nankeenn.adj.

Brit.

/nanˈkiːn/,

/naŋˈkiːn/, U.S.

/nænˈkin/

Forms: 1700s nankein, 1700s–1800s nanquin, 1700s– nankeen, 1700s– nankin, 1800s namking (U.S.), 1900s– nanking. Also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < Nankin, former spelling of the name of the city of Nanking (see Nanking n.); the form nankeen is probably after -een suffix¹. Compare French nankin, noun (1760 denoting a type of cotton fabric, generally of a yellow colour, 1842 denoting a pale yellow colour) and adjective (1804 in sense ‘of a pale yellow colour’), Dutch nankin, nanking, noun (mid 19th cent.), German Nanking.The name of the city, in the form Lankin or Lanquin (probably via Portuguese), was applied to a kind of silk in the 17th cent.: see further H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886), s.v. Nanking.

A. n.

I. A kind of cloth; senses relating to this.

a. A kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanking from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed; more fully nankeen cloth. Also in plural: a piece or variety of this cloth. Now chiefly historical.In some 18th-cent. uses perhaps referring to a variety of unbleached silk rather than cotton.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coloured, patterned, or printed > specific

pintadoa1575

Salempore1598

chintz1614

nankeenc1700

caffa1701

jamwar1721

nankinett1794

purdah1813

zephyr1819

nankeening1830

calico1841

permanent1854

galatea1874

Madras gingham1880

Turkey red1880

Madras1897

shadow cretonne1932

shadow stripe1932

c1700 Acct. of Sale of India Silks 1/2 Damask Nankeens 403, at 5l.

1755 in F. W. Fairholt Satirical Songs & Poems on Costume (1849) 239 Make his breeches of nankein, Most like nature, most like skin.

1781 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 402 There are some articles, which come from India,..Bengals, nankeens, Persian silk.

c1809 F. Buchanan in M. Martin Eastern India (1838) III. 244 Wool having the colour of nankeen cloth.

1878 J. H. Gray China II. xxiii. 143 The cloth called nankin, generally written nankeen, is of the greatest durability.

1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 735 The middle and lower half had been supplanted by another vest and trousers of faded nankeen.

1936 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 2 412 Translated, it runs like this, ‘Oh, you American knave dressed in nankeen—You steal loaves of bread for Mister d'Quin!’

1957 P. White Voss xi. 318 Many a citizen, walking at the water's edge, in good nankeen or new merino, did entertain secret hopes.

1997 T. Clark Empire of Skin ii. 79 The long overland trek toting skins of sea otters..to exchange for..nankeens and tea.

b. In singular and (usually) plural. Trousers made of nankeen.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material

shiverines1663

nankeen1770

overall1782

corduroys1791

ducks1825

webs1825

kerseys1833

moleskin1836

cord1837

kerseymeres1840

blue jeans1842

grey1860

mole trousers1860

chaparreras1861

Bedford cord1862

velveteens1862

dungarees1872

moles1879

chaps1884

chaparejos1887

oiler1889

greyers1900

flannels1911

Levi's1926

denim1932

chino1943

wrangler1947

Bedfords1954

sweats1956

sweatpants1957

1770 M. Page Let. 22 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 126/2 2 ps. Nanquin with Trimmings.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 29 Pushing through the very narrow path of a very long field of very high corn, immediately after a very heavy rain:—nankeens.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. ii. 12 If you had my nankeens on.., and had fallen into a thicket of thistles.

1950 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 11 Feb. 30/2 At tennis, when he was server, he would firmly stand on the back line, with his thick legs, in quaint nankeens, wide apart.

1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) vii. 180 When you and the other officers have shifted into nankeens, let us get under way.

c. A pale yellow or buff; the colour of nankeen. Now rare.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > brownish yellow

fallowa1425

ochre1440

Minozin1680

fulvidness1685

satinwood1773

buff1788

nankeen1794

mountain yellow1801

chamois1872

mustard1884

oliveness1890

Sahara1923

1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 43 As for the dimity skin you told me of, I swear 'tis a thorough nankeen as ever I saw.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 934 This lichen, with soda, yields a yellow; with lime..a nankeen.

1882 Garden 18 Mar. 189/3 The colour is a beautiful nankeen.

1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 91 Nankeen, the natural yellow color of Nankin cotton.

