saxn.¹

Brit.

/saks/, U.S.

/sæks/

Forms: Old English seax, sæx, sex, Middle English seax, sax, sæx, sox, Middle English sex. In sense 2: 1600s sects, 1800s saixe, sax(e, sex, south-western dialect zax, zex.

Etymology: Old English seax , sex , sæx (also in combination Northumbrian writsæx ‘writing-knife’, i.e. pen) = Old Frisian sax , Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Old High German, Middle High German saks (also in combination Old High German mez̧z̧isahs , mez̧z̧irahs , Middle High German mez̧z̧eres , mez̧z̧er , modern German messer knife = Old English męteseax ‘meat-knife’), Old Norse sax (Swedish, Danish sax scissors) < Germanic *sahso^m , < root *sah- , sag- to cut: see saw n.¹In the well-known story related by Geoffrey of Monmouth after ‘Nennius’, the signal given by Hengist to his Saxons for the treacherous slaughter of their British hosts appears in the form ‘Nemet oure saxas’. The Old English form would be Nimað éowre seax, the noun being uninflected in the plural. The two earliest manuscripts of ‘Nennius’ (11th cent.) have respectively saxas and sexa.

†1. A knife; a short sword or dagger. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun]

saxa800

knifea1100

trencherc1330

coultera1382

shear1382

thwittlec1405

prag1481

cuttle1551

chiv1673

machine knife1867

mackerel plougha1884

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun]

saxa800

knifec1175

pricka1350

awla1387

daggerc1386

puncheonc1425

custil1447

punch?1480

murdererc1500

pointela1522

poniard1533

pounce1545

poignado?a1549

slaughmess1548

dirk1557

pistolesea1566

parazone1623

coutel1647

chiv1673

couteau1677

cuttoe1678

sticker1772

cultel1824

skewer1838

snicker1847

shiv1915

chib1929

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword

saxa800

knifec1175

whinyard1478

hanger1481

short-sword1508

whinger1540

whanger1541

half-sword1552

estocade1579

wacadash1613

acinaces1653

dourlach1825

estoc1830

dah1832

simi1860

malchus1890

kirpan1904

a800 Corpus Gloss. Culter, saex.

OE Beowulf 1545 Heo... hyre seax geteah brad ond brunecg.

c1000 Ælfric Joshua v. 2 Wirc þe nu stænene sex.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þet me sculde in þe ehtuþe dei þet knaue child embsniþen mid ane ulint sexe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11148 Mid swiðe scærpe sæxen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2003 Þe uniselie moder mid sexe hine to-snæde.

1300–1400 R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. G. 40 Mid hare sexes hi corue þat bodi pece mele.

1968 Medium Ævum XXXVII. 130 The Hailfingen, Württemberg, sax.

1972 G. Jones Kings, Beasts, & Heroes i. i. 20 Wiglaf pierces the dragon's unarmoured under~belly, and..draws his sax and severs him at the middle.

2. A chopping-tool used for trimming slates.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > chopper or cleaver

hack1333

hackera1398

chopping-knife1552

clavestock1580

cleaver1580

sax1669

chopper1818

1669 S. Colepress in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1009 If in hewing it does not break before the edge of the Sects (the hewing instrument of the Slatters) you may not much doubt of the firmness of the Slat.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 400 The Saixe is of steel, and not unlike a large knife.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 500 It is thought to be a good sign, if, in hewing, it [sc. a slate] shatters before the edge of the zax.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Sex, a tool used by slaters... It is a kind of straight chopper, with a bill or point projecting from the back for ‘holing’ the slates.

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

saxn.²

Brit.

/saks/, U.S.

/sæks/

Etymology: Shortened < saxophone n.

1. = saxophone n. 1.alto sax, tenor sax, etc.: see first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone

saxophone1851

sax1923

1923 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. ix. 2 Sax, a saxophone.

1926 Picture-play Mag. July 3/2 (advt.) How I used to envy Laura playing beautifully mellow notes on her sax.

1931 Amer. Mercury Dec. 426/1 ‘Mom,’ he said, ‘is my old sax still around here?’

1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xi. 68 The works dance band, that Elmdown Six in which Jack Brimber played the tenor sax.

1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 64 A bass sax might be used as a rhythm instrument.

