单词 | pigskin |
释义 | pigskinn.adj. A. n. 1. The skin of a pig; leather made from this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > skin of pig hoggerel?c1450 hogskinc1450 boar-skin1686 pigskin?1742 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from pigskin hogskinc1450 pigskin1899 ?1742 Proc. Assizes Peace, Pyer & Terminer for Surrey 1742 26–29 Mar. 12/1 John Upham..was indicted for stealing 48 lb. Weight of Sole Leather, and a tann'd Pig-Skin. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 82 Neither are the pig-skins, in common use to hold wine,..by any means ornamental, as they always preserve the form of very bloated pigs. 1899 Times 20 Dec. 15/2 A cigar case, made of pigskin. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/2 The ‘pigskin library’, so called because most of the books were bound in pigskin. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 92/3 She couldn't resist fried foods, roasted pigskin, and chicharrón. 2. An object made of pig leather. a. A container for liquid. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather bossc1375 buffyllec1425 black jackc1540 skina1549 budget1579 court-jack1631 pigskin1812 olpe1883 1812 W. Wheeler Let. 18 Aug. (1951) 91 In one place would be a brawny Spaniard with a pigskin of wine, filling vessels for us to drink. 1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 37 Water-carriers loaded with pig~skins were conspicuous among the throng. 1929 Travel Jan. 8/1 Seasons of draught and pestilence the old Indian has known, seasons of plentiful maize and pulque fresh from the pigskin. b. colloquial. (Now chiefly New Zealand). A saddle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle saddleOE arsonc1330 sellc1425 girth1706 saddlery1711 suggan1722 straddle1825 pigskin1839 1839 J. G. Johnston Truth 37 Sometimes I..go kangarooing, which is capital sport, man, only stick to your pig skin (saddle) and avoid the trees. 1894 J. K. Fowler Recoll. Old Country Life vi. 44 He was not particularly noted in the pigskin. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. i. 105 Val..had picked him up on his retirement from the pig-skin in 1921. 1960 J. Boswell Ernie 117 Once Togo got the bit between his teeth, it was a case of ‘Stick to the pigskin’ and hope for the best. 1975 P. Newton Sixty Thousand on Hoof 99 Today..it [sc. mustering] is all done in the ‘pig-skin’ (saddle) where the few feet of height gained from being mounted make all the difference to visibility. c. U.S. colloquial. A football; (also) football as a game.Now usually made from cowhide or other materials. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > ball footballa1425 kick-ball1828 puntabout1845 leather1868 pigskin1889 1889 Outing Dec. 236/2 The pigskin has been kicked on many a field, and if some roughness has been shown in games it has been without serious consequences. 1894 University of Chicago Weekly 11 Oct. 8/2 Roby put the pigskin over the line. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 12/2 The brown pigskin whirled through the air straight for the University goal line. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 24 Apr. 5 b/1 He carried the pigskin on the end around 11 times for 73 yards, or an average of 6.6 yards per carry. 1992 Sports Illustr. 19 Oct. 10/3 The man who first suggested that pigskin might bring home the bacon..was the school's vice-president for finance. 3. Medicine. = peau d'orange n. Frequently attributive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > types of soft cancer1804 soot-wart?1810 melanosis1826 mastoid cancer1846 skin cancer1847 cancroid1854 epithelioma1872 soot-cancer1878 scirrhus1881 chimney-sweep's cancer1888 peau d'orange1896 pigskin1898 medullary carcinoma1926 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > other diseases or conditions impetigo1398 deadingc1400 St Anthonyc1405 foulness1559 acrochordon1565 foulness1583 heat1597 bleach1601 Anthony's fire1609 desquamation1726 sivvens1762 erythema1778 rupia1813 morula1817 dermalgia1842 mycosis1846 cheloid1854 keloid1854 morule1857 kelis1864 dermatosis1866 epithelioma1872 vagabond's disease1876 vagabond's skin1876 dermatitis1877 erysipeloid1888 Ritter's disease1888 acanthosis nigricans1890 angiokeratoma1891 sunburn1891 porokeratosis1893 acrodermatitis1894 epidermolysis1894 keratolysis1895 dermographism1896 neurodermatitis1896 peau d'orange1896 X-ray dermatitis1897 dermatomyositis1899 papulo-erythema1899 pyodermia1899 tar acne1899 dermographia1900 radiodermatitis1903 poikiloderma1907 neurodermatosis1909 leishmanoid1922 razor burn1924 pyoderma1930 photodermatosis1931 photodermatitis1933 necrobiosis lipoidica1934 pyoderma gangrenosum1936 fassy1943 acrodermatitis enteropathica1945 chicken skin1946 nylon stocking dermatitis1947 Sézary('s) syndrome1953 pigskin1966 washerwoman's skin1981 strimmer rash1984 1898 A. M. Sheild Clin. Treat. Dis. Breast ix. 346 The skin..has that coarse pitted aspect to which the terms ‘peau d'orange’ and ‘pigskin saddle’ appearance have been well applied. 1943 C. F. Geschickter Dis. Breast xx. 480 The more common pigskin or lenticular dermatitis observed late in the disease in cases of large infiltrating mammary cancer. 1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. I. xxviii. 1010/2 Other cutaneous changes are local oedema (‘pigskin’, peau d'orange..) due to tumour cells growing in and blocking the lumen of the lymphatics. B. adj. 1. Made from the skin of a pig. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > made of skin or hide of specific animals buckskin1565 buffle1577 sheepskin1602 oxhide?1609 goatskin?1614 hogskin1658 cowhide1823 goat1833 parfleche1845 shagreened1847 pigskin1855 alligator1861 lizard-skin1895 parfleched1940 1855 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 615/2 The bitumen which, by degrees, filled up all cavities, and made me at last much more like a pigskin buoy than a roasted Cockney. 1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 326 The white pigskin binding with silver clasps. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xvi. 113 Giddy had put on a clean shirt and yellow pig-skin gloves and was whistling his best. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Aug. (Fashion Suppl.) 3/3 (advt.) Try one on and discover the soft, smooth feel of pigskin leather. 2. colloquial. In extended and allusive use: of or relating to something associated with pigskin, as horse-riding, football, etc. (see sense A. 2). ΚΠ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 54 Pigskin artist, a jockey. 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo 90 The bulk of Castle Hill was pigskin country (i.e., rideable). 1977 Time 14 Nov. 49/2 The British-born geologist..may not help his school's pigskin standings, but no matter. 2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 19 Jan. b1 Most pigskin pundits agreed that the wintry conditions would hurt the Colts, who regularly play inside the climate-controlled RCA Dome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.?1742 |
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