单词 | parcel-gilt |
释义 | parcel-giltadj.n. A. adj. Of an item of furniture, silverware, etc.: partly gilded, esp. on the inner surface only. 1. Used as postmodifier (frequently as two words). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gilded gildedOE giltc1330 ygilt1340 gilteda1400 gold-hewna1400 gold-beatenc1400 gold-beata1413 overgilta1425 parcel-gilt1453 party-gilt1469 begilded1594 inaurated1623 parcela1625 begilta1637 water-gilt1707 inaurate1855 1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 189 (MED) Item, ij pottis of silver potellers, parcell gilt. ?1484 Will of Margaret Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 387 My standing cuppe chased parcell gilt. 1546 in W. Page Inventories Church Goods York, Durham & Northumberland (1897) 87 Juelles all gylte..juelles, parcell gylte. 1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 269 Twa silver saltfattis, ane thairof partiall gilt with gold. 1604 Deed of Mortif., Arbuthnot of that Ilk (Jam.) Twa fair syluer salt fattis, ane dubill ourgilt, maid in the stypell fessone, the other on the bel fassone persyall gylt. a1687 Declar. Acct. George Franclyn in F. H. Cripps-Day Fragmenta Armamentaria (1945) I. iv. 96 Stirrup irons parcel gilt and engraven... Mainfer white parcel gilt. 1780 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope 129 An holy-water-stop and aspergoire of silver parcel-gilt. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. i. iv. 306 Bound in plates of silver parcel-gilt. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker i. 23 You have crossed the States, so that in all likelihood you have seen the head of it, parcel-gilt and curiously fluted. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 91 Bowl of a Tazza, parcel gilt. 1993 B. Mukherjee Holder of World (1994) 120 There were carved rectangular center tables veneered with maple wood and parcel gilt. 2. In attributive use (usually with hyphen). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health ii. f. 101v Into which if you put parsyll or doubble gylt cuppes or pottes, the Syluer shortlye after wyll bee dyssolued. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 89 Thou didst sweare to me vpon a parcell guilt goblet. View more context for this quotation 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Five Senses in Archaica (1815) II. 12 Desiring rather a direction in her way to eternity, than to have partial-gilt corruption her best solicitor in this vale of misery. 1668 W. Davenant Rivals iv. 39 This entertainment's parcel-gilt, made up Of various Diversion. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Aug. 236/1 The variety of drinking-cups were in measure and fashion almost endless... Ale-bowls, wassail-bowls, parcel-gilt goblets, court-dishes, tankards, and cans. 1894 Times 7 Apr. 9 Art Sales... A parcel-gilt beaker, engraved with scroll, foliage, and strap ornament. 1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest iv. iii. 162 Gold, silver and parcel-gilt plate to the value of £1,188. 1989 Apollo Mar. 74/1 (advt.) Elizabethan parcel-gilt Tazza, London 1571. B. n. Parcel-gilt ware. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [noun] > gilding > articles silver gilt1422 gilta1475 parcel-gilt1612 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. ii. sig. F4v Or changing His parcell guilt, to massy Gold. View more context for this quotation 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III i. iv. sig. B1v Fortunes Fauorites; Whose percell guylt, my Touch will not endure. 1856 E. Arnold Griselda i. i Methinks I have more skill at merchant-craft, Than for gay goods of parcel-gilt to give Mine own unpolished gold. 1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 7 June 748/3 Drinking incredible quantities of beer at every meal—out of pewter mugs, if they had nothing better; out of silver and parcel-gilt, when they could afford it. 1988 R. Feild & C. Dale Which? Guide to buying Antiques (rev. ed.) 153/1 Parcel-gilt... Partially gilded silverware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1453 |
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