salt-boxn.

Etymology: < salt n.¹ + box n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-box.

a. A box for keeping salt for domestic use.‘Billy in the Salt-box’ was the title of a caricature referring to Pitt's budget of 1805, in which the salt-tax was greatly increased.

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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for salt or spice

salt-ark1348

powder box1379

spice-box1527

salt-box1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saulnier,..a Salt-box.

1812 Examiner 12 Oct. 651/2 A few grains from the salt-box.

1862 W. Barnes Hwomely Rhymes I. 5 The zalt-box an' the corner-cupb'ard.

b. (See quot. 1847-54.)

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > rattle

sistruma1398

sistre1538

siester1595

gourd1596

maraca1598

salt-box1763

horse-fiddle1807

anklung1817

shack-shack1848

chac-chac1870

shaker1943

lagerphone1956

vibraslap1970

1763 B. Thornton Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (ad fin.) The saltbox..With clattering and clapping shall sound.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 19 The divine harmony of the Gong, the French-horn, and the Salt-box.

a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 38 A famous player on the salt-box.

1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In burlesque music, the salt-box has been used like the marrow-bones and cleaver, tongs and poker, etc.

c. U.S. Used attributively or absol. to designate a kind of frame-house which resembles a salt-box in shape, having two storeys at the front and one at the back.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style

hall-house1467

longhouse1643

bungalow1676

single housea1684

tower-house1687

villa1755

box1773

cottage orné1774

villarette1792

mews1805

cottage1808

terrace house1817

casita1822

villa dwelling1833

villa residence1833

box-house1846

six-roomer1853

terrace1854

tembe1860

moat house1871

parlour house1871

row house1871

salt-box1876

trullo1898

townhouse1900

colonial1903

semi1912

Cape Cod1916

bungaloid1927

semi-detached1928

ranchette1938

solar house1946

rambler1947

rancher1950

ranch1951

tunnel-back1957

sidesplit1958

two-up-and-two-downer1958

two-up two-down1958

semi-det1960

A-frame1963

townhouse1965

tri-level1965

link house1968

split1970

dormer bungalow1977

1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Exposition 717 One of the chief oddities of the Exhibition—the Hunter's Cabin. It was built of logs in the ‘salt-box’ style and entirely open in front.

1900 J. de F. Shelton Salt-box House i. 17 Colloquially, it was called a ‘salt-box house’, its lines repeating those of the wooden salt-box that hung in the kitchen chimney. The ridge-pole was set far to the front, from which a short roof sloped..down to the outer line of the ceiling of the ground floor.

1934 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Aug. 10/6 The first of the salt boxes were almost always made by adding the lean-to to the two-room house.

1944 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 2 Sept. 30/1 (advt.) New England saltbox in scenic New York setting.

1952 F. L. Allen Big Change ii. viii. 126 New England salt-box-type houses with attached garages.

1967 ‘V. Siller’ Biltmore Call 57 Some were remodelled farm houses..and some were old saltboxes..and some were just plain old country houses.

1976 New Yorker 22 Mar. 125/1 Cunningly combining painted backcloths, a two-story saltbox frame, and picturesque detail in the way of furniture and properties, Ming Cho Lee's decor for the six different settings was at once varied, realistic, and romantic.

2. slang. (See quots.)

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for those condemned to death

condemned cell1818

salt-box1819

death cell1825

Murderers' Row1871

death row1894

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > pocket

salt-box1819

slip1819

poacher's pocket1908

book pocket1922

hare-pocket1925

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Salt-boxes, the condemned cells in Newgate are so called.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Salt-box-cly, the outside coat-pocket, with a flap.

1820 London Mag. Jan. 29 Their..leaving the stone-jug, after a miserable residence in the salt-boxes, to be top'd in front of the debtor's door.

