pipestemn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪpstɛm/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪpˌstɛm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.¹, stem n.¹

Etymology: < pipe n.¹ + stem n.¹

A. n.

1. The stem of a tobacco pipe.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > stem of pipe

steal1672

stopple1681

pipe shank1688

shank1688

pipe-stapplea1732

pipestema1734

pipe-stick1833

shaft1841

a1734 J. Comer in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1893) 8 17 He..fell over a log, ye pipe stem ran down his throat and broke.

1755 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1923) 18 33 He fell down forward, and run the Pipe stem into the Roof of his mouth.

1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. vi. 168 One of the half-breeds has a piece of an old pipe-stem, which makes tolerable good smoking.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha i. 12 He..Took a long reed for a pipe-stem.

1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs xv. 194 He pointed his pipe-stem at Paquita.

1901 R. Kipling Kim xi. 289 Twists of down-country tobacco, tawdry pipe-stems, and a packet of curry-stuff.

1942 J. Masefield Generation Risen 42 The hands, chocked-off, wet through and fireless, Chew pipestems.

1992 Native Peoples Winter 23/2 To fashion the pipe stem, Chuck peels and shapes the exterior of the sumac branch and then cores the inside with a red hot coat hanger.

2. Originally U.S. (chiefly humorous). A thin leg or arm. Cf. sense B. 1.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of

spindle-shank1570

in the full1593

trapstick1680

mill-post1739

spider-leg1765

leglet1821

pin leg1862

pipestem1872

piano leg1894

scissor legs1920

1872 J. E. Cooke Doctor Vandyke i. 5 The legs were actual pipe-stems, so slender were they; and their tenuity was exaggerated by the enormous size of the feet, reposing in mighty buckled shoes.

1883 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-boy 33 Little Columbus Risdale picked himself up on his pipe stems and took his place at the end of this row.

1905 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 31 July 8/6 One of the French poodles in his efforts to lick Mrs. Fitzsimmons' hand, circumnavigated the famous knock-kneed pipestems.

1995 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Dec. j6 Last year Chris' arms and legs were pipestems..but he worked hard in the weight room over the summer and got stronger.

3. More fully pipestem clematis.

a. U.S. A white-flowered Californian clematis, Clematis lasiantha.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy > other types of clematis

virgin's bower1668

virgin's bower1704

vine-bower1852

pipestem clematis1901

pipestem1932

1901 W. L. Jepson Flora Western Middle Calif. 197 C. lasiantha... Pipe-Stem.

1920 B. M. Rice & R. Rice Pop. Stud. Calif. Wild Flowers 79 A local name for C. lasiantha, in some localities, is Pipe Stem.

1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 278 C. lasianthe, Nutt. Pipestem Clematis. Tomentulose climber.

1951 H. E. McMinn Illustr. Man. Calif. Shrubs 117 Pipe-stem Clematis grows in the Coast Range valleys.

b. U.S. regional. A white-flowered clematis of the western United States and Canada, Clematis ligusticifolia (the western white clematis).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy > other types of clematis

virgin's bower1668

virgin's bower1704

vine-bower1852

pipestem clematis1901

pipestem1932

1932 P. A. Rydberg Flora Prairies & Plains Central N. Amer. 336 Traveler's Joy, Pipe-stem... C. ligusticifolia... Copses and cañons among bushes.

1979 R. Spellenberg Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Wildflowers, Western Region 710 White Virgin's Bower; Pipestems; Traveler's Joy... A woody vine.

B. adj.

1. Originally U.S. Of an arm or leg: extremely thin.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [adjective] > types of

spindle-shanked1664

pipestem1833

1833 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer i. 15 Tight pantaloons of bright yellow leather arrayed his pipe-stem legs, which were swallowed up in a huge pair of wooden boots.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling i. 4 The water..made a rippling sound, flowing past his pipe-stem legs, and was entirely delicious.

1961 Muscle Power Nov. 52 (advt.) I was a 97 pounds weakling with pipe-stem arms.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 18/2 Mostly they are elderly.., their pipestem legs squeaking them along in the late-afternoon sun.

2002 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 22 Feb. e4 Pictures of starving children show them as having pipestem legs and arms and protruding abdomens.

2. U.S. Of trousers: tight-fitting, straight. Cf. drainpipe n. Compounds 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of

un-codpieced1580

canioned1607

braceless1859

bell-bottom1882

broad-beamed1883

kneed1887

bell-bottomed1891

fall-front1899

stagged1902

pegged1905

pedal pusher1912

pipestem1915

drainpipe1930

chino1943

anti-g1945

low-rise1948

cuffless1957

low-riding1958

hip-hugging1968

plus twos1977

1915 Washington Post 21 Mar. 6 (headline) New Full Skirts Give Birth to the Transparent ‘Pipe~stem Trousers’.

1949 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 11 July 2/4 The male members of the party were dressed in 19th century frock coats, pipe-stem trousers and top hats.

1994 N.Y. Mag. 22 Aug. 49/2 Gilbert in pipe-stem blue jeans, dancing till dawn at Castel.

Compounds

† pipestem wood n. U.S. Obsolete = pipewood n. at pipe n.¹ Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American

wild tea1728

bastard indigo1730

mountain heath1731

groundsel-tree1736

amorpha1751

buttonbush1754

moosewood1778

pipestem wood1791

modesty1809

sand myrtle1814

wicopy1823

lead-plant1833

false indigo1841

sleek-leaf1845

arrow weed1848

rabbit bush1852

ribbonwood1860

rabbit brush1877

sea myrtle1883

pencil tree1884

tar-bush1884

ocean spray1906

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 24 I observed..the great evergreen Andromeda of Florida, called Pipe-Stem Wood.