2. Usually in plural form nankins. Bobbin lace made from unbleached silk; = blonde n. 2a. Now rare.The name, which arose from the unbleached nature of the thread, became uncommon after the 19th cent., since ‘blondes’ were commonly produced also in white and black.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > made from specific materials

thread-lace1581

blondec1755

blond(e lace1771

nankeen1827

Shetland lace1848

yak lace1872

1827 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 325 The Bukharians export half the value of their sales in gold and silver coin, and the rest in..gold thread, mirrors, otter skins, pearls, Russia nankins..and small quantities of Indian muslin, and Russian linen.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xv. 199 It was not until 1745 that the blondes..made their appearance. The first silk used for the new production was of its natural colour, ‘écrue’, hence these laces were called ‘nankins’ or ‘blondes’.

1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. (at cited word) Blonde laces were first made in 1745, and being produced from unbleached silk, were known as ‘Nankins’ or ‘Blondes’.

1937 Textile Mercury & Argus 22 Oct. 417/1 Nankins lace, same as Blonde Lace.

II. A kind of porcelain.

3. A kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanking and later copied by European potters. Cf. sense B. 1. rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > Chinese

nankeen1782

Dingyao1857

Ming1863

temmoku1880

blanc de Chine1888

famille jaune1901

Yung Chêng1902

wu ts'ai1904

ying ch'ing1922

Tê-hua1953

kraakporselein1954

Yuan1969

1782 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 322 The Dresden porcelain is more refractory than the common Chinese, but not equally so with the stone Nankeen.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 52 Nankeen indeed even resists this heat.

1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxiv. 157 A little masterpiece: and real old Nankin.

1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 161/2 Large quantities of porcelain decorated in blue were exported through this town [sc. Nankin], hence the term ‘Nankin’..a synonym for blue-and-white porcelain.

B. adj.

1. Designating a type of Chinese porcelain. Cf. sense A. 3.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain

powdered blue1701

nankeen1761

famille verte1876

Ko1882

powder blue1882

Yuan1888

famille rose1893

Dingyao1894

famille noire1898

Yung Chêng1902

K'ang-Hsi1906

ying ch'ing1922

famille jaune1923

Tê-hua1923

Swatow1925

Song1937

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph III. 151 He has added to my store of china today..with an entire service of the finest Nankeen china.

1784 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill (new ed.) 8 A blue and white saucer with a landscape, of fine Nankin china.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. Index Nankin porcelain.

1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget ii. 12 Dwarf trees..in green Nankin tubs.

1972 Guardian 29 Mar. 18/4 This happens to be my nearest market and I still pick up Nanking plates at 50p.

1996 Representations 54 111 Excavations..revealed ceramics indistinguishable from ‘modern Kaffir pottery’, while ‘Arabian glass’ and ‘Nankin china’ suggested a date not earlier than the fourteenth century A.D.

a. Made of nankeen cloth. Cf. sense A. 1a.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > coloured, patterned, or printed

chintz1722

nankeen1795

chintzy1851

shadow-striped1930

1795 A. Anderson Narr. Brit. Embassy China 70 The uniform of the soldiers consists of a large pair of loose, black nankeen trowsers.

1806 M. Bentham Let. 19 Aug. in Corr. J. Bentham (1988) VII. 361 The sailors were dressed in nankeen jackets.

1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 70/1 The female preacher had on a nankeen dress.

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 26 A dark blue coat with a short light waistcoat;..and nankeen breeches.

1955 W. Foster-Harris Old West iv. 93 Suppose..you have spilled grease on your nice new nankeen trousers.

1988 Country Walking May 35/2 Had they gone to the limits..they would have worn nankeen breeches with gaiters.

†b. Of the colour of nankeen; pale yellow or buff. Cf. sense A. 1c. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brownish yellow

ochry1567

olive-coloured1612

sand-coloured1627

shammy1661

buff-coloured1686

pea soup1703

ochreish1747

ochreous1761

buff1765

ochraceous1776

buff-colour1796

buffish1802

mustard-coloured1825

nankeen1838

buffy1842

ochre-coloured1845

mustardy1850

ochrous1877

buff-yellow1882

buff-washed1883

mustard1919

Sahara1923

wheaten1975

1838 J. M. Morton Chaos is come Again i. 10 A Calcutta automaton, with lots of shawls, very little liver, and a nankeen complexion!

1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts 989 A nankin dye may be given with bablah, especially to cotton oiled preparatory to the Turkey red process.

1868 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 656/2 Another..nankeen dye is produced by boiling annatto in a strong solution of pearl ashes.

