单词 | belgic |
释义 | Belgicadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the ancient Belgae of north-eastern Gaul or those of southern Britain (see Belgae n.). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Germanic people > ancient Germanic peoples > [adjective] > tribes Belgic1577 Marcomannic1661 Suevic1663 Alemannic1669 Rugian1723 Saliana1727 Salic1781 Alemannian1786 Alemannish1813 Rus1877 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 48/1 in Chron. I The mayne army beeyng thus in a readinesse, departeth from Rome in the .79. yeare after the buylding of the Citie, and marching foorthe, at length commeth to the Belgique shore. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 43 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks And he shall better beare and draw Belgic coches [L. Belgica..esseda] with His gentle soft or tender necke. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 105 He may be of Belgick etraction [sic], being plainly called by Eumeius the Rhetor terræ Bataviæ alumnus. 1684 C. Blount Janua Scientiarum v. 99 Cornelius Tacitus, Præfect of the Belgick Gauls under the Emperour Adrian. 1719 J. Harris Hist. Kent i. 6/2 The Belgic Essendum was a Currus falcatus, and a Biga, or drawn but by two horses; and that it was used in Fight by the Gauls. 1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge xi. 47 It seems not improbable, that the Wansdike was made, when this Belgic kingdom was at its height. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 177/2 The whole southern coast from Suffolk to Devonshire was occupied by Belgic tribes. 1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 100 The insufficiency of M. de Belloguet's evidence for the long-headedness of the Belgic Gauls. 1947 J. Hawkes & C. Hawkes Prehist. Brit. vi. 121 The Belgæ..had overflowed into south-eastern Britain, and had made the lands they had settled provinces of Belgic culture. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) Introd. 17 Recent excavations on Castle Hill have revealed that there was also a Belgic settlement. 2010 Art Q. Summer 122/1 Carausius was from the Belgic Menapii tribe and served as a general in the Roman army. 2. Of or relating to the Low Countries; (occasionally) spec. of or relating to the modern state of Belgium.Frequently (esp. in Belgic Confession) with reference to the confession of faith of the Reformed Churches drawn up on the basis of the Gallican Confession, and adopted in synod at Antwerp in 1566. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Low Countries > [adjective] > Netherlands or Holland Netherlandish1593 Belgic1595 Low Dutch1597 Netherlandian1602 Hollandish1611 Netherlandic1863 1595 F. Johnson Treat. Ministery Church 69 (margin) The Belgick and French confessions. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 87 As Meteranus a stranger..in his Belgick Historie right truly obserued. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Fv That difficult, bloudy and chargeable Belgicke Warre [L. bellum Belgicum]. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 46 They all concurre in opposition to the Roman Church; as also all they of the Angelican, Scotican, Gallic,..and Belgic confessions. 1656 T. Keck Annotations in Sir T. Browne Religio medici (ed. 4) 288 Though there be a difference in Discipline, yet the Anglican, Scotic, Belgic, Gallican, and Helvetic Churches differ not in any essentiall matter of doctrine. 1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 3 Under what contempt the Established and National Church is, thro' the Influence of Belgick Advice, and in complacency to the Hogen Mogen Constitution abroad. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 17 Their Belgic sires of old! 1776 T. Jefferson Notes of Proc. in Papers (1950) I. 326 The Germanic body votes by states. The Helvetic body does the same; & so does the Belgic confederacy. 1796 J. Barlow Hasty-pudding i, in N.Y. Mag. Jan. 43 On Hudson's banks, while men of Belgic spawn Insult and eat thee by the name Suppawn. 1831 Times 4 July Lately the Belgic papers boasted of the arrival of a Polish envoy at Brussels. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvi. 424 Before she went to join her husband in the Belgic capital, Mrs Crawley made an expedition into England. 1868 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. II. 872/2 If..it be conceived as a body of divines holding Calvinistic views..prohibiting the contrary opinions in the Belgic churches, the course of the synod was consistent throughout. a1917 W. J. Courthope Country Town (1920) 81 Your battle-ground was still the same, The Belgic soil your grave. 2005 J. Coakley in D. A. Roozen & J. R. Nieman Church, Identity, & Change 403 The adherents of the Belgic Confession believed that the gospel was meant for the world and that its light was not to be kept under a bushel. 