1976 N. Roberts Face of France ix. 102 The moan and scream and shudder of sax and trumpet and drums in the band.

2. = saxophonist n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player

saxophonist1865

alto saxophonist1902

alto saxist1926

sax1926

saxophone1929

honker1934

saxist1939

altoist1946

tenor saxophone1954

baritonist1958

tenorist1958

1926 Melody Maker Mar. 4 Then, for a certainty, you have heard some bad saxes!

1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. iv. 21 In the canteen tomorrow..the Elmdown Six will perform. And I'm one of them. Jack Brimber—tenor sax.

1975 J. McClure Snake vi. 86 I'm the tickler. Pianist... Drums and sax were here, but they've gone..to get pissed.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sax-man n.

ΚΠ

1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 118 Christy, June, singer... Married Kenton's tenor saxman, Bob Cooper.

1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 10/1 Clarence Ford, sax-man with Fats Domino, is typical in this respect.

sax-player n.

ΚΠ

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 67 ‘Well,’ said the biggest sax player, ‘we didn't know what you would want us to do.’

1980 M. Booth Bad Track ix. 158 The sax-player could see a tired desperation..in her eyes.

C2.

sax section n. the wind section of a dance or jazz band.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > section of

front line1921

rhythm section1926

sax section1932

rhythm1938

1932 Melody Maker Jan. 11/2 Eddie Pratt, Sid Cole, and Stanley Quiddington, saxophones, the latter being previously together as Jay Whidden's sax section.

1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' viii. 124 The sax section—Ric..fills it out, with the tenor..he doubles clarinet (like most sax men).

Derivatives

ˈsaxist n. a saxophonist.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player

saxophonist1865

alto saxophonist1902

alto saxist1926

sax1926

saxophone1929

honker1934

saxist1939

altoist1946

tenor saxophone1954

baritonist1958

tenorist1958

1939 Melody Maker 13 May 3 (heading) Dutch saxist collects band.

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xv. 178 Harry Carney joined the band..first as an alto saxist.

1969 Guardian 23 Aug. 6/4 No tenor saxist of the fifties would take the stand without a one-note stutter in his vocabulary.

