单词 | spick |
释义 | † spickn.1 Obsolete. Fat meat or bacon; fat, grease, lard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > lard spickc832 lardc1420 fleck1575 larding1582 leaf lard1797 bladder lard1872 suine1880 jippo1929 α. β. c1275 XI Pains of Hell 134 in Old Eng. Misc. Heom me drepeþ myd þe piche As we brede wiþ þe spiche.c832 Charter in Old Eng. Texts 446 ii wega spices & ceses. 835 Charter in Old Eng. Texts 449 An weg spices & ceses. a1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 92 Genim þa readen netlan..& spices. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12195 Þer com spic [c1300 Otho fleas] and water and aten vnimete. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12345 Dynabrok..[was] Rostyng a swyn,..his berd þer-wiþ al lothen, & al to-soilled wyþ þe spyk. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 469/1 Spyk, or fet flesche (K. spike of fleshe), popa. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 335 Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spickn.2 Now dialect. Lavender. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > trees or shrubs > lavender plants lavendera1300 stechados1526 spike1541 stœchas1548 spick1558 French lavender1562 spikenard1563 cassidony1578 cast-me-down1597 stickadove1597 aspic1604 spike-lavender1607 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount f. 19 Take first..the oyle of Violettes,..oyle of Spick,..of eche of them a pound. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 232 Oyl of Spick... Set the herb (the flowers rather) of Spik or Lavendar a whyle in the sun. 1639 O. Wood Alphabet. Bk. Physicall Secrets 121 Mixe therewith liquid Storax and oyle of Spicke. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 85 Take..Spick, six grains, with Honey of Roses. 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 234 The lilies white's her maiden frocks, The spik to put 'ithin her box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † spickn.3 Obsolete. rare. A spike-nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong spiking1261 board-nail1303 spiking-nail1311 spike-nail1314 spike1345 bragc1440 garron-nail1552 tine nail1555 spiker1574 spig-naila1600 speek1611 spick1611 dog1857 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Chiodo, a naile, a spicke. 1628 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 251 Spicks and nailes of all sorts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). spickn.4 dialect. A withy or rod, usually pointed and doubled, used to secure thatch; a spar (spar n.4). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > thatching equipment > rod for fastening down thatch spelk1563 springle1657 thatching-rod1703 spar1746 spear1837 spick1890 thatch-rod1903 ledger1916 ligger1953 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 147 Speeks or spicks, the pieces of wood used for holding together the thatch on a rick. 1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 152 Spick.., in thatching, the same as spar. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Feb. 71/3 The thatcher's tackle of ‘spicks’ or ‘spars’ (pointed hazelrods) which fix the bands to hold down the thatch. 1939 D. Hartley Made in Eng. ii. 57 A bundle of the double withies split and bent into a twisted hook or double prong... These, when used in stack work, are called ‘spics’ or ‘speks’. 1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. iii. vii. 109 Thatching Spics. The riving, or rending of the wood, which is the basis of a number of crafts, is illustrated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). spickadj. = spick and span adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy smug1598 polite1602 tidy1706 tosh1776 tidy-looking1825 speck and span1840 spick and span1846 toshy1856 spick1882 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] faireOE comelyOE winlyOE goodlyOE hendya1250 hendc1275 quaintc1300 seemlyc1305 tidya1325 avenant1340 honestc1384 sightya1387 properc1390 well beseena1393 queema1400 speciousa1400 featousc1400 parisantc1400 rekenc1400 well-favoureda1438 wellc1450 spectable?a1475 delicatec1480 jollya1500 bonny?a1513 snog1513 viewlyc1536 goodlikec1550 sightly1555 sightful1565 beholdinga1586 eyesome?1587 decent1600 vage1604 prospicuous1605 eyely1614 fashionable1630 well-looking1638 softa1643 fineish1647 well-looked1660 of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700 likely-looked1709 sonsy1720 smiling1725 aspectable1731 smirkya1758 likely-looking1771 respectable1776 magnificent-looking1790 producible1792 presentable1800 good-looking1804 nice-looking1807 bonnyish1855 spick1882 eyeable1887 aegyo2007 1882 E. Gosse Life Gray vi. 127 His servant..had to keep the room as bright and spick as an old lady's bandbox. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vi. 99 He liked to have his clothes neat and spick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † spickv. Obsolete. rare. = spike v.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > putting weapons or equipment out of action > put weapons or equipment out of action [verb (transitive)] > silence a gun > by spiking clowa1522 peg1551 to nail up1562 cloy1577 nail1598 spick1623 spike1644 wedge1680 spike1687 1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 230 Our people..came theather..and spicked upp their ordinance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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