squirt-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form.

the verbal stem in combination, chiefly in the sense ‘that squirts, capable of squirting’.

squirt can n. (also squirt oilcan) ⓘ

1861 Rep. Secretary of Navy (U.S.) App. 319 6 Dudgeon's squirt oil cans.

1864 Sci. Amer. 19 Mar. 186/3 The practice of going about with a squirt can and spirting oil at the bearings—not into them—is a most reprehensible one.

1914 Care & Repair of Gas & Oil Engines (‘Machinery’ Ref. Bk. No. 129) iv. 37 Lubrication by means of the ordinary squirt oil-can.

2005 National Fisherman Feb. 34/2 The engine had exposed rocker arms, which he dutifully oiled with a small squirt can before returning to his post on deck.

squirt clam n.

Brit.

/ˈskwəːt klam/

U.S.

/ˈskwərt ˌklæm/

1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 581 Mya arenaria... In Long Island Sound and at New York it is most spoken of as the ‘long clam’ and ‘squirt clam’.

squirt-fish n.

Brit.

/ˈskwəːtfɪʃ/

U.S.

/ˈskwərtˌfɪʃ/

1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea v. 110 The Javanese Squirt-fish (Chætodon rostratus) catches its prey in a similar fashion.

squirt-gun n.

Brit.

/ˈskwəːtɡʌn/

U.S.

/ˈskwərtˌɡən/

1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition 87 With glyster-pipe and squirt-gun There will be dev'lish deal of hurt done.

1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 76/2 [He] made squirt-guns of the hollow metal pen-handles.

squirt-ring n.

Brit.

/ˈskwəːtrɪŋ/

U.S.

/ˈskwərtˌrɪŋ/

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 494 In the Waterton Collection is a bronze squirt-ring.

† squirt-fire n. Obsolete a musket.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket

musket1574

snaphancec1575

muscado1592

firelock1625

matchlock1638

fusee1661

squirt-fire1678

fusil1680

jingal1761

Brown Bess1785

tophaike1813

Tower musket1832

jezail1838

trumpet-pipe1844

bundook1886

needle-musket1898

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 161 One single Red-Coat Sentinel..with his Squirt-fire, could disperse Whole Troops.

squirt-swimming n.

Brit.

/ˈskwəːtˌswɪmɪŋ/

U.S.

/ˈskwərtˌswɪmɪŋ/

swimming by propulsion produced by squirting of liquid.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of > swimming

squirt-swimming1861

1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 278 The squirt-swimming of the Cuttles.

† squirt-wit n. Obsolete (see quot. 1632 and squirt v. 4c).

1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends Pref. sig. A iij^v These squirt~wits, who are able onely to bring forth a paper of verses in a yeere.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	squirt-
释义	squirt-comb. form Stress is often attracted to this combining form. the verbal stem in combination, chiefly in the sense ‘that squirts, capable of squirting’. squirt can n. (also squirt oilcan) ⓘ Π 1861 Rep. Secretary of Navy (U.S.) App. 319 6 Dudgeon's squirt oil cans. 1864 Sci. Amer. 19 Mar. 186/3 The practice of going about with a squirt can and spirting oil at the bearings—not into them—is a most reprehensible one. 1914 Care & Repair of Gas & Oil Engines (‘Machinery’ Ref. Bk. No. 129) iv. 37 Lubrication by means of the ordinary squirt oil-can. 2005 National Fisherman Feb. 34/2 The engine had exposed rocker arms, which he dutifully oiled with a small squirt can before returning to his post on deck. squirt clam n. Brit. /ˈskwəːt klam/ , U.S. /ˈskwərt ˌklæm/ Π 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 581 Mya arenaria... In Long Island Sound and at New York it is most spoken of as the ‘long clam’ and ‘squirt clam’. squirt-fish n. Brit. /ˈskwəːtfɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˈskwərtˌfɪʃ/ Π 1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea v. 110 The Javanese Squirt-fish (Chætodon rostratus) catches its prey in a similar fashion. squirt-gun n. Brit. /ˈskwəːtɡʌn/ , U.S. /ˈskwərtˌɡən/ Π 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition 87 With glyster-pipe and squirt-gun There will be dev'lish deal of hurt done. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 76/2 [He] made squirt-guns of the hollow metal pen-handles. squirt-ring n. Brit. /ˈskwəːtrɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈskwərtˌrɪŋ/ Π 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 494 In the Waterton Collection is a bronze squirt-ring. † squirt-fire n. Obsolete a musket. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > musket musket1574 snaphancec1575 muscado1592 firelock1625 matchlock1638 fusee1661 squirt-fire1678 fusil1680 jingal1761 Brown Bess1785 tophaike1813 Tower musket1832 jezail1838 trumpet-pipe1844 bundook1886 needle-musket1898 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 161 One single Red-Coat Sentinel..with his Squirt-fire, could disperse Whole Troops. squirt-swimming n. Brit. /ˈskwəːtˌswɪmɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈskwərtˌswɪmɪŋ/ swimming by propulsion produced by squirting of liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of > swimming squirt-swimming1861 1861 P. P. Carpenter in Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1860 278 The squirt-swimming of the Cuttles. † squirt-wit n. Obsolete (see quot. 1632 and squirt v. 4c). Π 1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends Pref. sig. A iij^v These squirt~wits, who are able onely to bring forth a paper of verses in a yeere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1632
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