† punctn.

Forms: Old English–1700s punct, late Middle English–1600s puncte; Scottish pre-1700 punct, pre-1700 puncte, pre-1700 pvnct, pre-1700 pwnct.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin punctum.

Etymology: < classical Latin punctum (see point n.¹).In Old English also occasionally with Latin case inflections (compare quot. OE² at sense 1a).

Obsolete.

a. A quarter of an hour; = point n.¹ 6c. Also: a moment, an instant; = point n.¹ 6b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific part of an hour

prickOE

momentumOE

prickleOE

punctOE

mileway1370

momenta1398

pointa1398

half-hourc1420

quartera1500

glass1599

semi-hore1623

scruple1728

part1806

OE On Length of Year (Titus) in H. Henel Stud. zum Altenglischen Computus (1934) 65 On anre æfenneahtlicre tide beoð feower punctas, ten minuta, fiftene partes, feowortig momenta, be sumra manna tale.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 104 Se dæg..hæfð syx and hundnigontig punctos. Feower puncti (þæt synt prican) wyrcað ane tid on þære sunnan ryne.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 125^v A punct [1495 puncte; L. Punctum] is þe fourthe partye of an houre.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 775 (MED) In oone puncte of tyme Haste may destroye alle youre engyne.

1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. D4 Each punct of time, doth seeme a lingring morrow.

1601 H. Clapham Ælohim-triune ii. sig. B2^v Puncts get minutes, minutes to Houres runne.

b. A twelfth part of the solar or lunar diameter, by which the degree of obscuration in an eclipse was expressed; = point n.¹ 6d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > disc, face > digit

point?c1400

finger1561

prick1561

punct1561

digit1591

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > digit

point?c1400

finger1561

prick1561

punct1561

scruple1633

digit1807

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. viii. sig. Eiii For the quantitie of these Eclipses, the Astronomers deuide into .xii. equall partes, aswell the Diameter of the Sunne as of the Moone. And these partes they call fyngers, punctes or prickes.

c. Scottish. A particle, a jot; = point n.¹ 6a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot

cornc888

grotc888

prickleOE

prickOE

pointc1300

grain1377

hair1377

motec1390

twynt1399

mitec1400

tarec1405

drop1413

ace?1440

tittlea1450

whita1450

jot1526

Jack1530

plack1530

farthingc1540

minima1585

scintil1599

atom1626

scintillation1650

punct1653

doit1660

scintilla1674

rap1792

haet1802

dottle1808

smiggot1823

hooter1839

heartbeat1855

pick1866

filament1868

hoot1878

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 270 Exact in the least punct of the measure thereof.

2. A speck, a dot; = point n.¹ 15b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle

puncta1398

pointa1400

masclec1400

specklec1440

pecklec1450

sprinkle1481

spreckle1513

frecklea1549

spruttle1553

dot1596

punctum1653

pip1676

spark1686

punctal1694

mail1727

punctule1785

puncta1858

freck1866

guttula1887

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbul purpurites..is rody wiþ punctis [L. punctis] among.

1516 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 24 Ane saferon with punctis of gold.

3. Scottish. An item, a particular; = point n.¹ 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > of an immaterial whole

pointc1230

punct1427

element1600

puncta1651

momentum1829

moment1838

1427 Indenture Crown Office Writs in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Punct And til al thir pvnctis & condiconis beforesaid bathe the partyis handis ar vphaldyn.

1499 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1888) XI. 393 The Punctis to be Inquirit at the Inqueist.

1512 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 80 The tym of the takin or apprehending of tham, salbe na punct of dittay.

1551–2 Perth Guildry in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1986) VI. 384/1 Quhilkis actis Patrik Adamson den of gild..hes..approvit in all punctis.

c1600 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 172 He fulfillit not the punctis and clausis contenit in the said infeftment.

