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单词 spick
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spickn.1

Forms: α. Old English, Middle English spic, Middle English spyk (Middle English spike), 1500s spycke. β. Middle English spiche.
Etymology: Old English spic (= Old Norse and Middle Swedish spik ), variant of spec (once): see speck n.4
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.
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.
β. c1275 XI Pains of Hell 134 in Old Eng. Misc. Heom me drepeþ myd þe piche As we brede wiþ þe spiche.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

spickn.2

Forms: Also 1500s, 1800s spik, 1600s spicke.
Etymology: < Old French spic, espic (Cotgrave spique ): see aspic n.2 and spike n.1
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

Etymology: variant of spike n.2 or speek n.
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

Forms: Also spic.
Etymology: Variant of dialect speak: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
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.

Etymology: Short for spick and span adj.
= 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.

Etymology: < spick n.3
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.
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