Compounds

C1. (In sense A. 1a.)

a. Forming adjectives, as nankeen-clad, nankeen-coloured, nankeen-jacketed, nankeen-trousered, etc.

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1779 F. Pilon Liverpool Prize ii. ii. 26 Zounds! Is not his Nankin-coloured lady enough for him?

1781 R. Twining Jrnl. 2 Aug. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 11 Honest Alexander, our nankeen-jacketed waiter, flew into the salle-à-manger.

1859–60 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? (1914) lxxvii. 410 Jug then hauled a great turnip of a watch out of his nankin-trousered fob.

1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 258/2 This plump person was attired in nankeen-colored clothes.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 13 Feb. (Arts section) 13 Nicholas Heath outdoes them all by mounting a chair side-saddle..and flashing a tantalising glimpse of nankeen-clad thigh.

(a) Forming nouns.

nankeen colour n.

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1821 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 328 To dye nankeen-colour on cotton, yarn or cloth.

1859 New Amer. Cycl. V. 416/1 The eggs are buff or nankin color.

nankeen yellow n.

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1882 Garden 25 Nov. 469/3 The..petals being of a nankeen-yellow.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 479 He leads John Eglinton who wears a mandarin's kimono of Nankeen yellow, lizardlettered, and a high pagoda hat.

1988 G. Wolfe There are Doors 18 Very good, very cheap. Nankeen yellow, hundred year make.

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nankeen cotton n. the variety of cotton from which nankeen cloth was originally made.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of

lump cotton1640

cotton shrub1752

kidney-cotton1789

nankeen cotton1797

sea-island1803

shrub cotton1858

tree cotton1884

Pima1914

1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. v. 425 It is asserted, that the seeds of the nankeen cotton degenerate..when transplanted to another province.

1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 73 The other varieties are Nankin cotton, [etc.]

1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 91 Nankeen, the natural yellow color of Nankin cotton (and today the fabric).

C2. In sense A. 1c, in the names of (chiefly Australian) birds and plants.

nankeen bird n. Australian disused = nankeen night heron n.

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the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified

tidifec1385

tymor?a1400

holste14..

popard1411

popera1450

wercocka1475

tytyferc1565

caladrie1567

butwin1570

brandlet1576

pecteale1579

stockard1579

tanterueale1579

pyralis1580

twite1582

gnat-snapper1598

herodian1609

grindle1610

skirwingle1610

spawe1610

tydie1612

fillady1620

wake1623

gnat-gnapper1627

blackbird1678

ricebird1704

long tongue1731

angle-taster1744

stearing1769

weaver-oriole1782

weaver-bunting1783

sedge-wren1802

satin grackle1822

Audubon1837

nankeen bird1837

fife-bird1854

jug1881

upholsterer1890

1837 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colony 13 Nov. (1843) 500 We also noticed the Nankin-bird, a species of Heron, which is cinnamon-coloured on the back, sulphur-coloured on the breast, and has a long, white feather, pendant from the back of the head.

1838 T. H. James Six Months S. Austral. 202 Shooting one or two beautiful nankeen birds.

1930 R. V. Billis & A. S. Kenyon Pastures New iii. 60 After shooting one or two nankeen birds, the country began to open up ahead.

nankeen crane n. Australian = nankeen night heron n.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron)

Nycticorax1688

shitepoke1775

Quaker1776

night heron1785

qua-bird1792

mudpoke1809

quawk1844

nankeen crane1872

squawk1872

1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland 121 The nankeen crane (Nycticorax caledonicus), a very handsome, bright nankeen-coloured bird.

1886 D. M. Gane New S. Wales & Victoria 200 The nankeen crane..is seldom within gunshot.

1966 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 4) 269 Nankeen Night-Heron... Also called Nankeen Crane.

