blue pointn.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈbluː ˌpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌpɔɪnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., point n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + point n.¹ Compare seal point n.

A. n.²

Any of the bluish-grey parts of the body (face, ears, feet, and tail; cf. point n.¹ 22e) of an animal having both the genetically determined pattern of coat colour typical of Siamese cats and certain other domesticated animals and a second recessive mutation affecting formation of pigment in the coat. Also: an animal, esp. a cat, or variety of animal having such coloration. Cf. seal point n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of > Siamese

Siamese cat1871

Siamese1893

blue point1918

seal point1934

1918 C. J. Davies Rabbits for Fur & Flesh i. 21 They [sc. White Beveren rabbits] turned out precisely like large Himalayans, but with blue points.

1933 Amer. Mercury July 330/1 It is known in a variant, the blue-point.

1947 Times 17 Oct. 2/2 Continuous spells of hot sunshine have bleached the cats' points... The ‘blue points’, being lighter, have suffered less, nevertheless they still look sadly faded.

1981 G. Pond & J. Dineen Family Libr. Cats (1982) 21/1 These include the Blue-points, with glacial white body colouring and blue points.

2011 C. Baker Amazing Life Cats 2 When my parents were married, my mother came armed with two Siamese cats, a blue point called Roo and Roo's son, a seal point.

B. adj.

Having blue points (see sense A.); belonging to a variety of animal characterized by having blue points.

ΚΠ

1935 Chester Times (Penn.) 8 Jan. 8/8 Siam Kim Chan, second in the Blue Point Siamese Female Class.

1961 Times 31 Aug. 10/3 (caption) A Blue Point Siamese cat, and her litter of 11 kittens at the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Cat Club's show.

2001 J. Mattern Siamese Cat i. 8 The blue in blue-point Siamese is blue-gray.

2008 N. Soderstrom Deer-Resistant Landscaping xiii. 141/2 The magnet caused resistance when Jams, her Blue-Point Himalayan, pushed his head on the door.

Derivatives

ˈblue-pointed adj.

ΚΠ

1919 Amer. Naturalist 53 268 The doctor speaks of having produced four Siamese which are ‘blue pointed’, presumably as a result of crosses with maltese, which are blue pigmented.

1968 G. Pond Long-haired Cats iii. 59 The blue pointed Colourpoint is most beautiful as a kitten and young adult, before some degree of darkening sets in on the body.

2005 Timaru Herald (N.Z.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 3 The two-year-old blue-pointed Birman cat disappeared from his South Street home at the end of October, and hasn't been seen since.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

> as lemmas

blue point

a. A tagged piece of ribbon or cord used for attaching hose to a doublet, lacing a garment (esp. before the widespread use of buttons), fastening a shoe, etc. †Formerly also used as a type of something of small value, esp. in blue point (obsolete). In later use chiefly Scottish or historical. [In this sense point corresponds to French aiguillette , originally an aglet or metal point of a lace or cord (see aglet n. 1), thence a lace with an aglet. English (on the whole) retained aglet for the metal point or tag, and used point for the cord.]

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string

lacea1382

pointc1390

sinka1425

lacingc1440

pointing ribbon1543

pointing silk1571

string1674

lacer1813

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth

ivy-leafc1000

needle?c1225

sloec1250

peasea1275

strawc1290

bean1297

nutc1300

buttonc1330

leekc1330

trifle1375

cress1377

goose-wing1377

sop1377

niflec1395

vetcha1400

a pin's head (also point)c1450

trump1513

plack1530

toy1530

blue point1532

grey groat1546

cherry-stone1607

jiggalorum1613

candle-enda1625

peppercorn1638

sponge1671

sneeshing1686

snottera1689

catchpenny1705

potato1757

snuff1809

pinhead1828

traneen1837

a hill of beans1863

gubbins1918

c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3322 Yclad he was..in a kirtel of a light waget; Ful faire and thikke been the poyntes set.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 33 Y might, and y satte lowe, breke sum of my pointes.

a1486 in Archaeologia (1900) 57 43 (MED) Firste ye muste sette on Sabatones and tye hem up on the shoo with smale poyntis.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 675/2 It is not al worth an aglet of a good blewe poynte.

?a1550 Debate Somer & Wynter 132 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 41 All is not worthe a poynte of lether.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1094 [They] made thongs and points of the skins of men and women, whom they had flaine quick.

1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe vi. 265 He hath hardly earned a blew point for his daies worke.

1647 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 17 So naturally sparing, that if a point from his hose had broken, he would have tied the same upon a knot, and made it to serve againe.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 260 A chilling Fear surprizes all his Joints, And makes him ready to untruss his Points.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xix. 81 Rubenius shewed my father..in what manner they laced on,—with what points, straps, thongs, lachets, ribands, jaggs, and ends.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. vi. 94 Assistance in tying the endless number of points, as the laces which attached the hose to the doublet were then termed.

1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (rev. ed.) ix. 90 Dauvit wi' his pints wallopin' amon' his feet, an' his weyscot lowse.

1962 Banffshire Advertiser 25 Oct. Buckie Thistle widna be able tae buy the pints for 'is [sc. a footballer's] beets.

1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 18 In the 13th and 14th centuries, hose or stockings were made of wool,..and cut high enough at the sides to be attached to a belt with metal-tipped ties called points.

