sawdustn.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːdʌst/, U.S.

/ˈsɔˌdəst/,

/ˈsɑˌdəst/

Etymology: < saw n.¹ + dust n.¹

a. Wood in the state of small particles, detached from a tree, plank, etc. in the process of sawing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > sawdust > from wood

scobec1440

sawings1512

sawdust1530

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/1 Sawedust, sievre dais.

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iv. 12 What is your brainpan stufte with all? wull or sawe duste?

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 20 Saue sawe dust, & brick dust, & ashes so fine: for alley to walke in, with neighbour of thine.

a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon (long verse) 218 Make Chips of Elms produce the largest Trees, Or sowing Saw-dust furnish Nurseries.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 175 Ants..are driven away by strewing very fine Saw-dust.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 60 Winkler enclosed his specimens in crucibles surrounded with saw-dust.

1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xi My doll is stuffed with sawdust.

b. transferred and figurative. (Sometimes with reference to the use of sawdust for stuffing dolls or puppets.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun]

greennesseOE

lustinessc1325

forcea1375

vigourc1386

virrc1575

vigour1602

nerve1605

vivacity1649

vis1650

actuosity1660

amenity1661

vogue1674

energy1783

smeddum1790

dash1796

throughput1808

feck1811

go1825

steam1826

jism1842

vim1843

animalism1848

fizz1856

jasm1860

verve1863

snap1865

sawdusta1873

élan1880

stingo1885

energeticism1891

sprawl1894

zip1899

pep1908

jazz1912

zoom1926

toe1963

zap1968

stank1997

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders

easlea1000

ashc1000

coalOE

fire-izelsa1325

cinderc1400

sawdusta1873

a1873 H. E. P. Spofford in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. (1877) IV. 9/2 The deviled turkey sizzled..away to saw-dust.

1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 16 I'll knock the saw-dust out of any two men in this hole of a place.

1908 Nation 12 Sept. 833/2 The other characters are all sawdust and wires.

2. In wider sense: Dust of any material produced in the process of sawing. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > sawdust

prism1656

sawdust1672

1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds ii. 138 That done we cleansed the wound from the Saw-dust.

1845 P. Barlow Manuf. in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 650/1 [Ivory] rubbed over with its own sawdust.

3. With reference to the use of sawdust for strewing the floor of a place of public entertainment (as a circus, etc.) or (U.S.) the arena used by a travelling evangelist.

ΚΠ

1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xii. 120 As good as the general run of sawdust plays.

1883 Cent. Mag. 25 746/1 I was not flattered at being taken for a sawdust artist.

1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 274 The sawdust ring of a bankrupt circus.

1902 R. W. Chambers Maids of Paradise xvii. 296 Once only they [the circus procession] circled the saw-dust ring.

1913 Collier's 26 July 7/3 And down the aisle, ‘hitting the sawdust trail’, they come in ones and twos and dozens, until 476 have stood before that multitude to shake the evangelist's hand and signify their intention of starting another life.

1915 T. S. Eliot in Catholic Anthol. 2 One~night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster~shells.

1946 S. H. Holbrook Lost Men Amer. Hist. 312 Many of these suddenly patriotic pleaders..like repentant sinners at a revival, hurried down the sawdust path.

1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 170 The terms ‘carpet joint’ and ‘sawdust joint’ meant broadly the degree of luxury or squalor to be expected in American gambling saloons.

1977 Time 11 July 41/2 Sawdust Evangelist Rex Humbard, likes to exhort: ‘You'd better straighten out and fly right with God.’

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xiv. 152 I spent the day going through all the casinos in town on the Strip and the sawdust joints in the center of town.

Compounds

C1.

sawdust-pad n.

ΚΠ

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 308 Great comfort was derived from the use of the sawdust-pads.

sawdust-like adj.

ΚΠ

1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 145 The sawdust-like cassava bread.

C2.

sawdust game n. U.S. slang a type of confidence trick.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of

drop-game1785

ring-dropping1788

drop1819

pigeon dropping1850

sawdust game1872

pay-off1915

short con1932

hot seat1933

pigeon drop1937

1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service 404 A new device for skilful robbery of the uninitiated has been introduced..known as the ‘Sawdust’ or ‘Circular’ Game.