3. Nautical. (See quot.)

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch

bandoleer1611

cartridge1627

pouch1627

vandaliroa1660

collar1672

patrontash1685

cartouche-box1697

cartridge-box1699

cartridge-case1769

salt-box1803

cartouche1807

patron1829

thimble-belt1901

stall1906

1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 38 The powder men..take care to guard the salt boxes from sparks of fire.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Salt-box, a case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	salt-box
释义	salt-boxn. Etymology: < salt n.¹ + box n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsalt-box. 1. a. A box for keeping salt for domestic use.‘Billy in the Salt-box’ was the title of a caricature referring to Pitt's budget of 1805, in which the salt-tax was greatly increased. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for salt or spice salt-ark1348 powder box1379 spice-box1527 salt-box1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saulnier,..a Salt-box. 1812 Examiner 12 Oct. 651/2 A few grains from the salt-box. 1862 W. Barnes Hwomely Rhymes I. 5 The zalt-box an' the corner-cupb'ard. b. (See quot. 1847-54.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > rattle sistruma1398 sistre1538 siester1595 gourd1596 maraca1598 salt-box1763 horse-fiddle1807 anklung1817 shack-shack1848 chac-chac1870 shaker1943 lagerphone1956 vibraslap1970 1763 B. Thornton Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (ad fin.) The saltbox..With clattering and clapping shall sound. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 19 The divine harmony of the Gong, the French-horn, and the Salt-box. a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 38 A famous player on the salt-box. 1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In burlesque music, the salt-box has been used like the marrow-bones and cleaver, tongs and poker, etc. c. U.S. Used attributively or absol. to designate a kind of frame-house which resembles a salt-box in shape, having two storeys at the front and one at the back. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style hall-house1467 longhouse1643 bungalow1676 single housea1684 tower-house1687 villa1755 box1773 cottage orné1774 villarette1792 mews1805 cottage1808 terrace house1817 casita1822 villa dwelling1833 villa residence1833 box-house1846 six-roomer1853 terrace1854 tembe1860 moat house1871 parlour house1871 row house1871 salt-box1876 trullo1898 townhouse1900 colonial1903 semi1912 Cape Cod1916 bungaloid1927 semi-detached1928 ranchette1938 solar house1946 rambler1947 rancher1950 ranch1951 tunnel-back1957 sidesplit1958 two-up-and-two-downer1958 two-up two-down1958 semi-det1960 A-frame1963 townhouse1965 tri-level1965 link house1968 split1970 dormer bungalow1977 1876 J. S. Ingram Centennial Exposition 717 One of the chief oddities of the Exhibition—the Hunter's Cabin. It was built of logs in the ‘salt-box’ style and entirely open in front. 1900 J. de F. Shelton Salt-box House i. 17 Colloquially, it was called a ‘salt-box house’, its lines repeating those of the wooden salt-box that hung in the kitchen chimney. The ridge-pole was set far to the front, from which a short roof sloped..down to the outer line of the ceiling of the ground floor. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Aug. 10/6 The first of the salt boxes were almost always made by adding the lean-to to the two-room house. 1944 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 2 Sept. 30/1 (advt.) New England saltbox in scenic New York setting. 1952 F. L. Allen Big Change ii. viii. 126 New England salt-box-type houses with attached garages. 1967 ‘V. Siller’ Biltmore Call 57 Some were remodelled farm houses..and some were old saltboxes..and some were just plain old country houses. 1976 New Yorker 22 Mar. 125/1 Cunningly combining painted backcloths, a two-story saltbox frame, and picturesque detail in the way of furniture and properties, Ming Cho Lee's decor for the six different settings was at once varied, realistic, and romantic. 2. slang. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for those condemned to death condemned cell1818 salt-box1819 death cell1825 Murderers' Row1871 death row1894 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > pocket salt-box1819 slip1819 poacher's pocket1908 book pocket1922 hare-pocket1925 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Salt-boxes, the condemned cells in Newgate are so called. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 203 Salt-box-cly, the outside coat-pocket, with a flap. 1820 London Mag. Jan. 29 Their..leaving the stone-jug, after a miserable residence in the salt-boxes, to be top'd in front of the debtor's door. 3. Nautical. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch bandoleer1611 cartridge1627 pouch1627 vandaliroa1660 collar1672 patrontash1685 cartouche-box1697 cartridge-box1699 cartridge-case1769 salt-box1803 cartouche1807 patron1829 thimble-belt1901 stall1906 1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1941) III. 38 The powder men..take care to guard the salt boxes from sparks of fire. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Salt-box, a case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns. 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