单词 | stocky |
释义 | stockyadj.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > made or constructed of wood treenc1000 stockya1400 treea1400 timberedc1412 timber?1530 wooden1538 woodya1540 ligneal1599 ligneous1812 carpentered1837 betimbered1847 wooden-built1860 a1400 Disp. Mary & Cross 518 in Leg. Rood On a stokky stede [i.e. the Cross] He Rod we Rede. 2. a. Of a plant: of stout and sturdy growth; not ‘drawn up’, ‘weedy’, or spindling. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvii. 136 Those scattered trees..send from their stocky bough, A soft and sappy Gum. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 328 The plants so taken out must be planted on another compartment at the same distance, and they will come to full stocky hearts in April and May. 1883 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden ii. 109 Vigorous stocky shoots from the buried joints of the plant. 1898 F. W. Card Bush Fruits 360 It is generally believed that stockier and better plants are obtained from cuttings. b. Of a root: woody, as distinguished from fibrous. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [adjective] > of or belonging to root tuberous1668 stemmy1728 radical1753 radicous?1764 radicellar1819 rhizoid1859 rhizomatic1864 rhizomic1898 rooty1905 stocky1915 1915 Times 25 Sept. 9/5 Take up some of the outer runners with good fibrous roots and replant them carefully at once. Old plants with stocky roots will not move well. 3. a. Of a person, animal, etc.: of stout and sturdy build; short and thick-set. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad short shoulderedc1405 bunting1584 squaddy1593 chubby1611 truncheon1611 squat1630 squabbish1666 truss1674 squab1675 squad1675 stocky1676 punch1679 trunch1683 squat1688 stub1711 fodgel1724 thick-set1724 puddy1747 chunky1749 dumpy1750 squabby1754 knurly1758 clunch1776 trunchy1778 fubsy1780 punchy1780 humpty-dumpty1785 trunched1787 pudgy1788 fubby1790 runty1807 squattish1809 roly-poly1818 stumpy1822 hoddy-doddy1824 spuddya1825 hodmandod1825 stubby1831 podgy1832 fubsical1834 dumpty1847 fatling1847 stuggy1847 nuggety1856 cloddy1876 blocky1879 chumpy188. cobby1883 squidgy1891 stockish1913 pyknic1925 humpisha1935 1676 Poor Robins Intelligence 23–30 May 1/1 A well-set Fellow of very good natural parts, having a broad back, and a stocky leg, [etc.]. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4917/4 Lost.., a stockey bright bay Gelding. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 433. ¶6 They had no Titles of Honour among them, but such as denoted some Bodily Strength or Perfection, as such an one the Tall, such an one the Stocky. 1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 5 Nov. 4 He is a fair stocky Fellow. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Oct. 150 A particular race of sheep, called the Cotswold breed... They are short and stocky. 1864 Daily Tel. 13 Aug. Well-built stocky horses, for artillery and other military work. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 783 Sturdy and stocky as a Jersey bull. 1900 W. R. Moody & A. P. Fitt Life D. L. Moody vii. 69 A young man..short and stocky in figure. b. figurative of a quality. ΚΠ 1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster i. 3 His square, upright tombstone..commemorates the stocky virtues of integrity and piety. 4. dialect ? Not amenable to control, intractable; full of spirits, boisterous. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant unbuxoma1250 unbowsomec1290 sturdy13.. wildc1350 stubbornc1386 unbaina1400 stoutc1410 kimeta1450 staffish?a1513 untractable1538 intractable1545 sullen1577 restiff1578 indocile1603 resty1603 hot-mouthed1609 immorigerous1623 intractive1623 uncompliable1626 restivea1628 non-complying1649 uncompliant1659 incompliant1706 unobliging1707 recalcitrant1797 unbiddable1825 stocky1836 recalcitrary1861 calcitrant1866 non-cooperative1867 recalcitrating1870 ropeable1870 non-cooperating1895 bolshie1918 1836 W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provinc. Sussex 31 Stockey, iritable, headstrong, and contrary, combined. 1856 ‘G. Eliot’ Scenes Clerical Life I. 86 Little Dickey, a boisterous boy of five..was squatting quiet as a mouse at her knee... He was a boy whom Mrs. Hackit, in a severe mood, had pronounced ‘stocky’..; but seeing him thus subdued into goodness, she smiled at him. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly II. xiii. 323 Afore that drownding of his Lordship last year, Davy was the boldest and stockiest rip going. 5. Of manner, etc.: stiff, severe. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally detached queamishc1430 squeamish1561 dry1637 unconcerned1660 inconcerned1688 aloof1872 stocky1876 detached1913 clinical1928 1876 J. E. Hopkins Rose Turquand ii ‘Good morning, Rose’, said Mrs. Adair, in her stockiest tones, touching it with two frosty fingers. Derivatives ˈstockily adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adverb] > and broadly dumpily1880 stumpily1886 stockily1892 pudgily1894 squidgily1933 1892 Harper's Mag. Mar. 530/1 A pair of stockily built horses. ˈstockiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > state of having couragenessc1440 stourness1530 robusticity1777 sturdiness1863 chunkiness1879 stockiness1890 robustness1973 1890 Christian World Pulpit XXXVIII. 359/1 The stockiness and sturdiness of coming generations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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