north-lightn.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːθlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrθˈlaɪt/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., light n.¹

Etymology: < north adj. + light n.¹ Compare Dutch noorderlicht (1736 or earlier), German Nordlicht (1716 or earlier), Old Icelandic norðrljós , Swedish (poetic) nordljus (1702), Danish nordlys , all in sense 1.

†1. The aurora borealis. Usually in plural. Also figurative. Cf. northern lights n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis

dancing-goats1563

petty dancers1635

streaming1694

north-light1706

aurora borealis1717

dancersc1717

northern morning1717

northern lights1722

aurora septentrionalis1728

northern dawn1728

northern light1728

morris dancers1735

streamers1735

north-shine1738

fire-flaught1787

boreal dawn1805

northern morn1822

firelights1845

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) North-Light, a wonderful Meteor, which usually appears in Greenland [etc.].

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. i. 4 Besides the moon-shine,..these northern people,..when their day-light is contracted to six hours, find considerable relief from the north-light called Aurora borealis.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vi. 189 I..stood looking up at the north-lights, which shot up the heaven to a great height.

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 111 With shooting North-lights, 'tokening bloody wars.

1839 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 47 Two north-lights are there in the Soul that beam, Truth's steady ray and Fancy's waving gleam.

1891 R. Kipling Lyra Heroica 333 By the great North Lights above me I work the will of God, And the liner splits on the ice-field or the Dogger fills with cod.

2. Light from a northerly direction, esp. as favoured by artists for its lack of variation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > coming from a specific direction

north-light1854

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 161 The painter's north-light now takes possession of the place which her toilet-table occupied a hundred years ago.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 346 Flashes..of very different quality from the equable north-light of the artist.

1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing i. 2 Some of the houses..are constructed with a studio... A sloping skylight in the roof admits the precious north light.

1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 75/1 There are no windows to let in the north light favoured by so many artists.

a. A window, esp. in a roof, that faces north.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

loop1393

shot-windowc1405

gable window1428

batement light1445

church window1458

shot1513

casement1538

dream-hole1559

luket1564

draw window1567

loop-window1574

loophole1591

tower-windowc1593

thorough lights1600

squinch1602

turret window1603

slit1607

close-shuts1615

gutter window1620

street lighta1625

balcony-window1635

clere-story window1679

slip1730

air-loop1758

Venetian1766

Venetian window1775

sidelight1779

lancet window1781

French casement1804

double window1819

couplet1844

spire-light1846

lancet1848

tower-light1848

triplet1849

bar-window1857

pair-light1868

nook window1878

coupled windows1881

three-light1908–9

north-light1919

storm window1933

borrowed light1934

Thermopane1941

storms1952

1919 R. Fry Let. 29 Nov. (1972) II. 473 I went to his tiny studio..he'd simply put a high north light in the roof of a small bedroom.

1961 E. E. Cummings Let. 22 July (1969) 272 I asked a firstrate carpenter..to make me a real—with a North Light—studio in the barn.

2000 A J Focus May 61/2 Made from virtually unbreakable multiwall polycarbonate glazing set in an aluminium frame, it is fitted as northlights over classrooms.

b. north-light roof: a roof containing such a window. Now rare.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally

vaulta1387

plat-roofa1425

pend1454

faunsere1460

compassed roofa1552

terrace1572

sotie1578

crown1588

arch-roof1594

arch1609

under-roof1611

concameration1644

voltoa1660

hip roof1663

French roof1669

oversail1673

jerkinhead1703

mansard1704

curb-roof1733

shed roof1736

gable roof1759

gambrel roof1761

living roof1792

pent roof1794

span-roof1823

wagon-head1823

azotea1824

rafter roof1825

rooflet1825

wagon-vault1835

bell-roof1842

spire-roof1842

cradle-roof1845

packsaddle roof1845

open roof1847

umbrella roof1847

gambrel1848

packsaddle1848

compass-roof1849

saddleback1849

saddle roof1850

curbed roof1866

wagon-roof1866

saw-tooth roof1900

trough roof1905

skillion roof1911

north-light roof1923

shell roof1954

green roof1984

knee-roof-

1923 Nature 10 Mar. 344/1 The building has a north-light roof.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 583/1 North light roof, a pitched roof of unequal slopes, of which the steeper is glazed and arranged to receive light from the north.

