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单词 prick-mark
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prick-markn.

Brit. /ˈprɪkmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈprɪkˌmɑrk/
Forms: see prick n. and mark n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prick n., mark n.1, prick v.
Etymology: < prick n. + mark n.1 In sense 2 also partly < prick v. + mark n.1
1. An archer's target or mark; the bullseye. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archery target
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1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 67v/2 The pricke markes, dicuntur destinata.
1563 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 168 Within the said space..salbe maid dry buttis and prik merkis.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 29 Baith ye beginning and prikmark of our wil, and of al our doings.
1713 G. Townesend Preparative to Pleading (ed. 3) 254 [In glossary of occupational terms] Fletchers..Prick-marks, Destinata.
2. A mark or hole made by pricking.
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [noun] > dot
prickOE
punctilio1596
prick-mark1701
pop1718
1701 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises (ed. 3) xii. 205 With the points of your Compasses..describe a Circle..,by placing one Foot in the prick mark [1680 prickt mark], and turning about the other Foot.
1869 Sci. Amer. 30 Oct. 278/2 Let the work be set out, and first lightly prick-punched..now with a ‘scratch-awl’ or a sharp-pointed center, with the point resting in the prick mark.
1875 T. Seaton Man. Fret Cutting 144 Pick out lightly the whole pattern. A single line of prickmarks will suffice for the stems.
1914 Times 21 Jan. 11/5 Templets for the splices were applied and holes drilled in the portion above the cut, while prick marks were made on each footing.
1960 Lima (Ohio) News 12 Aug. 8/3 He had prick marks on his thumbnail where he tried out how sharp his engraving tool was.
2003 Montgomery Advertiser (Nexis) 30 July 6 Use a small fork to make slight prick marks on the tops of the cookies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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