1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 43 Pipe-stem wood, Andromeda acuminata.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pipestem
释义	pipestemn.adj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪpstɛm/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌstɛm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.¹, stem n.¹ Etymology: < pipe n.¹ + stem n.¹ A. n. 1. The stem of a tobacco pipe. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > stem of pipe steal1672 stopple1681 pipe shank1688 shank1688 pipe-stapplea1732 pipestema1734 pipe-stick1833 shaft1841 a1734 J. Comer in Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll. (1893) 8 17 He..fell over a log, ye pipe stem ran down his throat and broke. 1755 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1923) 18 33 He fell down forward, and run the Pipe stem into the Roof of his mouth. 1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. vi. 168 One of the half-breeds has a piece of an old pipe-stem, which makes tolerable good smoking. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha i. 12 He..Took a long reed for a pipe-stem. 1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs xv. 194 He pointed his pipe-stem at Paquita. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xi. 289 Twists of down-country tobacco, tawdry pipe-stems, and a packet of curry-stuff. 1942 J. Masefield Generation Risen 42 The hands, chocked-off, wet through and fireless, Chew pipestems. 1992 Native Peoples Winter 23/2 To fashion the pipe stem, Chuck peels and shapes the exterior of the sumac branch and then cores the inside with a red hot coat hanger. 2. Originally U.S. (chiefly humorous). A thin leg or arm. Cf. sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of spindle-shank1570 in the full1593 trapstick1680 mill-post1739 spider-leg1765 leglet1821 pin leg1862 pipestem1872 piano leg1894 scissor legs1920 1872 J. E. Cooke Doctor Vandyke i. 5 The legs were actual pipe-stems, so slender were they; and their tenuity was exaggerated by the enormous size of the feet, reposing in mighty buckled shoes. 1883 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-boy 33 Little Columbus Risdale picked himself up on his pipe stems and took his place at the end of this row. 1905 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 31 July 8/6 One of the French poodles in his efforts to lick Mrs. Fitzsimmons' hand, circumnavigated the famous knock-kneed pipestems. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Dec. j6 Last year Chris' arms and legs were pipestems..but he worked hard in the weight room over the summer and got stronger. 3. More fully pipestem clematis. a. U.S. A white-flowered Californian clematis, Clematis lasiantha. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy > other types of clematis virgin's bower1668 virgin's bower1704 vine-bower1852 pipestem clematis1901 pipestem1932 1901 W. L. Jepson Flora Western Middle Calif. 197 C. lasiantha... Pipe-Stem. 1920 B. M. Rice & R. Rice Pop. Stud. Calif. Wild Flowers 79 A local name for C. lasiantha, in some localities, is Pipe Stem. 1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 278 C. lasianthe, Nutt. Pipestem Clematis. Tomentulose climber. 1951 H. E. McMinn Illustr. Man. Calif. Shrubs 117 Pipe-stem Clematis grows in the Coast Range valleys. b. U.S. regional. A white-flowered clematis of the western United States and Canada, Clematis ligusticifolia (the western white clematis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy > other types of clematis virgin's bower1668 virgin's bower1704 vine-bower1852 pipestem clematis1901 pipestem1932 1932 P. A. Rydberg Flora Prairies & Plains Central N. Amer. 336 Traveler's Joy, Pipe-stem... C. ligusticifolia... Copses and cañons among bushes. 1979 R. Spellenberg Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Wildflowers, Western Region 710 White Virgin's Bower; Pipestems; Traveler's Joy... A woody vine. B. adj. 1. Originally U.S. Of an arm or leg: extremely thin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [adjective] > types of spindle-shanked1664 pipestem1833 1833 H. W. Longfellow Outre-Mer i. 15 Tight pantaloons of bright yellow leather arrayed his pipe-stem legs, which were swallowed up in a huge pair of wooden boots. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling i. 4 The water..made a rippling sound, flowing past his pipe-stem legs, and was entirely delicious. 1961 Muscle Power Nov. 52 (advt.) I was a 97 pounds weakling with pipe-stem arms. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 18/2 Mostly they are elderly.., their pipestem legs squeaking them along in the late-afternoon sun. 2002 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 22 Feb. e4 Pictures of starving children show them as having pipestem legs and arms and protruding abdomens. 2. U.S. Of trousers: tight-fitting, straight. Cf. drainpipe n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of un-codpieced1580 canioned1607 braceless1859 bell-bottom1882 broad-beamed1883 kneed1887 bell-bottomed1891 fall-front1899 stagged1902 pegged1905 pedal pusher1912 pipestem1915 drainpipe1930 chino1943 anti-g1945 low-rise1948 cuffless1957 low-riding1958 hip-hugging1968 plus twos1977 1915 Washington Post 21 Mar. 6 (headline) New Full Skirts Give Birth to the Transparent ‘Pipe~stem Trousers’. 1949 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 11 July 2/4 The male members of the party were dressed in 19th century frock coats, pipe-stem trousers and top hats. 1994 N.Y. Mag. 22 Aug. 49/2 Gilbert in pipe-stem blue jeans, dancing till dawn at Castel. Compounds † pipestem wood n. U.S. Obsolete = pipewood n. at pipe n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 24 I observed..the great evergreen Andromeda of Florida, called Pipe-Stem Wood. 1813 H. Muhlenberg Catal. Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis 43 Pipe-stem wood, Andromeda acuminata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1734
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