1975 Gramophone Aug. 375/3 ‘The Foremost!’ is devoted to three tenors and a baritone saxist from the bop era.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sax
释义	saxn.¹ Brit. /saks/, U.S. /sæks/ Forms: Old English seax, sæx, sex, Middle English seax, sax, sæx, sox, Middle English sex. In sense 2: 1600s sects, 1800s saixe, sax(e, sex, south-western dialect zax, zex. Etymology: Old English seax , sex , sæx (also in combination Northumbrian writsæx ‘writing-knife’, i.e. pen) = Old Frisian sax , Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Old High German, Middle High German saks (also in combination Old High German mez̧z̧isahs , mez̧z̧irahs , Middle High German mez̧z̧eres , mez̧z̧er , modern German messer knife = Old English męteseax ‘meat-knife’), Old Norse sax (Swedish, Danish sax scissors) < Germanic sahso^m , < root sah- , sag- to cut: see saw n.¹In the well-known story related by Geoffrey of Monmouth after ‘Nennius’, the signal given by Hengist to his Saxons for the treacherous slaughter of their British hosts appears in the form ‘Nemet oure saxas’. The Old English form would be Nimað éowre seax, the noun being uninflected in the plural. The two earliest manuscripts of ‘Nennius’ (11th cent.) have respectively saxas and sexa. †1. A knife; a short sword or dagger. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] saxa800 knifea1100 trencherc1330 coultera1382 shear1382 thwittlec1405 prag1481 cuttle1551 chiv1673 machine knife1867 mackerel plougha1884 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] saxa800 knifec1175 pricka1350 awla1387 daggerc1386 puncheonc1425 custil1447 punch?1480 murdererc1500 pointela1522 poniard1533 pounce1545 poignado?a1549 slaughmess1548 dirk1557 pistolesea1566 parazone1623 coutel1647 chiv1673 couteau1677 cuttoe1678 sticker1772 cultel1824 skewer1838 snicker1847 shiv1915 chib1929 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > short sword saxa800 knifec1175 whinyard1478 hanger1481 short-sword1508 whinger1540 whanger1541 half-sword1552 estocade1579 wacadash1613 acinaces1653 dourlach1825 estoc1830 dah1832 simi1860 malchus1890 kirpan1904 a800 Corpus Gloss. Culter, saex. OE Beowulf 1545 Heo... hyre seax geteah brad ond brunecg. c1000 Ælfric Joshua v. 2 Wirc þe nu stænene sex. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þet me sculde in þe ehtuþe dei þet knaue child embsniþen mid ane ulint sexe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11148 Mid swiðe scærpe sæxen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2003 Þe uniselie moder mid sexe hine to-snæde. 1300–1400 R. Glouc. (Rolls) App. G. 40 Mid hare sexes hi corue þat bodi pece mele. 1968 Medium Ævum XXXVII. 130 The Hailfingen, Württemberg, sax. 1972 G. Jones Kings, Beasts, & Heroes i. i. 20 Wiglaf pierces the dragon's unarmoured under~belly, and..draws his sax and severs him at the middle. 2. A chopping-tool used for trimming slates. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > chopper or cleaver hack1333 hackera1398 chopping-knife1552 clavestock1580 cleaver1580 sax1669 chopper1818 1669 S. Colepress in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 1009 If in hewing it does not break before the edge of the Sects (the hewing instrument of the Slatters) you may not much doubt of the firmness of the Slat. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 400 The Saixe is of steel, and not unlike a large knife. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 500 It is thought to be a good sign, if, in hewing, it [sc. a slate] shatters before the edge of the zax. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Sex, a tool used by slaters... It is a kind of straight chopper, with a bill or point projecting from the back for ‘holing’ the slates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). saxn.² Brit. /saks/, U.S. /sæks/ Etymology: Shortened < saxophone n. 1. = saxophone n. 1.alto sax, tenor sax, etc.: see first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone saxophone1851 sax1923 1923 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. ix. 2 Sax, a saxophone. 1926 Picture-play Mag. July 3/2 (advt.) How I used to envy Laura playing beautifully mellow notes on her sax. 1931 Amer. Mercury Dec. 426/1 ‘Mom,’ he said, ‘is my old sax still around here?’ 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xi. 68 The works dance band, that Elmdown Six in which Jack Brimber played the tenor sax. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 64 A bass sax might be used as a rhythm instrument. 1976 N. Roberts Face of France ix. 102 The moan and scream and shudder of sax and trumpet and drums in the band. 2. = saxophonist n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1926 Melody Maker Mar. 4 Then, for a certainty, you have heard some bad saxes! 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. iv. 21 In the canteen tomorrow..the Elmdown Six will perform. And I'm one of them. Jack Brimber—tenor sax. 1975 J. McClure Snake vi. 86 I'm the tickler. Pianist... Drums and sax were here, but they've gone..to get pissed. Compounds C1. General attributive. sax-man n. ΚΠ 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 118 Christy, June, singer... Married Kenton's tenor saxman, Bob Cooper. 1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 10/1 Clarence Ford, sax-man with Fats Domino, is typical in this respect. sax-player n. ΚΠ 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz iii. 67 ‘Well,’ said the biggest sax player, ‘we didn't know what you would want us to do.’ 1980 M. Booth Bad Track ix. 158 The sax-player could see a tired desperation..in her eyes. C2. sax section n. the wind section of a dance or jazz band. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > section of front line1921 rhythm section1926 sax section1932 rhythm1938 1932 Melody Maker Jan. 11/2 Eddie Pratt, Sid Cole, and Stanley Quiddington, saxophones, the latter being previously together as Jay Whidden's sax section. 1977 J. Wainwright Do Nothin' viii. 124 The sax section—Ric..fills it out, with the tenor..he doubles clarinet (like most sax men). Derivatives ˈsaxist n. a saxophonist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1939 Melody Maker 13 May 3 (heading) Dutch saxist collects band. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xv. 178 Harry Carney joined the band..first as an alto saxist. 1969 Guardian 23 Aug. 6/4 No tenor saxist of the fifties would take the stand without a one-note stutter in his vocabulary. 1975 Gramophone Aug. 375/3 ‘The Foremost!’ is devoted to three tenors and a baritone saxist from the bop era. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a800n.²1923
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Compounds

Derivatives

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