take-downn.adj.
/ˈteɪkdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈteɪkˌdaʊn/ A. n.
1. A flue or pipe for leading furnace gases downwards. Also take-down flue. Now rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > flues or parts of flues
boshes1686
worm1758
throat vent1839
take-down1850
baffler1861
trunnel-hole1868
velvet tree1875
baffle1881
throat1919
1850 R. Armstrong Rudimentary Treat. Steam Boilers iv. 85 Boilers in this proportion and of these dimensions, with a ‘take-down’ inside.
1887 Trans. Mining Assoc. & Inst. Cornwall 1 70 The draught passing away from the fire-place is turned at the back end by flues along each side of the boiler, and when near the front end descends by a take-down flue under the bottom of the boiler.
1908 Mining World 29 Aug. 309/2 These jackets extend from the feed floor to the take-down provided for escaping gas.
2.
a. colloquial. The action or an act of humiliating or humbling someone, or of being humiliated; (in later use) esp. an act of humiliating someone or something by means of mockery or criticism; a devastating critique. Chiefly U.S. in later use.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun]
bismerc893
humiliationc1386
lowinga1398
dejectionc1450
avale?a1513
depression?1531
embasing1551
abasement1561
debasement1593
mortification1598
exinanitiona1631
demissiona1638
dejectment1656
depressure1656
dismounting1677
letting down1827
take-down1858
snubbing1861
scoring1893
deflation1958
1858 Band of Hope Jrnl. (Austral.) 28 Aug. 281/2 My dream was suddenly..spoilt, at overhearing a gentleman..inquiring of Captain H., if I was his father, as he could observe a striking likeness; and soon after that melancholy take-down, I discovered that [etc.].
1866 Monthly Packet Feb. 184 They go about the world asking for ‘advice’, ‘sympathy’, and what not, from anybody..and then if their vanity gets a take-down, they are ‘misunderstood’.
1893 Belgravia July 286 What a take-down for Madame Glyde—she thinks she can carry all before her.
1916 G. M. O'Reilly Just Stories 161 She flared up an' tould him..she'd have nothin' to say to him or his conthrivances!..It was a terrible take down for him intirely.
1991 Newsweek (Nexis) 9 Sept. 67 The original book..strained to make Voltaire's 18th-century takedown of ‘the best of all possible worlds’ pertinent to the paranoid 1950s.
2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Oct. 39/2 One of the longest reviews in ‘Hatchet Jobs’ is a pitiless takedown of the work..of Sven Birkerts.
2012 S. Gerson Nostradamus 241 Years ago, the philosopher Theodor Adorno penned a vitriolic takedown of the Los Angeles Times's horoscope columns.
b. gen. The action or an act of taking someone or something down, in various senses; the fact of being taken down.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun]
sendingc1480
take-down1880
1880 Missouri Dental Jrnl. 12 58 In the build-up, we find a physiological action where vitality is transferred to the bioplasts..; in the take-down of the formed matter we shall find the action is a chemical oxidation.
1917 Lyceum Mag. Aug. 16/2 I had never expected to see such lavishly equipped tents... Those quick ‘takedowns’ or ‘set ups’ can't be done with these outfits.
1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 67 It survives the knocks and rough handling of countless loadings, unloadings, road bumps, set-ups, and take-downs.
1990 Cape Codder (Orleans, Mass.) 10 Aug. ii. 28/1 Takedowns, selective pruning, lot clearing.
2012 Independent 20 July 8/5 Spamhaus estimated that up to 120,000 IP addresses were..used to send spam each day. Following the takedown the number reduced to around 21,000.
c. Australian and New Zealand slang. An act of deception; a swindle. Cf. sense A. 3. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of
lurch1533
fool-finder1685
chouse1708
swindle1778
swindling1814
do1821
shave1834
steal1872
fiddle1874
diddle1885
ramp1888
tweedle1890
take-down1892
window dressing1892
gyp1898
bobol1907
flanker1923
hype1926
have-on1931
chizz1953
scam1963
rip-off1968
rip1971
1892 West Australian (Perth) 23 Apr. 3/4 He said he would do anything for comfort and peace, but it was a take-down.
1893 S. Austral. Chron. 23 Dec. 19/7 Game after game, and still the same result. It was a regular take-down and no mistake.
1950 Southern Cross (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 June 11 Most people know that a slinter is a conspiracy..a take-down.
1955 Argus (Melbourne) 12 Oct. 24/7 (heading) What is the worst take-down you have struck in sport?
d. In wrestling, judo, etc.: an act of bringing an opponent to the ground.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > judo or ju-jitsu > actions or positions
armlock1841
hip throw1850
neck lock1876
breakfall1906
sutemi-waza1906
tomoe-nage1906
tsurikomi-goshi1906
uchimata1906
uki-goshi1906
uki-otoshi1906
ura-nage1906
corner throw1911
sumi-gaeshi1918
yoko-shiho-gatame1918
kesa-gatame1932
o-goshi1932
osaekomi-waza1932
seoi nage1932
take-down1939
harai goshi1941
osae-waza1941
tsukuri1941
uki-waza1941
body drop1948
tsurikomi-ashi1948
jigotai1950
kuzushi1950
tai-otoshi1950
tsugi ashi1950
hold-down1954
reaping1954
shime-waza1954
ude-garami1954
ude-gatame1954
uki-gatame1954
osotogari1956
shoulder throw1956
tsurikomi1956
ukemi1956
reap1968
1939 San Antonio (Texas) Express 1 Jan. 2 b/4 For a takedown he gets two points.
1987 Fighting Arts Internat. No. 41. 20/1 A senior student neutralised a junior's knife attacks with expert wrist-locks and take-downs.