4. A moment considered in terms of its position in time; = point n.¹ 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant

hand-whileOE

prinkOE

start-while?c1225

twinkling1303

rese?c1335

prick1340

momenta1382

pointa1382

minutea1393

instant1398

braida1400

siquarea1400

twink14..

whip?c1450

movement1490

punct1513

pissing whilea1556

trice1579

turning of a hand1579

wink1585

twinklec1592

semiquaver1602

punto1616

punctilio of time1620

punctum1620

breathing1625

instance1631

tantillation1651

rapc1700

crack1725

turning of a straw1755

pig's whisper1780

jiffy1785

less than no time1788

jiff1797

blinka1813

gliffy1820

handclap1822

glimpsea1824

eyewink1836

thought1836

eye-blink1838

semibreve1845

pop1847

two shakes of a lamb's taila1855

pig's whistle1859

time point1867

New York minute1870

tick1879

mo?1896

second1897

styme1897

split-second1912

split minute1931

no-time1942

sec.1956

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 29 Now is cum the extreme lattir punct.

1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶¶.iii.^v At the same instant and punct of time it maketh day..in one place, and nyght..on the opposite part.

1651 N. Culpeper Semeiotica Uranica ii. 28 If you would discern whether it tends to Health, Death, Mutation, or Continuance, it is necessary that you begin at the first punct of time of the invasion of the disease.

1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 34 At the same punct of time.

1706 D. Defoe Caledonia iii. 59 They mingle Death with every punct of Time.

5. A dot or other small mark used in punctuation, as a diacritic, etc.; = point n.¹ 16. Cf. punctus n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > point or stop

distinction1552

stay1596

stop1598

interpunction1617

punctc1620

punctum1652

interpoint1684

interstinctive point1696

dot1699

interpunctuation1717

guard-stops1866

distinctive1874

interpunct1898

punctus elevatus1951

punctus versus1951

punctus1954

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. xiii. §3 The round punct concludes an assertion... The tailed punct concludes an interrogation.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus viii. 147 Two years after he read Hebrew without puncts, and found out the reason of their use.

1769 E. Voster Arithmetick in Whole & Broken Numbers (ed. 12) 230 Put a Mark or Punct thus (.) before each Figure, which signifies that the Article is entered or posted in the Ledger.

6. Mathematics and Science. = point n.¹ 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun]

pointa1398

prick1532

sign1570

punctuma1592

punct1638

mathematical point1659

origin1723

fixed point1778

lattice point1857

pole1879

point of closure1956

1638 T. Nabbes Springs Glorie sig. C5^v Infinite in shew As those small puncts, from whose concretion grow What else may be divided.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 273 As number [depends] on a unite, and a line upon a punct or point.

