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单词 ruskin
释义

ruskinn.1adj.

Forms:

α. Middle English roskyn, Middle English rossekin, Middle English ruskin, Middle English–1500s ruskyn.

β. Middle English rothskyn, Middle English routhskyn.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French rus , -kin suffix, skin n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Anglo-Norman rus, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French rous rouse adj. + -kin suffix (or perhaps skin n.), with reference to the colour of the animal's fur (compare later rouse adj.).The following apparently indicates currency in Anglo-Norman (as could other examples at A.):c1325 in Notes & Queries (1912) 2 Mar. 170 Roskyn est desquirel en este.
Obsolete.
A. n.1
The fur of the Eurasian red squirrel; (also) a piece of such fur.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs
fawa1200
ruskin1278
grisa1300
grover1310
letticea1399
cristy gray1404
pured?1435
watermail1489
cesil1492
callyvanc1524
wolverine1596
moleskin1652
flix1667
skunk1791
lion-skin1805
nutria1811
chinchilla1824
Alaska sable1869
fisher1879
monkeyc1896
marmot1911
tarbagan1928
1278 Tournament Purchase Roll in Archaeologia (1814) 17 306 (MED) ij fur. rossekin.
1385 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1932) III. 91 (MED) [One fur of] stranglyng, [6 s. and half a fur of] ruskyns, [2 s.].
1420–1 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 503 (MED) De Heyneman Hankynbergh pro ii barellis cum xviiim ruskyn, pr. £xxi.
B. adj.
Wearing ruskin; ostentatiously dressed.
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a1477 Bk. of Curtesye (Oriel 79(2)) (1882) l. 451 But be ware of vnthrefte ruskyn galaunte.
?1510 Treatyse Galaunt (de Worde) sig. Aijv Thou ruskyn galaunt that pouerte dooth menace For all thy warrocked hoode and thy proude araye.

Compounds

ruskin grey n. the winter fur of the squirrel.
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a1451 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 98 Item, ij parvæ peciæ de gray, vocatæ ruskyn gray, v s.
ruskin womb n. the bellypiece of squirrel fur.
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1427 Will of Margeria Colbroke (London Metropolitan Archives DL/C/B/004/MS09171/003) f. 187 Lego Alicie sorori mee unam togam de blod furratam cum Ruskyn Wombes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ruskinn.2

Brit. /ˈrʌskᵻn/, U.S. /ˈrəskən/, Irish English /ˈrʌskən/
Forms:

α. 1600s– ruskin, 1700s rouskin.

β. 1700s ruscaan, 1700s ruscan.

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish rúscán.
Etymology: < Irish rúscán receptacle made of bark < rúsc bark (see ruskie n.) + -án, suffix forming diminutives. Compare Scottish Gaelic rùsgan kind of basket.In α. forms perhaps influenced by -kin suffix.
Originally and chiefly Irish English. Now rare.
A receptacle for butter usually made of bark. Also: butter preserved in a receptacle of this kind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter
May-butter?a1425
clarified butter1562
pot-butter1616
manteca1622
grass butter1648
green butter1654
drawn butter1661
cacao butter1662
ghee1665
rowen1673
ruskin1679
orange butter1696
whey-buttera1722
rowen butter1725
fairy butter1747
grease1788
Cambridge butter1830
stubble-butter1856
black jack1858
maître d'hôtel butter1861
Normandy butter1868
creamery butter1881
pound butter1888
renovated butter1888
samn1888
process butter1898
pool butter1940
garlic butter1942
yak butter1962
Normandy1973
cannabutter1994
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessel made of bark or roots
ruskin1679
1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 80 A Tub of Butter, in Ireland still called a Ruskin [printed Rushin] of Butter.
1705 J. Michelborne Ireland Preserv'd i. 15 Dou and my shelf fill go home fid me, eat dy fill of Pease, Bread, and Ruscaan Butter.
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 305 They at several Feet deep cut thro' what the Irish call a Ruskin of Butter.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 325 I have..Ruscan and Cream joy, wherewith you may slabber you.
1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 344/1 Butter, called rouskin, hath been found in hollowed trunks of trees.
1897 Land Mag. May 184 Chester made a braver show with two hundred fowls, one tun of ale, and one ruskin of butter.
1954 E. S. Brooks Sir Hans Sloane vii. 110 Sloane had noticed submerged tree-trunks and roots..and Irish bog-butter in a ‘ruskin’ or firkin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ruskinn.3