† nankeen gum n. Australian Obsolete rare the bimble box, Eucalyptus populnea, a tree of eatern Australia having a fibrous bark and glossy green leaves.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees

yellow box1662

gum tree1676

white gum tree1733

whip-stick1782

peppermint1790

red gum tree1790

red mahogany1798

white gum1798

box1801

blue gum1802

eucalyptus1809

box tree1819

black-butted gum1820

bloodwood1827

white ash1830

blackbutt1833

morrel1837

mountain ash1837

mallee scrub1845

apple gum1846

flooded gum1847

Moreton Bay ash1847

mallee1848

swamp gum1852

box-gum1855

manna gum1855

white top1856

river gum1860

grey box1861

woolly butt1862

marlock1863

fever tree1867

red ironbark1867

river white gum1867

karri1870

yellow jacket1876

eucalypt1877

yapunyah1878

coolibah1879

scribbly gum1883

forest mahogany1884

yellow jack1884

rose gum1885

Jimmy Low1887

nankeen gum1889

slaty gum1889

sugar-gum1889

apple box1890

Murray red gum1895

creek-gum1898

eucalyptian1901

forest red gum1904

river red gum1920

napunyah1921

whitewash gum1923

ghost gum1928

snow gum1928

Sydney blue gum1932

salmon gum1934

lapunyah1940

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 506 This tree is..called ‘Nankeen Gum’ in Northern Australia, from the peculiar light-brown colour of the bark.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. at Gum Nankeen G [um] .—E. populifolia, Hook.

nankeen hawk n. Australian (now historical) = nankeen kestrel n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

villain1481

Lentiner1575

make-falcon1575

make-hawk1575

bockerel1653

waskite1655

hack hawk1686

bawrel1706

buzzardet1785

nankeen hawk1827

buteo1848

rook hawk1855

kite-eagle1883

star buzzard1884

1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 184 I saw no Nankeen Hawks this autumn.

1976 Reader's Digest Compl. Bk. Austral. Birds 83 Two other birds named after nankeen in early colonial days have red-brown backs. These were the nankeen hawk, now called the nankeen kestrel [etc.].

nankeen heron n. Australian = nankeen night heron n.

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1968 R. Hill Bush Quest 16 Three nankeen herons came planing in on russet wings to land amongst the glossy green leaves of a Moreton Bay fig.

nankeen kestrel n. the Australian kestrel, Falco cenchroides, a small falcon found in Australia and neighbouring islands.

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1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. II. 14 Nankeen Kestril... This bird is generally distributed over the continent and is known by the nankeen colour of his back.

1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 37 Only one of our hawks, the graceful little nankeen kestrel.., enjoys game law protection.

1981 Ecology 62 1580/2 Nankeen kestrels (Falco cenchroides) were observed to make frequent aerial attacks on live lizards.

nankeen night heron n. the rufous night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus, a stocky nocturnal heron found in Australasia and Indonesia.

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1846 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) VI. Pl. 63 Nycticorax caledonicus. Nankeen Night Heron.

1928 B. Spencer Wanderings in Wild Austral. 551 Spoonbills, cranes and Nankeen night-herons were enjoying themselves in and around the pool.