1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 530/2 We hear all about..the ‘sawdust game’, (selling bad notes).

sawdust-powder n. a substitute for gunpowder, prepared by treating sawdust with acids.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific

serpentine powder1497

musket powder1644

black powder1793

percussion powder1819

wood powder1870

musketry powder1876

Schultze gunpowder1881

sawdust-powder1883

cocoa powder1884

brown powder1886

melinite1886

lyddite1888

rifleite1891

nitro powder1892

turpinite1895

nitro1900

shimose1904

1883 F. A. Abel in Encycl. Brit. XI. 278/2 Preparations allied to gun-cotton, in the production of which wood fibre is used as the starting-point, are manufactured..under the name of Schultze's powder, sawdust powder, and patent gunpowder.

Derivatives

ˈsawdusty adj. abounding in, savouring of, or resembling sawdust; of the nature of sawdust.

ΚΠ

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations iv, in All Year Round 8 Dec. 196/1 I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough high-shouldered stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance.

1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 495/1 A bagatelle-board shadily visible in a sawdusty parlour.

1880 R. Grant Confessions Frivolous Girl 172 In his society I sometimes felt that life was stupid, but never that it was hollow and sawdusty.

1893 J. T. Hoskins Mr. P.'s Diary 356 Dry, tasteless, sawdusty white bread.

1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 55 I never liked dressing dolls, it brought one into too close contact with their sawdusty insides.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sawdustv.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːdʌst/, U.S.

/ˈsɔˌdəst/,

/ˈsɑˌdəst/

Etymology: < sawdust n.

transitive. To cover, sprinkle, or strew with sawdust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something > (as) with specific substance

sandc1374

snowc1400

be-ash1530

gravel1543

bemeal1598

kern1613

meal1613

powder-sugar1654

ash1655

sawdust1882

1882 P. Fitzgerald Recreat. Lit. Man I. ix. 249 All is duly sawdusted.

Derivatives

ˈsawdusted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkled with something > specific

ashyc1405

pounced1619

dusted1643

floured1814

sawdusted1844

1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. xiii. 172 A..sawdusted tavern.

1895 J. Davidson Earl Lavender 177 In the midst of the sawdusted floor.

ˈsawdusting n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with specific substance

