单词 | preem |
释义 | preemn.1 Weaving. Now historical and rare. A type of comb used for loosening or freeing yarn (see quots. 1850, 2006). Cf. preemer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions in-stop14.. out-stopa1500 warda1586 guard1601 preem1603 unicorn guard1617 quarte1639 tierce1687 tierce guard1687 tierce parade1687 inside1692 carte1707 hanging guard1707 quinte1707 seconde1707 saccoon1708 prime1710 segoon1721 octave1771 supination1805 septime1861 sixte1885 sixth1885 corps à corps1910 1603 Inventory in E. Nikitas & G. Hoddinott Taking their Word for It (1997) (at cited word) Prime [glossed as ‘a comb used in weaving to loosen the yarn’]. 1661 W. Petty Minute 27 Nov. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) i. 63 A preem..is nothing but about forty long wire-needles, crooked and set into a handsome frame of wood. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 289/1 The Preme is made of white Wands, this is for the opening of the Yarn..so that each thred may pass clearly through the Reed. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Loom Preme, is also an appurtenance, and is made of white Wands for the opening of the Yarn from the Beam. 1850 S. Bamford Dial. S. Lancs. Gloss. 185 Preem, a comb used by weavers, to loosen the yarn. 2006 www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk 6 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Preemer boys had the job of removing by means of an iron comb (preem), the bits of wool from the teasels used by the cloth-dressers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preemn.2 colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A première; a first showing or performance, esp. of a film. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > première opening1855 première1877 preem1936 1936 Daily Variety 29 July 4/3 (headline) WB grows orchid jungle as theme of ‘Tony’ preem. 1938 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 30 Aug. 9/6 Quite a crowd at the Clover club last night to attend the preem of Harry Richman there. 1945 Variety 24 Oct. 4/4 Many new pix to hypo bond preems. 1952 Redbook Mar. 82/3 Of course I should dearly adore to have you squire me to the preem, but let's be practical. 2004 Manila Bull. (Electronic text) 3 Jan. These included preems of the ouija board-based ‘Spirit of the Glass’, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preemv. U.S. colloquial. transitive and intransitive = première v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > put on a performance > première première1929 preem1937 1937 Daily Variety 30 Jan. 7/3 (heading) Yokels gape; Whitbeck narrates; tea spills as ‘Earth’ preems. 1946 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 22 Sept. d8/5 Advance releases and publicity notes on new radio shows preeming soon along with the regular returnees to the mikes. 1981 Variety 4 Nov. 30/3 The Palads..has been able to preem as few as 30 features annually. 1998 N.Y. Post 26 Aug. 49 Fifty-two years after it preemed at the Venice Film Festival, Roberto Rossellini's Paisan will return to the Lido in a restored version. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11603n.21936v.1937 |
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