sparkedadj.

Forms: Also 1500s sparkyd, 1700s–1800s sparkit.

Etymology: apparently < spark n.¹; compare sense 2c there.

south-western dialect (and U.S.).

a. Of cattle, etc., or their colour: Mottled, dappled; parti-coloured.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted

spotteda1325

flecked1377

dappledc1400

maculous?a1425

mailedc1425

variant1502

garled1506

sparked1552

menil1611

marbled1629

ticked1688

varied1715

maculose1727

1457 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 172 Boviculum sparcatum.]

1552 Will of John Harte (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/35) f. 212 An oxe of sparkyd colour.

1603–4 in Wilts. Archaeol. Mag. (1885) 22 225 Quatuor vaccas quarum due color sparked.

1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 260 Neat Cattle... Colours—Sparked, of two colours, mottled.

1871 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches (ed. 3) 30 Thee must watch the sparkid hen, Or her'll goo lay astray.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) A sparked cat—i.e. a tortoise-shell cat.

b. sparked back (plover), the common turnstone or sea-dotterel. U.S. local.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > arenaria interpres (turnstone)

sea-lark1602

turnstone1674

sea-dotterel1676

stone-pecker1731

whale-bird1771

bullfinch plover1864

tangle-picker1882

turkey-bird1885

jinny1888

sparked back (plover)1888

1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 186 At Falmouth, Sparked-Back, Streaked-Back and Bishop Plover.

2. Specked or spotted with gold, silver, etc. (Cf. sparky adj. 1) rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > spangled

marmoratec1537

sparked1552

spangled1584

marbled1598

clinquanta1618

bespangled1634

spankled1777

spangly1818

1552 in W. Money Parish Church Goods Berks. (1879) 46 One Corporas beinge of Red velvete sparked w^t golde.

1860 G. P. R. Pulman Song of Solomon i. 11 We'll mek vor thee eydgin's o' gould, all a-sparkid wi' zelver.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sparked
释义	sparkedadj. Forms: Also 1500s sparkyd, 1700s–1800s sparkit. Etymology: apparently < spark n.¹; compare sense 2c there. south-western dialect (and U.S.). 1. a. Of cattle, etc., or their colour: Mottled, dappled; parti-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted spotteda1325 flecked1377 dappledc1400 maculous?a1425 mailedc1425 variant1502 garled1506 sparked1552 menil1611 marbled1629 ticked1688 varied1715 maculose1727 1457 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 172 Boviculum sparcatum.] 1552 Will of John Harte (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/35) f. 212 An oxe of sparkyd colour. 1603–4 in Wilts. Archaeol. Mag. (1885) 22 225 Quatuor vaccas quarum due color sparked. 1811 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. (new ed.) 260 Neat Cattle... Colours—Sparked, of two colours, mottled. 1871 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches (ed. 3) 30 Thee must watch the sparkid hen, Or her'll goo lay astray. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) A sparked cat—i.e. a tortoise-shell cat. b. sparked back (plover), the common turnstone or sea-dotterel. U.S. local. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > arenaria interpres (turnstone) sea-lark1602 turnstone1674 sea-dotterel1676 stone-pecker1731 whale-bird1771 bullfinch plover1864 tangle-picker1882 turkey-bird1885 jinny1888 sparked back (plover)1888 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 186 At Falmouth, Sparked-Back, Streaked-Back and Bishop Plover. 2. Specked or spotted with gold, silver, etc. (Cf. sparky adj. 1) rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > spangled marmoratec1537 sparked1552 spangled1584 marbled1598 clinquanta1618 bespangled1634 spankled1777 spangly1818 1552 in W. Money Parish Church Goods Berks. (1879) 46 One Corporas beinge of Red velvete sparked w^t golde. 1860 G. P. R. Pulman Song of Solomon i. 11 We'll mek vor thee eydgin's o' gould, all a-sparkid wi' zelver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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