1992 Ecology 73 1392/1 Single individuals of the Nankeen Night Heron, Great White Egret, and Grey Heron all survived through the study period.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nankeen
释义	nankeenn.adj. Brit. /nanˈkiːn/, /naŋˈkiːn/, U.S. /nænˈkin/ Forms: 1700s nankein, 1700s–1800s nanquin, 1700s– nankeen, 1700s– nankin, 1800s namking (U.S.), 1900s– nanking. Also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nankin. Etymology: < Nankin, former spelling of the name of the city of Nanking (see Nanking n.); the form nankeen is probably after -een suffix¹. Compare French nankin, noun (1760 denoting a type of cotton fabric, generally of a yellow colour, 1842 denoting a pale yellow colour) and adjective (1804 in sense ‘of a pale yellow colour’), Dutch nankin, nanking, noun (mid 19th cent.), German Nanking.The name of the city, in the form Lankin or Lanquin (probably via Portuguese), was applied to a kind of silk in the 17th cent.: see further H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886), s.v. Nanking. A. n. I. A kind of cloth; senses relating to this. 1. a. A kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanking from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton which is then dyed; more fully nankeen cloth. Also in plural: a piece or variety of this cloth. Now chiefly historical.In some 18th-cent. uses perhaps referring to a variety of unbleached silk rather than cotton. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coloured, patterned, or printed > specific pintadoa1575 Salempore1598 chintz1614 nankeenc1700 caffa1701 jamwar1721 nankinett1794 purdah1813 zephyr1819 nankeening1830 calico1841 permanent1854 galatea1874 Madras gingham1880 Turkey red1880 Madras1897 shadow cretonne1932 shadow stripe1932 c1700 Acct. of Sale of India Silks 1/2 Damask Nankeens 403, at 5l. 1755 in F. W. Fairholt Satirical Songs & Poems on Costume (1849) 239 Make his breeches of nankein, Most like nature, most like skin. 1781 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 402 There are some articles, which come from India,..Bengals, nankeens, Persian silk. c1809 F. Buchanan in M. Martin Eastern India (1838) III. 244 Wool having the colour of nankeen cloth. 1878 J. H. Gray China II. xxiii. 143 The cloth called nankin, generally written nankeen, is of the greatest durability. 1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 735 The middle and lower half had been supplanted by another vest and trousers of faded nankeen. 1936 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 2 412 Translated, it runs like this, ‘Oh, you American knave dressed in nankeen—You steal loaves of bread for Mister d'Quin!’ 1957 P. White Voss xi. 318 Many a citizen, walking at the water's edge, in good nankeen or new merino, did entertain secret hopes. 1997 T. Clark Empire of Skin ii. 79 The long overland trek toting skins of sea otters..to exchange for..nankeens and tea. b. In singular and (usually) plural. Trousers made of nankeen. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material shiverines1663 nankeen1770 overall1782 corduroys1791 ducks1825 webs1825 kerseys1833 moleskin1836 cord1837 kerseymeres1840 blue jeans1842 grey1860 mole trousers1860 chaparreras1861 Bedford cord1862 velveteens1862 dungarees1872 moles1879 chaps1884 chaparejos1887 oiler1889 greyers1900 flannels1911 Levi's1926 denim1932 chino1943 wrangler1947 Bedfords1954 sweats1956 sweatpants1957 1770 M. Page Let. 22 Feb. in John Norton & Sons (1968) 126/2 2 ps. Nanquin with Trimmings. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 29 Pushing through the very narrow path of a very long field of very high corn, immediately after a very heavy rain:—nankeens. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. ii. 12 If you had my nankeens on.., and had fallen into a thicket of thistles. 1950 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 11 Feb. 30/2 At tennis, when he was server, he would firmly stand on the back line, with his thick legs, in quaint nankeens, wide apart. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) vii. 180 When you and the other officers have shifted into nankeens, let us get under way. c. A pale yellow or buff; the colour of nankeen. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > brownish yellow fallowa1425 ochre1440 Minozin1680 fulvidness1685 satinwood1773 buff1788 nankeen1794 mountain yellow1801 chamois1872 mustard1884 oliveness1890 Sahara1923 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 43 As for the dimity skin you told me of, I swear 'tis a thorough nankeen as ever I saw. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 934 This lichen, with soda, yields a yellow; with lime..a nankeen. 1882 Garden 18 Mar. 189/3 The colour is a beautiful nankeen. 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 91 Nankeen, the natural yellow color of Nankin cotton. 2. Usually in plural form nankins. Bobbin lace made from unbleached silk; = blonde n. 2a. Now rare.The name, which arose from the unbleached nature of the thread, became uncommon after the 19th cent., since ‘blondes’ were commonly produced also in white and black. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > made from specific materials thread-lace1581 blondec1755 blond(e lace1771 nankeen1827 Shetland lace1848 yak lace1872 1827 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 325 The Bukharians export half the value of their sales in gold and silver coin, and the rest in..gold thread, mirrors, otter skins, pearls, Russia nankins..and small quantities of Indian muslin, and Russian linen. