potstickn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌstɪk/

Forms: see pot n.¹ and stick n.¹; also late Middle English posstyke, late Middle English postik, late Middle English postyk, late Middle English postyke, late Middle English postykke.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, stick n.¹

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + stick n.¹For a possible earlier example see note at pote n.¹

Now regional.

A stick for stirring the contents of a pot or tub; spec. (chiefly Irish English and Scottish) one for stirring porridge cooked in a large pot.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > stirring apparatus

potstickc1425

mundlec1560

pote1683

poler1688

oar1735

rouser1765

spindle1797

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > stirring stick or spatula

potstickc1425

thivel1483

spurtle15..

rudicle1657

spartle1682

porridge-stick1801

spaddle1861

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > stick to stir washing

maiden1752

dolly1793

doll1841

peggy1860

dolly peg1879

maid1882

poting stick1892

potstick1922

c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 50 (MED) Stere it altogedir aȝenst þe botum of þe dissh wiþ a pot stik [v.rr. potstyke, posstyke].

a1475 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 86 (MED) Then ther com masfattus in mortros alle soow..Potstykis and paunyaris and gret, long battus.

1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (?1560) sig. Ci Rudiculus, a potsticke or a thinge to stir up with.

?c1565 Iacke Iugeler (new ed.) sig. Aiv By cokes precious potstike, I wyll not home this night.

1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia vii. 44 in J. Smith Map of Virginia The next [had] in her hand a sword; another a club; another a pot-stick, all horrid alike, the rest every one with their severall devises.

1827 Times 26 Sept. 2/4 The pot stick, as if self-moved, came whack upon a little girl's back.

1847 Mrs. Carlyle in New Lett. & Mem. (1903) I. 236 A pair of stockings..which seemed to have been knitted for two pot-sticks rather than for well-shaped..woman's legs.

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet xxvii. 225 She turns roon' wi' the pat-stick i' her haund.

1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ All on Irish Shore 9 He..had, in addition, boiled the meal for the hounds with a knowledge of proportion and an untiring devotion to the use of the pot-stick which produced ‘stirabout’ of a smoothness and excellence that Miss Barnet herself might have been proud of.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 217 Maggy at the range rammed down a greyish mass beneath bubbling suds twice with her potstick and wiped her brow.

1954 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 11 May 10/2 Mr. Moore's hobby during the winter months is whittling out wooden spoons, potsticks, clothes-pins, letter-openers, etc.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk v. 86 To stir cooking food one uses a pot-stick.

1996 S. Heaney Spirit Level 10 The whitewash brush. An old blanched skirted thing On the back of the byre door, biding its time Until spring airs spelled lime in a work-bucket And a potstick to mix it in with water.

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

单词	potstick
释义	potstickn. Brit. /ˈpɒtstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌstɪk/ Forms: see pot n.¹ and stick n.¹; also late Middle English posstyke, late Middle English postik, late Middle English postyk, late Middle English postyke, late Middle English postykke. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, stick n.¹ Etymology: < pot n.¹ + stick n.¹For a possible earlier example see note at pote n.¹ Now regional. A stick for stirring the contents of a pot or tub; spec. (chiefly Irish English and Scottish) one for stirring porridge cooked in a large pot. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > stirring apparatus potstickc1425 mundlec1560 pote1683 poler1688 oar1735 rouser1765 spindle1797 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > stirring stick or spatula potstickc1425 thivel1483 spurtle15.. rudicle1657 spartle1682 porridge-stick1801 spaddle1861 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > stick to stir washing maiden1752 dolly1793 doll1841 peggy1860 dolly peg1879 maid1882 poting stick1892 potstick1922 c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 50 (MED) Stere it altogedir aȝenst þe botum of þe dissh wiþ a pot stik [v.rr. potstyke, posstyke]. a1475 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 86 (MED) Then ther com masfattus in mortros alle soow..Potstykis and paunyaris and gret, long battus. 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (?1560) sig. Ci Rudiculus, a potsticke or a thinge to stir up with. ?c1565 Iacke Iugeler (new ed.) sig. Aiv By cokes precious potstike, I wyll not home this night. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia vii. 44 in J. Smith Map of Virginia The next [had] in her hand a sword; another a club; another a pot-stick, all horrid alike, the rest every one with their severall devises. 1827 Times 26 Sept. 2/4 The pot stick, as if self-moved, came whack upon a little girl's back. 1847 Mrs. Carlyle in New Lett. & Mem. (1903) I. 236 A pair of stockings..which seemed to have been knitted for two pot-sticks rather than for well-shaped..woman's legs. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet xxvii. 225 She turns roon' wi' the pat-stick i' her haund. 1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ All on Irish Shore 9 He..had, in addition, boiled the meal for the hounds with a knowledge of proportion and an untiring devotion to the use of the pot-stick which produced ‘stirabout’ of a smoothness and excellence that Miss Barnet herself might have been proud of. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 217 Maggy at the range rammed down a greyish mass beneath bubbling suds twice with her potstick and wiped her brow. 1954 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 11 May 10/2 Mr. Moore's hobby during the winter months is whittling out wooden spoons, potsticks, clothes-pins, letter-openers, etc. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk v. 86 To stir cooking food one uses a pot-stick. 1996 S. Heaney Spirit Level 10 The whitewash brush. An old blanched skirted thing On the back of the byre door, biding its time Until spring airs spelled lime in a work-bucket And a potstick to mix it in with water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425
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