1958 Times 20 Aug. 13/6 The cost of installing fittings to produce the whole of the necessary illumination, instead of only those required to supplement daylight from windows or north-light roof must also be reckoned.

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

单词	north-light
释义	north-lightn. Brit. /ˈnɔːθlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθˈlaɪt/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., light n.¹ Etymology: < north adj. + light n.¹ Compare Dutch noorderlicht (1736 or earlier), German Nordlicht (1716 or earlier), Old Icelandic norðrljós , Swedish (poetic) nordljus (1702), Danish nordlys , all in sense 1. †1. The aurora borealis. Usually in plural. Also figurative. Cf. northern lights n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis dancing-goats1563 petty dancers1635 streaming1694 north-light1706 aurora borealis1717 dancersc1717 northern morning1717 northern lights1722 aurora septentrionalis1728 northern dawn1728 northern light1728 morris dancers1735 streamers1735 north-shine1738 fire-flaught1787 boreal dawn1805 northern morn1822 firelights1845 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) North-Light, a wonderful Meteor, which usually appears in Greenland [etc.]. 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. i. 4 Besides the moon-shine,..these northern people,..when their day-light is contracted to six hours, find considerable relief from the north-light called Aurora borealis. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vi. 189 I..stood looking up at the north-lights, which shot up the heaven to a great height. 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 111 With shooting North-lights, 'tokening bloody wars. 1839 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 47 Two north-lights are there in the Soul that beam, Truth's steady ray and Fancy's waving gleam. 1891 R. Kipling Lyra Heroica 333 By the great North Lights above me I work the will of God, And the liner splits on the ice-field or the Dogger fills with cod. 2. Light from a northerly direction, esp. as favoured by artists for its lack of variation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > coming from a specific direction north-light1854 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xvii. 161 The painter's north-light now takes possession of the place which her toilet-table occupied a hundred years ago. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 346 Flashes..of very different quality from the equable north-light of the artist. 1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing i. 2 Some of the houses..are constructed with a studio... A sloping skylight in the roof admits the precious north light. 1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 75/1 There are no windows to let in the north light favoured by so many artists. 3. a. A window, esp. in a roof, that faces north. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 1919 R. Fry Let. 29 Nov. (1972) II. 473 I went to his tiny studio..he'd simply put a high north light in the roof of a small bedroom. 1961 E. E. Cummings Let. 22 July (1969) 272 I asked a firstrate carpenter..to make me a real—with a North Light—studio in the barn. 2000 A J Focus May 61/2 Made from virtually unbreakable multiwall polycarbonate glazing set in an aluminium frame, it is fitted as northlights over classrooms. b. north-light roof: a roof containing such a window. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally vaulta1387 plat-roofa1425 pend1454 faunsere1460 compassed roofa1552 terrace1572 sotie1578 crown1588 arch-roof1594 arch1609 under-roof1611 concameration1644 voltoa1660 hip roof1663 French roof1669 oversail1673 jerkinhead1703 mansard1704 curb-roof1733 shed roof1736 gable roof1759 gambrel roof1761 living roof1792 pent roof1794 span-roof1823 wagon-head1823 azotea1824 rafter roof1825 rooflet1825 wagon-vault1835 bell-roof1842 spire-roof1842 cradle-roof1845 packsaddle roof1845 open roof1847 umbrella roof1847 gambrel1848 packsaddle1848 compass-roof1849 saddleback1849 saddle roof1850 curbed roof1866 wagon-roof1866 saw-tooth roof1900 trough roof1905 skillion roof1911 north-light roof1923 shell roof1954 green roof1984 knee-roof- 1923 Nature 10 Mar. 344/1 The building has a north-light roof. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 583/1 North light roof, a pitched roof of unequal slopes, of which the steeper is glazed and arranged to receive light from the north. 1958 Times 20 Aug. 13/6 The cost of installing fittings to produce the whole of the necessary illumination, instead of only those required to supplement daylight from windows or north-light roof must also be reckoned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706
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