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xv. 199 It was not until 1745 that the blondes..made their appearance. The first silk used for the new production was of its natural colour, ‘écrue’, hence these laces were called ‘nankins’ or ‘blondes’. 1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. (at cited word) Blonde laces were first made in 1745, and being produced from unbleached silk, were known as ‘Nankins’ or ‘Blondes’. 1937 Textile Mercury & Argus 22 Oct. 417/1 Nankins lace, same as Blonde Lace. II. A kind of porcelain. 3. A kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanking and later copied by European potters. Cf. sense B. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > porcelain > Chinese nankeen1782 Dingyao1857 Ming1863 temmoku1880 blanc de Chine1888 famille jaune1901 Yung Chêng1902 wu ts'ai1904 ying ch'ing1922 Tê-hua1953 kraakporselein1954 Yuan1969 1782 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 322 The Dresden porcelain is more refractory than the common Chinese, but not equally so with the stone Nankeen. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 52 Nankeen indeed even resists this heat. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget xxiv. 157 A little masterpiece: and real old Nankin. 1957 C. W. Mankowitz & R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Eng. Pottery & Porcelain 161/2 Large quantities of porcelain decorated in blue were exported through this town [sc. Nankin], hence the term ‘Nankin’..a synonym for blue-and-white porcelain. B. adj. 1. Designating a type of Chinese porcelain. Cf. sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain powdered blue1701 nankeen1761 famille verte1876 Ko1882 powder blue1882 Yuan1888 famille rose1893 Dingyao1894 famille noire1898 Yung Chêng1902 K'ang-Hsi1906 ying ch'ing1922 famille jaune1923 Tê-hua1923 Swatow1925 Song1937 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph III. 151 He has added to my store of china today..with an entire service of the finest Nankeen china. 1784 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill (new ed.) 8 A blue and white saucer with a landscape, of fine Nankin china. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. Index Nankin porcelain. 1921 W. de la Mare Mem. Midget ii. 12 Dwarf trees..in green Nankin tubs. 1972 Guardian 29 Mar. 18/4 This happens to be my nearest market and I still pick up Nanking plates at 50p. 1996 Representations 54 111 Excavations..revealed ceramics indistinguishable from ‘modern Kaffir pottery’, while ‘Arabian glass’ and ‘Nankin china’ suggested a date not earlier than the fourteenth century A.D. 2. a. Made of nankeen cloth. Cf. sense A. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > coloured, patterned, or printed chintz1722 nankeen1795 chintzy1851 shadow-striped1930 1795 A. Anderson Narr. Brit. Embassy China 70 The uniform of the soldiers consists of a large pair of loose, black nankeen trowsers. 1806 M. Bentham Let. 19 Aug. in Corr. J. Bentham (1988) VII. 361 The sailors were dressed in nankeen jackets. 1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 70/1 The female preacher had on a nankeen dress. 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 26 A dark blue coat with a short light waistcoat;..and nankeen breeches. 1955 W. Foster-Harris Old West iv. 93 Suppose..you have spilled grease on your nice new nankeen trousers. 1988 Country Walking May 35/2 Had they gone to the limits..they would have worn nankeen breeches with gaiters. †b. Of the colour of nankeen; pale yellow or buff. Cf. sense A. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > brownish yellow ochry1567 olive-coloured1612 sand-coloured1627 shammy1661 buff-coloured1686 pea soup1703 ochreish1747 ochreous1761 buff1765 ochraceous1776 buff-colour1796 buffish1802 mustard-coloured1825 nankeen1838 buffy1842 ochre-coloured1845 mustardy1850 ochrous1877 buff-yellow1882 buff-washed1883 mustard1919 Sahara1923 wheaten1975 1838 J. M. Morton Chaos is come Again i. 10 A Calcutta automaton, with lots of shawls, very little liver, and a nankeen complexion! 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts 989 A nankin dye may be given with bablah, especially to cotton oiled preparatory to the Turkey red process. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 656/2 Another..nankeen dye is produced by boiling annatto in a strong solution of pearl ashes. Compounds C1. (In sense A. 1a.) a. Forming adjectives, as nankeen-clad, nankeen-coloured, nankeen-jacketed, nankeen-trousered, etc. ΚΠ 1779 F. Pilon Liverpool Prize ii. ii. 26 Zounds! Is not his Nankin-coloured lady enough for him? 1781 R. Twining Jrnl. 2 Aug. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 11 Honest Alexander, our nankeen-jacketed waiter, flew into the salle-à-manger. 1859–60 R. S. Surtees Plain or Ringlets? (1914) lxxvii. 410 Jug then hauled a great turnip of a watch out of his nankin-trousered fob. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 258/2 This plump person was attired in nankeen-colored clothes. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 13 Feb. (Arts section) 13 Nicholas Heath outdoes them all by mounting a chair side-saddle..and flashing a tantalising glimpse of nankeen-clad thigh. b. (a) Forming nouns. nankeen colour n. ΚΠ 1821 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 328 To dye nankeen-colour on cotton, yarn or cloth. 