1744 W. Mountaine Atkinson's Epitome Art Navigation (rev. ed.) i. 16 Tangent toucheth the Periphery, and is perpendicular to a Diameter in the touch Punct.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	punct
释义	† punctn. Forms: Old English–1700s punct, late Middle English–1600s puncte; Scottish pre-1700 punct, pre-1700 puncte, pre-1700 pvnct, pre-1700 pwnct. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin punctum. Etymology: < classical Latin punctum (see point n.¹).In Old English also occasionally with Latin case inflections (compare quot. OE² at sense 1a). Obsolete. 1. a. A quarter of an hour; = point n.¹ 6c. Also: a moment, an instant; = point n.¹ 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific part of an hour prickOE momentumOE prickleOE punctOE mileway1370 momenta1398 pointa1398 half-hourc1420 quartera1500 glass1599 semi-hore1623 scruple1728 part1806 OE On Length of Year (Titus) in H. Henel Stud. zum Altenglischen Computus (1934) 65 On anre æfenneahtlicre tide beoð feower punctas, ten minuta, fiftene partes, feowortig momenta, be sumra manna tale. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 104 Se dæg..hæfð syx and hundnigontig punctos. Feower puncti (þæt synt prican) wyrcað ane tid on þære sunnan ryne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 125^v A punct [1495 puncte; L. Punctum] is þe fourthe partye of an houre. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 775 (MED) In oone puncte of tyme Haste may destroye alle youre engyne. 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. D4 Each punct of time, doth seeme a lingring morrow. 1601 H. Clapham Ælohim-triune ii. sig. B2^v Puncts get minutes, minutes to Houres runne. b. A twelfth part of the solar or lunar diameter, by which the degree of obscuration in an eclipse was expressed; = point n.¹ 6d. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > disc, face > digit point?c1400 finger1561 prick1561 punct1561 digit1591 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > digit point?c1400 finger1561 prick1561 punct1561 scruple1633 digit1807 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. viii. sig. Eiii For the quantitie of these Eclipses, the Astronomers deuide into .xii. equall partes, aswell the Diameter of the Sunne as of the Moone. And these partes they call fyngers, punctes or prickes. c. Scottish. A particle, a jot; = point n.¹ 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > the smallest amount > a jot cornc888 grotc888 prickleOE prickOE pointc1300 grain1377 hair1377 motec1390 twynt1399 mitec1400 tarec1405 drop1413 ace?1440 tittlea1450 whita1450 jot1526 Jack1530 plack1530 farthingc1540 minima1585 scintil1599 atom1626 scintillation1650 punct1653 doit1660 scintilla1674 rap1792 haet1802 dottle1808 smiggot1823 hooter1839 heartbeat1855 pick1866 filament1868 hoot1878 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 270 Exact in the least punct of the measure thereof. 2. A speck, a dot; = point n.¹ 15b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle puncta1398 pointa1400 masclec1400 specklec1440 pecklec1450 sprinkle1481 spreckle1513 frecklea1549 spruttle1553 dot1596 punctum1653 pip1676 spark1686 punctal1694 mail1727 punctule1785 puncta1858 freck1866 guttula1887 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbul purpurites..is rody wiþ punctis [L. punctis] among. 1516 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 24 Ane saferon with punctis of gold. 3. Scottish. An item, a particular; = point n.¹ 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > constituent part or component > of an immaterial whole pointc1230 punct1427 element1600 puncta1651 momentum1829 moment1838 1427 Indenture Crown Office Writs in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Punct And til al thir pvnctis & condiconis beforesaid bathe the partyis handis ar vphaldyn. 1499 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1888) XI. 393 The Punctis to be Inquirit at the Inqueist. 1512 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 80 The tym of the takin or apprehending of tham, salbe na punct of dittay. 1551–2 Perth Guildry in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1986) VI. 384/1 Quhilkis actis Patrik Adamson den of gild..hes..approvit in all punctis. c1600 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 172 He fulfillit not the punctis and clausis contenit in the said infeftment. 4. A moment considered in terms of its position in time; = point n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 29 Now is cum the extreme lattir punct. 1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. ¶¶.iii.^v At the same instant and punct of time it maketh day..in one place, and nyght..on the opposite part. 1651 N. Culpeper Semeiotica Uranica ii. 28 If you would discern whether it tends to Health, Death, Mutation, or Continuance, it is necessary that you begin at the first punct of time of the invasion of the disease. 1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 34 At the same punct of time. 1706 D. Defoe Caledonia iii. 59 They mingle Death with every punct of Time. 5. A dot or other small mark used in punctuation, as a diacritic, etc.; = point n.¹ 16. Cf. punctus n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > point or stop distinction1552 stay1596 stop1598 interpunction1617 punctc1620 punctum1652 interpoint1684 interstinctive point1696 dot1699 interpunctuation1717 guard-stops1866 distinctive1874 interpunct1898 punctus elevatus1951 punctus versus1951 punctus1954 c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. xiii. §3 The round punct concludes an assertion... The tailed punct concludes an interrogation. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus viii. 147 Two years after he read Hebrew without puncts, and found out the reason of their use. 1769 E. Voster Arithmetick in Whole & Broken Numbers (ed. 12) 230 Put a Mark or Punct thus (.) before each Figure, which signifies that the Article is entered or posted in the Ledger. 6. Mathematics and Science. = point n.¹ 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > point > [noun] pointa1398 prick1532 sign1570 punctuma1592 punct1638 mathematical point1659 origin1723 fixed point1778 lattice point1857 pole1879 point of closure1956 1638 T. Nabbes Springs Glorie sig. C5^v Infinite in shew As those small puncts, from whose concretion grow What else may be divided. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 273 As number [depends] on a unite, and a line upon a punct or point. 1744 W. Mountaine Atkinson's Epitome Art Navigation (rev. ed.) i. 16 Tangent toucheth the Periphery, and is perpendicular to a Diameter in the touch Punct. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † punctv. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: point v.¹ Etymology: Variant of point v.¹, after post-classical Latin punctare (see point v.¹). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To prick, pierce; = point v.¹ 7. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > prick prickOE pointa1425 joba1500 birlc1540 punct1548 nib1558 pounce1570 punge1570 stab1570 reprick1611 jaga1700 barb1803 jab1825 rowel1891 pinprick1909 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxviij^v Her breste she puncted, her fayre here she tare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.OEv.1548
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