2000 Renaissance Q. 53 1092 They sold imported textiles..as well as laces, points, thread..and other items to the Queen.

extracted from pointn.¹

n.²adj.1918

as lemmas

单词	blue point
释义	blue pointn.²adj. Brit. /ˈbluː ˌpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌpɔɪnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., point n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + point n.¹ Compare seal point n. A. n.² Any of the bluish-grey parts of the body (face, ears, feet, and tail; cf. point n.¹ 22e) of an animal having both the genetically determined pattern of coat colour typical of Siamese cats and certain other domesticated animals and a second recessive mutation affecting formation of pigment in the coat. Also: an animal, esp. a cat, or variety of animal having such coloration. Cf. seal point n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds of > Siamese Siamese cat1871 Siamese1893 blue point1918 seal point1934 1918 C. J. Davies Rabbits for Fur & Flesh i. 21 They [sc. White Beveren rabbits] turned out precisely like large Himalayans, but with blue points. 1933 Amer. Mercury July 330/1 It is known in a variant, the blue-point. 1947 Times 17 Oct. 2/2 Continuous spells of hot sunshine have bleached the cats' points... The ‘blue points’, being lighter, have suffered less, nevertheless they still look sadly faded. 1981 G. Pond & J. Dineen Family Libr. Cats (1982) 21/1 These include the Blue-points, with glacial white body colouring and blue points. 2011 C. Baker Amazing Life Cats 2 When my parents were married, my mother came armed with two Siamese cats, a blue point called Roo and Roo's son, a seal point. B. adj. Having blue points (see sense A.); belonging to a variety of animal characterized by having blue points. ΚΠ 1935 Chester Times (Penn.) 8 Jan. 8/8 Siam Kim Chan, second in the Blue Point Siamese Female Class. 1961 Times 31 Aug. 10/3 (caption) A Blue Point Siamese cat, and her litter of 11 kittens at the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Cat Club's show. 2001 J. Mattern Siamese Cat i. 8 The blue in blue-point Siamese is blue-gray. 2008 N. Soderstrom Deer-Resistant Landscaping xiii. 141/2 The magnet caused resistance when Jams, her Blue-Point Himalayan, pushed his head on the door. Derivatives ˈblue-pointed adj. ΚΠ 1919 Amer. Naturalist 53 268 The doctor speaks of having produced four Siamese which are ‘blue pointed’, presumably as a result of crosses with maltese, which are blue pigmented. 1968 G. Pond Long-haired Cats iii. 59 The blue pointed Colourpoint is most beautiful as a kitten and young adult, before some degree of darkening sets in on the body. 2005 Timaru Herald (N.Z.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. 3 The two-year-old blue-pointed Birman cat disappeared from his South Street home at the end of October, and hasn't been seen since. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas blue point a. A tagged piece of ribbon or cord used for attaching hose to a doublet, lacing a garment (esp. before the widespread use of buttons), fastening a shoe, etc. †Formerly also used as a type of something of small value, esp. in blue point (obsolete). In later use chiefly Scottish or historical. [In this sense point corresponds to French aiguillette , originally an aglet or metal point of a lace or cord (see aglet n. 1), thence a lace with an aglet. English (on the whole) retained aglet for the metal point or tag, and used point for the cord.] ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > lace, cord, or string lacea1382 pointc1390 sinka1425 lacingc1440 pointing ribbon1543 pointing silk1571 string1674 lacer1813 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3322 Yclad he was..in a kirtel of a light waget; Ful faire and thikke been the poyntes set. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 33 Y might, and y satte lowe, breke sum of my pointes. a1486 in Archaeologia (1900) 57 43 (MED) Firste ye muste sette on Sabatones and tye hem up on the shoo with smale poyntis. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 675/2 It is not al worth an aglet of a good blewe poynte. ?a1550 Debate Somer & Wynter 132 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 41 All is not worthe a poynte of lether. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1094 [They] made thongs and points of the skins of men and women, whom they had flaine quick. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe vi. 265 He hath hardly earned a blew point for his daies worke. 1647 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 17 So naturally sparing, that if a point from his hose had broken, he would have tied the same upon a knot, and made it to serve againe. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 260 A chilling Fear surprizes all his Joints, And makes him ready to untruss his Points. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xix. 81 Rubenius shewed my father..in what manner they laced on,—with what points, straps, thongs, lachets, ribands, jaggs, and ends. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. vi. 94 Assistance in tying the endless number of points, as the laces which attached the hose to the doublet were then termed. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (rev. ed.) ix. 90 Dauvit wi' his pints wallopin' amon' his feet, an' his weyscot lowse. 1962 Banffshire Advertiser 25 Oct. Buckie Thistle widna be able tae buy the pints for 'is [sc. a footballer's] beets. 1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 18 In the 13th and 14th centuries, hose or stockings were made of wool,..and cut high enough at the sides to be attached to a belt with metal-tipped ties called points. 2000 Renaissance Q. 53 1092 They sold imported textiles..as well as laces, points, thread..and other items to the Queen. extracted from pointn.¹ < n.²adj.1918 as lemmas
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blue pointn.2adj.

Derivatives

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blue pointn.²adj.