2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 May c14/1 21 men and a woman, each dressed in the traditional gi.., paired up to practice chokeholds, arm bars, double-leg takedowns.
e. colloquial (chiefly North American, originally Police slang and Criminals' slang). A police raid; an arrest; a ‘bust’.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > police raid
raid1892
bust1938
roust1951
rousting1957
take-down1988
1988 L. Mitchell & P. Rehak Undercover Agent vii. 93 Before the scheduled ‘takedown’, or arrest, of the ring members, no one could really predict how the end would come.
1997 L. Carcaterra Apaches iii. xvii. 272 She had done a zero to sixty, going from an ex-cop with a sour disposition to a key member of an illegal unit bent on the takedown of a cocaine queen.
2014 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. (LATExtra section) aa 2 This was the second major takedown of a drug lord in as many weeks.
f. The action or an act of removing a website, web page, file, etc., from the internet, esp. in response to a formal request, demand, or injunction. Frequently attributive in take-down notice, take-down procedure, take-down request, etc.
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1996 Communications Today 14 Mar. 1 On-line service providers..said..they were providing a ‘remedy’ for a take-down of the infringing material.
1999 Copyright World Apr. 66/3 The DMCA..establishes a procedure for notification (‘take down notice’) of a service provider.
2001 Video Business 21 May 4/5 The search engine also allows the MPAA to monitor compliance with its takedown requests.
2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Oct. b3/1 Under the takedown procedures.., sites have to remove any infringing copyright when notified..by the copyright holder.
2013 W. Benedek & M. C. Kettemann Freedom of Expression & Internet ix. 167 Currently, the takedown of a website is based on the judgment of a hotline employee and their recommendation to an Internet service provider or host.
3. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). A person who deceives or dupes others; a swindler, a trickster; (sometimes more generally) a person who engages in any dishonest or deceitful practice. Now rare.In early use also: a person or animal whose impressive abilities in (sporting) competition are belied by unimpressive appearance.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
1888 Referee (Sydney) 9 Feb. 7/2 He [sc. a boxer] is a great take-down to look at, being a long way behind our Australian boys in personal appearance. But I'm told he strips well.
1891 Kiama (New S. Wales) 22 May The defendant suddenly turned round to him..and said: ‘You are a d——d fraud, a thief, and a take-down.’
1899 A. M. Binstead Houndsditch Day by Day 119 ‘May I die if he didn't trace Gang Forward [sc. a racehorse] back to the sire of Balaam's ass!’ ‘He was a fair take-down,’ ejaculated the prompter.
1922 Cessnock (New S. Wales) Eagle 4 Aug. What a take down Lady Chrysippus [sc. a horse] is to look at. She is a very common looking sort, but every inch of her is good.
1953 Narrandera (New S. Wales) Argus 10 Dec. You are a darned ring-in and take-down.
4. In a rifle or other firearm: the capacity to have the barrel and magazine detached from the stock. Also: the component of a firearm by means of which detachment is effected; a gun having this feature; (in later use also) a bow which may be disassembled.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of
three-o(h)-three1683
air rifle1801
yager1817
big bore1838
seventy-five1840
telescopic rifle1850
Minié rifle1851
needle rifle1856
pea rifle1856
Lancaster1857
six-shooting1858
Whitworth1858
Henry1861
polygroove1863
telescopic-sighted rifle1863
spencer1866
magazine rifle1867
Snider rifle1868
chassepot1869
Martini–Henry rifle1869
Winchester1871
Mauser rifle1872
Martini1876
saloon rifle1881
express1884
express rifle1884
Mannlicher1884
Mauser1887
Lee-Enfield1888
Flobert1890
pump gun1890
take-down1895
two-two1895
Ross rifle1901
hammer-rifle1907
sporter1907
French 751914
twenty-two1925
machine-gun rifle1941
assault rifle1950
assault weapon1968
kalashnikov1970
assault rifle1975
1895 U.S. Patent 539,528 1/2 The take-down of the gun is as follows.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 578/2 All rifles of this model can be furnished with pistol grip, with take down and all other extras.
1901 Kynoch Jrnl. Aug.–Sept. 136/1 This is not a ‘take-down’..but the barrel is detachable in the true sense of the word.
1921 Hunter-Trader-Trapper Aug. 57/2 The take down of these guns is adjustable.
1972 Pop. Mech. Oct. 144/1 The new take-downs give the archer extra bows for practically the price of one.
2009 R. C. Renneberg Winchester Model 94 (ed. 2) 204/1 All Model 64s are solid framed guns and the 55s were still only takedowns.
B. adj. (attributive).
That may be taken down or disassembled; of, relating to, or characteristic of a method of construction or design which facilitates easy disassembly.Earliest with reference to rifles in which the barrel and magazine may be detached from the stock; cf. sense A. 4.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > types of rifle
bayoneted1856
six-shooting1858
take-down1893
Lee-Metford1897
Krag–Jørgensen1899
pump-action1908
slide action1911
1893 Youth's Compan. 19 Oct. 505/3 (advt.) The Winchester Model 1892 ‘Take-Down’ rifle.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 579/2 No other lengths made in Take Down style.
1908 Gleanings Bee Culture 15 July 885/2 (heading) A simple, portable take-down bee-house or shop.
1949 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 May 23/6 (advt.) One..steel three piece take down [fishing] rod.
1989 Combat & Survival Oct. 43/2 (caption) Fold out the clip on the takedown catch.
2007 G. L. Saunders Free Wind Home 14 It [sc. a boat]..had a three-sided ‘leg-o'-mutton’ sail and a take-down mast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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