单词 | outwick |
释义 | outwickn. Scottish. Curling. A shot intended to strike the outside of another stone so as to drive it elsewhere, esp. nearer the tee. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > types of shot or delivery inring1789 outwick1805 inwick1820 wick1823 witter shot1823 outring1824 inturn1890 out-turn1890 stug1897 draw1902 draw shot1902 in-curl1903 out-curl1903 long slide1936 slide1950 peel1984 1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 56 Mony a nice out-weik's been ta'en. 1878 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Apr. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 518/1 It is one of those very difficult shots known amongst curlers as an outwick. 1951 Scots Mag. Jan. 301 The stones roar up the slide. Strange words and terms sound in the air... ‘Try an ootwick.’ 1999 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 Dec. 38 The Scottish front end of Loudon and MacDonald were first to suggest the solution to their problem—an outwick on their own guard lying wide and five feet outside the house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outwickv. Scottish. Curling. Now rare. transitive and intransitive. To take or make an outwick; to strike the outside of another stone so as to send towards the tee. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (intransitive)] > actions roar1787 wick1811 outwick1830 port1831 rebut1831 to fill the ice1867 guard1878 slide1936 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (transitive)] > actions ride1771 draw1787 guard1787 strike1811 hog1822 inwick1823 outwick1830 promote1937 1830 R. Broun Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia 108 Outwick, to touch the outside of one stone with another, so as to carry the former towards the tee. 1884 J. Taylor Curling 93 It's our ain stane, sae I carena whether ye inwick or outwick it. 1886 Banffshire Jrnl. 12 Jan. 3 Whiles the best'll miss their mark, Ootwickin' on their friens. c1896 A. Benvie Raid of Pictonello ii, in Royal Caledon. Curling Club Ann. (1897–8) p. clxviii Alas, his wits Are wandered, and his tongue makes sport of words Outwicking from the sense, the mind elsewhere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805v.1830 |
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