pocketyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒkᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈpɑkədi/

Forms: 1800s– pockety, 1900s– pocketty.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pocket n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pocket n. + -y suffix¹.

a. U.S. Mining. Of a mine or mineral deposit: in which the ore or mineral is unevenly distributed in pockets (pocket n. 7).

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > having the ore irregularly distributed

pockety1862

spotted1874

1862 J. D. Whitney Rep. Geol. Surv. Upper Mississippi 241 The pockety form of the crevice.

1895 G. Meredith Let. 18 Apr. (1920) III. 1189 The mine is accused of being ‘pockety’. It may be a device of the enemy; for the manager's report was good.

1942 R. G. Lillard Desert Challenge 180 Men digging an outdoor toilet in Tonopah uncovered a ‘pockety pay shoot’ of rich ore.

1993 M. J. Stratton Terracotta Revival ii. 29 The Cretaceous clays of Massachusetts only occur in pockety deposits of variable quality.

b. figurative. Patchy, heterogeneous; incoherent, disconnected. rare.

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > not brought into harmony > not properly put together

uncomposed1598

incoherenta1631

incondite1634

incomposite1880

pockety1920

1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. x. 204 The atmosphere of his house was strange and pocketty when Jolyon came in and told them of the dog Balthasar's death. The news had a unifying effect.

2002 D. Perkins King Arthur's Round Table ix. 222 The changes were ‘pockety’. They varied considerably from office to office and small group to small group.

2. Of the nature of a secluded hollow; characterized by hollows. Now rare.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective]

bosomy1611

denny1656

gulfy1791

pockety1893

1893 E. L. Wakeman in Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 13 May 10/2 At the head of the valley..is a tiny, pockety vale whose surface is almost level on either side to the edges of noble wooded bluffs.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xiv. 212 All the countryside was so pockety that it was hard to strike the right kind of rise.

1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain iv. 190 The river valley was pockety and swampy.

1938 Times 1 Dec. 15/7 He..made a bee-line high above the pockety hills back to Kiukiang.

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

单词	pockety
释义	pocketyadj. Brit. /ˈpɒkᵻti/, U.S. /ˈpɑkədi/ Forms: 1800s– pockety, 1900s– pocketty. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pocket n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pocket n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. U.S. Mining. Of a mine or mineral deposit: in which the ore or mineral is unevenly distributed in pockets (pocket n. 7). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > having the ore irregularly distributed pockety1862 spotted1874 1862 J. D. Whitney Rep. Geol. Surv. Upper Mississippi 241 The pockety form of the crevice. 1895 G. Meredith Let. 18 Apr. (1920) III. 1189 The mine is accused of being ‘pockety’. It may be a device of the enemy; for the manager's report was good. 1942 R. G. Lillard Desert Challenge 180 Men digging an outdoor toilet in Tonopah uncovered a ‘pockety pay shoot’ of rich ore. 1993 M. J. Stratton Terracotta Revival ii. 29 The Cretaceous clays of Massachusetts only occur in pockety deposits of variable quality. b. figurative. Patchy, heterogeneous; incoherent, disconnected. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > not brought into harmony > not properly put together uncomposed1598 incoherenta1631 incondite1634 incomposite1880 pockety1920 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery ii. x. 204 The atmosphere of his house was strange and pocketty when Jolyon came in and told them of the dog Balthasar's death. The news had a unifying effect. 2002 D. Perkins King Arthur's Round Table ix. 222 The changes were ‘pockety’. They varied considerably from office to office and small group to small group. 2. Of the nature of a secluded hollow; characterized by hollows. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective] bosomy1611 denny1656 gulfy1791 pockety1893 1893 E. L. Wakeman in Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 13 May 10/2 At the head of the valley..is a tiny, pockety vale whose surface is almost level on either side to the edges of noble wooded bluffs. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xiv. 212 All the countryside was so pockety that it was hard to strike the right kind of rise. 1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain iv. 190 The river valley was pockety and swampy. 1938 Times 1 Dec. 15/7 He..made a bee-line high above the pockety hills back to Kiukiang. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1862
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