Sussexn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌsɪks/, U.S.

/ˈsəsəks/

Etymology: < the name of Sussex, a county in the south-east of England, < Old English Súþseaxe ‘South Saxons’.

I. Compounds

1. †Sussex crest n. a name for the cuckold's ‘horn’. Obsolete.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife > symbol of

to give horns to1430

ox feather1615

knob1658

shoeing-horn1664

Sussex crest1681

horny coronet1688

bull's feather1704

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 22 Mar. 2/1 A Cuckold is always to be the last man that knows he has got a Sussex Crest.

2. Sussex marble n. a marble occurring in thin beds in the Wealden clay of Sussex and Kent, formerly much used for pillars in churches.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > others

giallo antico1741

Siena marble1774

sneg-stone1815

Mona marble1816

Sussex marble1850

Tennessee marble1875

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > Sussex

sneg-stone1815

Sussex marble1850

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Sussex marble,..The ground of this marble is grey, with a faint cast of green, and it is very thick set in all parts with shells.

1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. 379 Weald clay, with subordinate limestone (called Sussex marble) and sand.

3. Sussex pig n. a drinking vessel in the form of a pig.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes

gripe's egg1391

gripe-shell15..

Priapus1613

man with the beard1631

delphin1638

belly-cup1673

spout cup1702

leaf cup1716

image mug1788

rhyton1820

toby1841

Sussex pig1846

bell-cupa1849

biberon1853

moustache cup1863

trembleuse cup1869

steeple-cup1909

thistle cup1947

1846 W. Youatt Pig (1847) Index Sussex pigs.

1884 Mag. Art Jan. 102 A popular vessel is the ‘Sussex pig’. When filled, this quaint, uncouth utensil is..set upright on the brute's tail; empty, it stands on all-fours. In Sussex these ‘pigs’ were, and still are, brought into use at weddings.

4. Sussex spaniel n. a long-coated, stocky, golden-brown spaniel belonging to a breed developed in Sussex and neighbouring counties; also elliptical.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > varieties of

springer1749

King Charles1780

English springer1808

Marlborough dog1822

cocker spaniel1829

Marlborough1831

Blenheim1839

Norfolk spaniel1845

King Charles1848

Sussex spaniel1856

field spaniel1859

clumber1865

Norfolk1867

Japanese spaniel1880

Welsh springer1903

Tibetan spaniel1905

Brittany spaniel1936

Brittany1945

1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 59 A good, useful team of the Sussex spaniels.

1859 Field 5 Mar. 180/3 Will any of the readers of The Field kindly inform me what spaniels are considered the best for woodcock-shooting—the Sussex, Clumber, Norfolk, &c.?

1904 H. Compton 20th Cent. Dog II. 237 The Sussex spaniel is a smaller dog than the Clumber.

1981 C. I. A. Ritchie Brit. Dog vi. 164 In spite of the popularity of land spaniels, such as the beautiful Sussex, the water spaniel was perhaps the favourite.

5. General attributive, designating anything produced in or peculiar to Sussex, as breeds of cattle, pigs, or poultry, agricultural implements, etc.

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1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Plough The Sussex single Wheel-Plough.

1808 T. H. Horne Compl. Grazier (ed. 3) Introd. 3 The Sussex and Hereford breeds [of cows].

1834 W. Youatt Cattle 41 The loins of the Sussex ox are wide.

1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. Index Sussex waggon [described I. 155].

1846 W. Youatt Pig (1847) Index Sussex pigs.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 534/2 My declining to adopt the name of Hamburg for the Bolton Greys and Bays, or that of Dorking for the Sussex fowls.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 392/2 These sheep are now usually classed as Sussex Downs and Hampshire Downs.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 645/2 The Surrey and Sussex fowls are four-toed.

1886 J. Macdonald Pringle's Cattle (ed. 3) vi. 117 The Sussex breed of cattle possesses several of the characteristics of the Devon, but is larger in frame.

1886 J. Macdonald Pringle's Cattle (ed. 3) vi. 117 Some fine specimens of Sussex oxen are shown annually.

1919 K. J. J. Mackenzie Cattle x. 144 The Sussex bullock has to be thoroughly fattened before he is a really good butcher's animal.

II. Simple uses.

6. A breed of beef cattle with a red-brown coat, originating from the Weald of Sussex, Surrey, and Kent in south-eastern England.

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1919 K. J. J. Mackenzie Cattle x. 144 Today the Sussex is essentially a beef-breed.

1919 K. J. J. Mackenzie Cattle x. 144 The Sussex inherits some of the faults of the draught-cattle from which he springs.

1974 Country Life 7 Nov. 1396/1 Today the beef animal is supreme—Welsh Black, Sussex, Galloway.

Derivatives

† Sussexan adj. Obsolete belonging to Sussex.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > specific counties

Kentisha1100

Norfolk1407

Northumbrian1602

Somersetian1612

Sussexian1612

Sussexan1614

East Anglian1622

Suffolkian1622

Yorkshire1683

Cumbrian1780

Cornubian1782

broad-acred1898

1614 Disc. Strange & Monstrous Serpent B 2 b I will conclude this generall discovrse of Serpents, and come to the particular description of our Sussexan Serpent.

† Sussexian adj. Obsolete rare = Sussexan adj.

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