mealinga1810

sawdusting1856

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 65 The sweeping and sawdusting of the common room.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sawdust
释义	sawdustn. Brit. /ˈsɔːdʌst/, U.S. /ˈsɔˌdəst/, /ˈsɑˌdəst/ Etymology: < saw n.¹ + dust n.¹ 1. a. Wood in the state of small particles, detached from a tree, plank, etc. in the process of sawing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > sawdust > from wood scobec1440 sawings1512 sawdust1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/1 Sawedust, sievre dais. ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iv. 12 What is your brainpan stufte with all? wull or sawe duste? 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 20 Saue sawe dust, & brick dust, & ashes so fine: for alley to walke in, with neighbour of thine. a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon (long verse) 218 Make Chips of Elms produce the largest Trees, Or sowing Saw-dust furnish Nurseries. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 175 Ants..are driven away by strewing very fine Saw-dust. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 60 Winkler enclosed his specimens in crucibles surrounded with saw-dust. 1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xi My doll is stuffed with sawdust. b. transferred and figurative. (Sometimes with reference to the use of sawdust for stuffing dolls or puppets.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] greennesseOE lustinessc1325 forcea1375 vigourc1386 virrc1575 vigour1602 nerve1605 vivacity1649 vis1650 actuosity1660 amenity1661 vogue1674 energy1783 smeddum1790 dash1796 throughput1808 feck1811 go1825 steam1826 jism1842 vim1843 animalism1848 fizz1856 jasm1860 verve1863 snap1865 sawdusta1873 élan1880 stingo1885 energeticism1891 sprawl1894 zip1899 pep1908 jazz1912 zoom1926 toe1963 zap1968 stank1997 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders easlea1000 ashc1000 coalOE fire-izelsa1325 cinderc1400 sawdusta1873 a1873 H. E. P. Spofford in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. (1877) IV. 9/2 The deviled turkey sizzled..away to saw-dust. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 16 I'll knock the saw-dust out of any two men in this hole of a place. 1908 Nation 12 Sept. 833/2 The other characters are all sawdust and wires. 2. In wider sense: Dust of any material produced in the process of sawing. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > sawdust prism1656 sawdust1672 1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds ii. 138 That done we cleansed the wound from the Saw-dust. 1845 P. Barlow Manuf. in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 650/1 [Ivory] rubbed over with its own sawdust. 3. With reference to the use of sawdust for strewing the floor of a place of public entertainment (as a circus, etc.) or (U.S.) the arena used by a travelling evangelist. ΚΠ 1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xii. 120 As good as the general run of sawdust plays. 1883 Cent. Mag. 25 746/1 I was not flattered at being taken for a sawdust artist. 1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 274 The sawdust ring of a bankrupt circus. 1902 R. W. Chambers Maids of Paradise xvii. 296 Once only they [the circus procession] circled the saw-dust ring. 1913 Collier's 26 July 7/3 And down the aisle, ‘hitting the sawdust trail’, they come in ones and twos and dozens, until 476 have stood before that multitude to shake the evangelist's hand and signify their intention of starting another life. 1915 T. S. Eliot in Catholic Anthol. 2 One~night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster~shells. 1946 S. H. Holbrook Lost Men Amer. Hist. 312 Many of these suddenly patriotic pleaders..like repentant sinners at a revival, hurried down the sawdust path. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 170 The terms ‘carpet joint’ and ‘sawdust joint’ meant broadly the degree of luxury or squalor to be expected in American gambling saloons. 1977 Time 11 July 41/2 Sawdust Evangelist Rex Humbard, likes to exhort: ‘You'd better straighten out and fly right with God.’ 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xiv. 152 I spent the day going through all the casinos in town on the Strip and the sawdust joints in the center of town. Compounds C1. a. sawdust-pad n. ΚΠ 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 308 Great comfort was derived from the use of the sawdust-pads. b. sawdust-like adj. ΚΠ 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 145 The sawdust-like cassava bread. C2. sawdust game n. U.S. slang a type of confidence trick. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > confidence trick > types of drop-game1785 ring-dropping1788 drop1819 pigeon dropping1850 sawdust game1872 pay-off1915 short con1932 hot seat1933 pigeon drop1937 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service 404 A new device for skilful robbery of the uninitiated has been introduced..known as the ‘Sawdust’ or ‘Circular’ Game. 1939 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 530/2 We hear all about..the ‘sawdust game’, (selling bad notes). sawdust-powder n. a substitute for gunpowder, prepared by treating sawdust with acids. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific serpentine powder1497 musket powder1644 black powder1793 percussion powder1819 wood powder1870 musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 sawdust-powder1883 cocoa powder1884 brown powder1886 melinite1886 lyddite1888 rifleite1891 nitro powder1892 turpinite1895 nitro1900 shimose1904 1883 F. A. Abel in Encycl. Brit. XI. 278/2 Preparations allied to gun-cotton, in the production of which wood fibre is used as the starting-point, are manufactured..under the name of Schultze's powder, sawdust powder, and patent gunpowder. Derivatives ˈsawdusty adj. abounding in, savouring of, or resembling sawdust; of the nature of sawdust. ΚΠ 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations iv, in All Year Round 8 Dec. 196/1 I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough high-shouldered stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance. 1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 July 495/1 A bagatelle-board shadily visible in a sawdusty parlour. 1880 R. Grant Confessions Frivolous Girl 172 In his society I sometimes felt that life was stupid, but never that it was hollow and sawdusty. 1893 J. T. Hoskins Mr. P.'s Diary 356 Dry, tasteless, sawdusty white bread. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 55 I never liked dressing dolls, it brought one into too close contact with their sawdusty insides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sawdustv. Brit. /ˈsɔːdʌst/, U.S. /ˈsɔˌdəst/, /ˈsɑˌdəst/ Etymology: < sawdust n. transitive. To cover, sprinkle, or strew with sawdust. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something > (as) with specific substance sandc1374 snowc1400 be-ash1530 gravel1543 bemeal1598 kern1613 meal1613 powder-sugar1654 ash1655 sawdust1882 1882 P. Fitzgerald Recreat. Lit. Man I. ix. 249 All is duly sawdusted. Derivatives ˈsawdusted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkled with something > specific ashyc1405 pounced1619 dusted1643 floured1814 sawdusted1844 1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. xiii. 172 A..sawdusted tavern. 1895 J. Davidson Earl Lavender 177 In the midst of the sawdusted floor. ˈsawdusting n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with specific substance mealinga1810 sawdusting1856 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. ix. 65 The sweeping and sawdusting of the common room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530v.1844
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