spillikinspellicann.

/ˈspɪlɪkɪn/

/ˈspɛlɪkən/

Forms: α. 1700s spilakee, 1800s spilleken, spillekin, spillacan, 1700s– spillikin, 1800s spilliken, spilikin. β. 1800s spel(l)ican, spelekin.

Etymology: apparently a diminutive of spill n.¹

a. plural. A game played with a heap of slips or small rods of wood, bone, or the like, the object being to pull off each by means of a hook without disturbing the rest.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games played with straws or sticks > [noun]

spillikins1734

straw1765

jackstraws1795

long-straws1835

pick-up-sticks1936

α.

1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 211 Your busyness done, and you at ease To take your game at spilakees.

1800 M. Edgeworth Belinda xix Belinda was playing with little Charles Percival at spillikins.

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 173 In the nursery he was, playing at spillekens with his left hand.

1884 Punch 16 Feb. 73/2 I have heard that the Bishops play Spilikins for cups of tea.

1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf iii. 40 Poles, oars, and planks were criss-crossed like pieces in a game of spilikins.

β. 1869 F. Montgomery Misunderstood xi. 211 Eagerly waiting for his game of ‘Spelicans’.1896 A. Beardsley Under the Hill (1904) 17 Spiridion..looked up from his game of Spellicans and trembled.

b. One of the slips with which this is played.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games played with straws or sticks > [noun] > straw or stick

jackstraw1830

spillikin1883

1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls iv. 220 The spillikens lie in an even ring where she had thrown them.

1890 H. S. Hallett 1000 Miles 251 Dead bamboos lay like spellicans cast about in every direction.

2. (See quot. 1858.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > pin for scoring

peg1857

spillikin1858

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spillikins, pegs of wood bone or ivory, for marking the score of cribbage or other games.

3. figurative. In plural, Splinters; fragments. Also in singular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments

fardel1508

flinders1508

fitters1532

brockle1552

shells1578

frush1582

flitters1620

shattersa1640

spillikin1857

1857 C. Reade White Lies III. ix. 127 The shot..knocked him into spillekins.

1886 Illustr. London News 3 July 2/1 I do not want to see the British empire split into spillikins.

1907 E. Gosse Father & Son ii. 50 My nerves were a packet of spilikins.

1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 71 No fine shades of psychology, or ethical spellicans are here.

1945 W. de la Mare Burning-glass & Other Poems 44 To ponder upon a moth..A spelican from his palm.

4. attributive, as spillikin-heap, spillikin twig, etc.

ΚΠ

1860 Zoologist 18 7060 Stepping cautiously and delicately over the spillacan twigs, like a Catholic priest in a crowded thoroughfare.

1891 V. C. Cotes Two Girls on Barge 119 Not frivolous tea in a Sévres eggshell with a spellican development of spoon.

1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 57/1 We became involved in a spillikin-heap of cross~purposes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	spillikin
释义	spillikinspellicann. /ˈspɪlɪkɪn/ /ˈspɛlɪkən/ Forms: α. 1700s spilakee, 1800s spilleken, spillekin, spillacan, 1700s– spillikin, 1800s spilliken, spilikin. β. 1800s spel(l)ican, spelekin. Etymology: apparently a diminutive of spill n.¹ 1. a. plural. A game played with a heap of slips or small rods of wood, bone, or the like, the object being to pull off each by means of a hook without disturbing the rest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games played with straws or sticks > [noun] spillikins1734 straw1765 jackstraws1795 long-straws1835 pick-up-sticks1936 α. 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 211 Your busyness done, and you at ease To take your game at spilakees. 1800 M. Edgeworth Belinda xix Belinda was playing with little Charles Percival at spillikins. 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial I. 173 In the nursery he was, playing at spillekens with his left hand. 1884 Punch 16 Feb. 73/2 I have heard that the Bishops play Spilikins for cups of tea. 1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf iii. 40 Poles, oars, and planks were criss-crossed like pieces in a game of spilikins. β. 1869 F. Montgomery Misunderstood xi. 211 Eagerly waiting for his game of ‘Spelicans’.1896 A. Beardsley Under the Hill (1904) 17 Spiridion..looked up from his game of Spellicans and trembled. b. One of the slips with which this is played. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games played with straws or sticks > [noun] > straw or stick jackstraw1830 spillikin1883 1883 A. I. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls iv. 220 The spillikens lie in an even ring where she had thrown them. 1890 H. S. Hallett 1000 Miles 251 Dead bamboos lay like spellicans cast about in every direction. 2. (See quot. 1858.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > pin for scoring peg1857 spillikin1858 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spillikins, pegs of wood bone or ivory, for marking the score of cribbage or other games. 3. figurative. In plural, Splinters; fragments. Also in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments fardel1508 flinders1508 fitters1532 brockle1552 shells1578 frush1582 flitters1620 shattersa1640 spillikin1857 1857 C. Reade White Lies III. ix. 127 The shot..knocked him into spillekins. 1886 Illustr. London News 3 July 2/1 I do not want to see the British empire split into spillikins. 1907 E. Gosse Father & Son ii. 50 My nerves were a packet of spilikins. 1940 W. de la Mare Pleasures & Speculations 71 No fine shades of psychology, or ethical spellicans are here. 1945 W. de la Mare Burning-glass & Other Poems 44 To ponder upon a moth..A spelican from his palm. 4. attributive, as spillikin-heap, spillikin twig, etc. ΚΠ 1860 Zoologist 18 7060 Stepping cautiously and delicately over the spillacan twigs, like a Catholic priest in a crowded thoroughfare. 1891 V. C. Cotes Two Girls on Barge 119 Not frivolous tea in a Sévres eggshell with a spellican development of spoon. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 57/1 We became involved in a spillikin-heap of cross~purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1734
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