单词 | staffordshire |
释义 | Staffordshiren. 1. attributive. a. Staffordshire bull terrier n. a small stocky terrier of the breed so called, first developed by crossing bulldogs and terriers, characterized by a fawn, blue, or brindle coat, often with white markings, and a short, broad head with dropped ears. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > bull-terrier bull terrier1847 Boston terrier1894 Staffordshire bull terrier1901 Staffordshire1903 1901 Our Dogs 13 July 47/2 (advt.) Old Staffordshire red brindled Bull-Terrier Dog Pup, five weeks, makes 20lbs. 1904 Our Dogs 2 Jan. 24/2 (advt.) Grand Litter Staffordshire Bull-terrier Pups, gamest strain. 1950 A. C. Smith Dogs since 1900 xi. 174 In 1935 the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club was founded. 1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 126 Pattie Mae didn't do so well with the Staffordshire bull terrier. b. Staffordshire coke n. see quots. ΚΠ 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 99 Of this kind is the Staffordshire coke, which may be obtained at various wharfs on the canals near London. c. Staffordshire cone n. a kind of pyrometric cone. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > pyrometric cone pyrometric cone1896 Staffordshire cone1967 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World i. 38 Cones used in continental Europe are still known as Seger cones, the slightly modified cones used in America are called Orton cones, and those used in England—also slightly modified—are called Staffordshire cones. 1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 70/1 Staffordshire Cones..are slender, Trihedral pyramids made of ceramic materials and are so constituted as to deform when subjected to elevated temperature for a period of time. 1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 70/1 ‘Staffordshire Cones’, have been manufactured in England for nearly fifty years. d. Staffordshire slack n. see quot. ΚΠ 1869 S. V. J. Day Puddling 4 in W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools The thick coal called ‘Staffordshire slack’. e. Staffordshire ware n. earthenware and porcelain made in Staffordshire, hence Staffordshire warehouseman. ΘΚΠ 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 1765 J. Wedgwood Let. 17 June in Sel. Lett. (1965) 34 An order from St. James's for a service of Staffordshire ware. 1774 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill 20 Four green leaves of Staffordshire-ware. 1813 Examiner 22 Feb. 119/1 J. Clarke, Tottenham-court-road, Staffordshire warehouse~man. 1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pott. & Porc. (ed. 2) 149 The earliest specimens extant of the Staffordshire ware are the ‘Butter-pots’, and the Tygs or Tiggs. f. Staffordshire knot n. [? error for Stafford knot] (a) ‘a knot used to ligature the pedicle in ovariotomy’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898); (b) also, a Stafford knot or half-hitch used as a craftsman's device or motif. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > others Samian letter1616 A1651 Tetragrammaton1656 arrow1744 arrowhead1832 wind1847 scarlet letter1850 sun wheel1865 sacred axe1866 rising sun1868 crow's foot1871 Easter rabbit1881 hexagram1882 sun sign1882 Easter bunny1900 Staffordshire knot1908 sinsigna1914 tectiform1921 padma1954 smiley face1957 happy face1971 lexigram1973 emoticon1988 smiley1989 society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] > mark identifying goods > specific Staffordshire knot1908 1908 B. W. Watson Old Silver Platers & their Marks 9/2 (table) 1808 Feb. 4 Josh Gibbs... Staffordshire Knott. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 280 The figures represented by [Corn] Dollies cover a considerable variety... We may name a few... The Horn of Plenty,..the Staffordshire Knot, [etc.]. 1971 Vogue 15 Oct. p. ls ii. (advt.) The strikingly unusual motif features Staffordshire knots. 2. elliptical. a. = Staffordshire ware n. at sense 1e. Also n. plural = Staffordshire bricks. ΘΚΠ 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 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1770 H. Walpole Let. 6 May (1967) XXIII. 211 We have Etruscan vases, make of earthen ware in Staffordshire, from two to five guineas.] 1774 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill 110 A Staffordshire Etruscan vase. 1866 Queen Victoria Let. 16 May in Your Dear Letter (1971) 75 I send her a tea-set..which I hope she will often use. It is Staffordshire. 1898 Daily News 8 Feb. 3/5 Little stacks of various kinds of bricks—from London stocks to Staffordshires. 1908 Daily Report 25 Aug. 8/3 The ‘Fitz-Gerald’ sale of Staffordshire ware..came as a revelation, both as to the quality of old Staffordshire and the prices it now obtains. b. = Staffordshire bull terrier n. at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > bull-terrier bull terrier1847 Boston terrier1894 Staffordshire bull terrier1901 Staffordshire1903 1903 Our Dogs 27 June 944/1 (advt.) Pure-bred Staffordshire Bitch, good guard, and very game. 1943 H. N. Beilby Staffordshire Bull Terrier i. 3 The Staffordshire will, by his intelligence and general usefulness, make a very strong appeal. 1968 H. Harmar Chihuahua Guide 237 Filled-up face, one in which the cheek muscles are well developed, such as in the Staffordshire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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