1859 New Amer. Cycl. V. 416/1 The eggs are buff or nankin color. nankeen yellow n. ΚΠ 1882 Garden 25 Nov. 469/3 The..petals being of a nankeen-yellow. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 479 He leads John Eglinton who wears a mandarin's kimono of Nankeen yellow, lizardlettered, and a high pagoda hat. 1988 G. Wolfe There are Doors 18 Very good, very cheap. Nankeen yellow, hundred year make. (b) nankeen cotton n. the variety of cotton from which nankeen cloth was originally made. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of lump cotton1640 cotton shrub1752 kidney-cotton1789 nankeen cotton1797 sea-island1803 shrub cotton1858 tree cotton1884 Pima1914 1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China II. v. 425 It is asserted, that the seeds of the nankeen cotton degenerate..when transplanted to another province. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 73 The other varieties are Nankin cotton, [etc.] 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 91 Nankeen, the natural yellow color of Nankin cotton (and today the fabric). C2. In sense A. 1c, in the names of (chiefly Australian) birds and plants. nankeen bird n. Australian disused = nankeen night heron n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified tidifec1385 tymor?a1400 holste14.. popard1411 popera1450 wercocka1475 tytyferc1565 caladrie1567 butwin1570 brandlet1576 pecteale1579 stockard1579 tanterueale1579 pyralis1580 twite1582 gnat-snapper1598 herodian1609 grindle1610 skirwingle1610 spawe1610 tydie1612 fillady1620 wake1623 gnat-gnapper1627 blackbird1678 ricebird1704 long tongue1731 angle-taster1744 stearing1769 weaver-oriole1782 weaver-bunting1783 sedge-wren1802 satin grackle1822 Audubon1837 nankeen bird1837 fife-bird1854 jug1881 upholsterer1890 1837 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colony 13 Nov. (1843) 500 We also noticed the Nankin-bird, a species of Heron, which is cinnamon-coloured on the back, sulphur-coloured on the breast, and has a long, white feather, pendant from the back of the head. 1838 T. H. James Six Months S. Austral. 202 Shooting one or two beautiful nankeen birds. 1930 R. V. Billis & A. S. Kenyon Pastures New iii. 60 After shooting one or two nankeen birds, the country began to open up ahead. nankeen crane n. Australian = nankeen night heron n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron) Nycticorax1688 shitepoke1775 Quaker1776 night heron1785 qua-bird1792 mudpoke1809 quawk1844 nankeen crane1872 squawk1872 1872 C. H. Eden My Wife & I in Queensland 121 The nankeen crane (Nycticorax caledonicus), a very handsome, bright nankeen-coloured bird. 1886 D. M. Gane New S. Wales & Victoria 200 The nankeen crane..is seldom within gunshot. 1966 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 4) 269 Nankeen Night-Heron... Also called Nankeen Crane. † nankeen gum n. Australian Obsolete rare the bimble box, Eucalyptus populnea, a tree of eatern Australia having a fibrous bark and glossy green leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 506 This tree is..called ‘Nankeen Gum’ in Northern Australia, from the peculiar light-brown colour of the bark. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. at Gum Nankeen G [um] .—E. populifolia, Hook. nankeen hawk n. Australian (now historical) = nankeen kestrel n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of villain1481 Lentiner1575 make-falcon1575 make-hawk1575 bockerel1653 waskite1655 hack hawk1686 bawrel1706 buzzardet1785 nankeen hawk1827 buteo1848 rook hawk1855 kite-eagle1883 star buzzard1884 1827 Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 184 I saw no Nankeen Hawks this autumn. 1976 Reader's Digest Compl. Bk. Austral. Birds 83 Two other birds named after nankeen in early colonial days have red-brown backs. These were the nankeen hawk, now called the nankeen kestrel [etc.]. nankeen heron n. Australian = nankeen night heron n. ΚΠ 1968 R. Hill Bush Quest 16 Three nankeen herons came planing in on russet wings to land amongst the glossy green leaves of a Moreton Bay fig. nankeen kestrel n. the Australian kestrel, Falco cenchroides, a small falcon found in Australia and neighbouring islands. ΚΠ 1849 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. II. 14 Nankeen Kestril... This bird is generally distributed over the continent and is known by the nankeen colour of his back. 1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 37 Only one of our hawks, the graceful little nankeen kestrel.., enjoys game law protection. 1981 Ecology 62 1580/2 Nankeen kestrels (Falco cenchroides) were observed to make frequent aerial attacks on live lizards. nankeen night heron n. the rufous night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus, a stocky nocturnal heron found in Australasia and Indonesia. ΚΠ 1846 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) VI. Pl. 63 Nycticorax caledonicus. Nankeen Night Heron. 1928 B. Spencer Wanderings in Wild Austral. 551 Spoonbills, cranes and Nankeen night-herons were enjoying themselves in and around the pool. 1992 Ecology 73 1392/1 Single individuals of the Nankeen Night Heron, Great White Egret, and Grey Heron all survived through the study period. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1700
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