3. Designating a type of late Iron Age wheel‐turned pottery found in southern England (formerly associated with the Belgae); of or relating to this pottery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > other ancient Belgic1892 cardial1939 pit-comb1954 shell-gritted1954 Lapita1971 1892 Amer. Notes & Queries 9 208/1 Belgic pottery resembles the insular British while the French and Breton do not. 1926 Times 20 Jan. 7/2 A small black Belgic vase. 1930 Brit. Mus. Q. 5 71 Belgic pottery vessels found at Crookham, near Newbury. 1979 Antiquaries Jrnl. 59 260 No rim or base recovered, but restored after Belgic cremation-urns of probably Claudian date from Oldbury. 2010 Oxoniensia 74 121 Recent excavations in Banbury..produced an assemblage of 661 sherds of middle to late Iron Age pottery. The bulk of that assemblage comprised sand-tempered and/or shelly wares, along with 182 sherds of grog-tempered, wheel-thrown ‘Belgic’ wares. B. n. 1. Originally: †a native or inhabitant of the Low Countries, spec. a person inhabiting the Dutch-speaking territories of north-west Europe (obsolete). Now: a native or inhabitant of the modern state of Belgium (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] > parts of Easterling1253 Sprucier1443 Suevian1549 High German1550 Low German1550 Prussian1554 Lusatian1555 Westphalian1576 Borussian1607 Rhinelander1608 Eastman1610 Belgic1615 Franconian1615 Thuringian1618 Swab1637 spruce1640 Silesian1669 Swabian1675 palatinate1709 Hessian1729 Saxon1737 Austrasian1833 East German1838 Balt1854 West German1855 Württemberger1896 Sudeten1938 East German1947 West German1947 Saarlander1955 Ossi1989 Wessi1990 1615 W. Martyn Hist. Twentie Kings Eng. 108 He enleageth himselfe with the Germans and Belgicks. 1658 J. Rowland Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 647 Called..of the Belgics [1608: Belgies] Besonder strael, of the Spaniards Zangane. 1790 World 31 May Regulating some articles of a Treaty of Defensive Alliance between the Belgics and Liegeois. 1870 E. Wood Bessy Rane II. viii. 139 Drat them Belgicks! Who be they that they should snatch the bread out of honest Englishmen's mouths! 2013 Daily Observer (Banjul, Gambia) (Nexis) 23 Sept. The Banjul-based club announced the deal for the 53-year-old Belgic with a statement on its official website at the weekend. 2. One of the ancient Belgae of north-eastern Gaul or of southern Britain. Now rare. ΚΠ 1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at Alchimist, in Fleta Minor ii His Name, Lazarus, is in Imitation of the old Romans, Germans and Belgicks, who assumed Names suting to their temper. 1696 A. Gavin tr. J. Dubourdieu Hist. Diss. Thebean Legion xvii. 140 Besides, if Eutropius represents the Belgicks, infested by the Franks, he observes at the same time, that they were Pirates who kept the Seas, and consequently whose places of abode might have been at a great distance. 1768 J. O'Brien Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-bhéarla p. xij The Belgics, afterwards called Britans, ancestors of the Welsh, & who in all likelyhood were mixed, either from the beginning or by degres, with Gauls. 1818 C. Wright Hist. Arundel Castle i. 3 Strengthens the argument in its [sc. the town of Arundel] favour of being built by the Belgics. 1969 F. G. Kay Brit. v. 54 The Belgics, conquerors of the most important area of England, were themselves refugees, retreating in the face of Roman pressure. Derivatives ˈBelgicized adj. made Belgic in form, appearance, culture, etc., esp. with reference to production of pottery associated with the Belgae of southern Britain (see sense A. 3). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > other European > made into style of Belgian pottery Belgicized1838 1838 R. Mudie Hampshire I. iv. 106 This name, ‘Gwent’, may be Celtic, or Celtic a little Belgicised. 1941 Oxoniensia 6 87 Belgicized pottery..dating just before or just after the Roman conquest. 1981 Britannia 12 212 This transmission of objects from the Belgicized parts of Britain to outlying areas has already been noticed..with particular reference to Scotland. 2006 P. Freeman in J. T. Koch Celtic Cult. III. 198/1 A ‘Belgicized’ south-east, sharing many cultural characteristics with the Continent. ˌBelgiciˈzation n. rare the process of making or becoming Belgic in character, esp. with reference to production of pottery associated with the Belgae of southern Britain (see sense A. 3). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun] > specific processes fictilage1610 throwing1686 fritting1816 biscuiting1819 slapping1825 blunging1832 jigging1865 baking1868 bossinga1877 kaolinization1886 towing1892 jolleying1901 saggaring1901 mould-running1910 mullitization1939 double-dipping1940 Belgicization1942 prefiring1944 press-moulding1953 1942 Oxoniensia 7 59 Sherds from a quarry on Akeman Street... The cordoned forms indicate fairly recent Belgicisation, but may prove to be survivals into the post-conquest period. 1960 Oxoniensia 25 30 Its [sc. Madmarston's] people remained unaffected by Belgicization, and therefore probably resisted it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1577 |
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