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rusk n.2, -kin suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < rusk n.2 + -kin suffix.
Obsolete.
Perhaps: = rusk n.2
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > crispbread or rusk > [noun] > a rusk
rusk1685
ruskinc1803
c1803 C. K. Sharpe New Oxf. Guide ii, in Mem. (1888) I. 15 Cakes, ruskins, prunelloes, and sweet damson cheese.
1892 Monthly Packet Aug. 215 If that baby does eat ruskins or rusks or whatever you call them, it is not quite so serious as a young man's taking to billiards and poker and all that sort of thing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

Ruskinn.4

Brit. /ˈrʌskɪn/, U.S. /ˈrəskən/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Ruskin.
Etymology: < the name of John Ruskin (1819–1900), English writer on art and social subjects.
attributive.
1. Designating handmade linen and lace ( Ruskin linen, Ruskin lace, Ruskin work) whose original manufacture in the Lake District was inspired and promoted by Ruskin.Ruskin lace is a combination of cut linen-work and lace.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > from specific place of origin
Holland1427
minsters1481
tregarc1610
roan1617
Strasbourg linen1635
quentin1688
garlits1696
Ghenting1699
platilla1699
Russia linen1728
Russia crash1831
Ruskin linen1890
1890 Leeds Mercury 16 Sept. 7/4 The hand-spun and hand-woven textile fabric, or Ruskin linen industry, with its appended work of art-embroidery.
1890 H. D. Rawnsley Coach Drive at Lakes iii. 87 If they visit St. Kentigern's Ruskin Linen Industry on the Penrith Road..they may see the spinning wheel and the weaver at work.
1902 P. Dearmer Parson's Handbk. (ed. 4) xviii. 444 The Ruskin linens are much more expensive, being hand-woven.
1934 S. A. Clark Eng. on $50 (1936) xxi. 235 If you tire of being offered ‘Ruskin Pottery’ and ‘Ruskin Lace’ you may escape—as I did—to the Old Man of Coniston.
1963 Bookseller 20 July 248/1 It was Ruskin who introduced linen cut-work to England and it is sometimes called Ruskin work.
1985 E. Prickett Ruskin Lace & Linen Work iii. 99 Ruskin lace will provide all those with the love of the needle with a channel for self expression and creativity.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Aug. (Society section) 3 I've been working with..a Ruskin linen and lace worker.
2. Designating a kind of pottery with leadless glaze produced in the West Midlands, known as Ruskin pottery, Ruskin ware, etc.The Birmingham Tile and Pottery Works, founded in Smethwick in 1898, was named after Ruskin in 1904 and ceased production in 1935.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > English pottery
Staffordshire ware1765
Staffordshire1774
crouch-ware1817
Newcastle1817
Mocha1837
Castleford1863
Jackfield ware1866
Plymouth earthenware1878
Wrotham1884
Jackfield1892
Ruskin1903
Sunderland lustre1903
Poole pottery1924
1903 Kalendar Royal Inst. Brit. Archit. xxxvi. (advt.) A selection of the Company's Metal Work may be seen, together with a collection of Ruskin Pottery and Tiles.
1923 Smart Set Apr. 94/2 He had sent her a Ruskin-ware bowl when she was married.
1971 P. S. Rawson Ceramics iii. 146 One extraordinary complex yellow-orange opalescent glaze..was developed in Ruskin ware made at Smethwick.
2007 M. Hogben 101 Antiques of Future 34 Restoration is, from time to time, acceptable with Ruskin pottery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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