948) 18 It is bottom, and a preciously mullocky looking one it is, too. 1876 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1875 8 177 [Quartz-crushing] is accomplished thus... The quantity of water varies according to the material operated upon, whether it be mullocky or not. 1897 Daily News 14 Dec. 2/1 In sinking the shaft ‘mullocky lode stuff’ was passed through. 1934 S. J. Cash Prospecting for Gold 50 If the sand be composed of quartz or of a mullocky nature. 1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 9 The stone carrying the gold was in little mullocky leaders..and you had to shift tons of overburden to get a few hundredweight of stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839 |
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