tattoon.¹

Brit.

/təˈtuː/,

/taˈtuː/, U.S.

/tæˈtu/

Forms: α. 1600s tap-too, tap too, tapp too, 1600s–1700s taptow, 1600s–1800s taptoo. β. 1600s tat too, tato, 1700s tatoo, 1800s tattoe, 1600s– tattoo.

Etymology: In 17th cent. tap-too, < Dutch taptoe in same sense; < tap the tap (of a cask), + toe = doe toe ‘shut’. So Swedish tapto, Spanish (1706) tatu. Compare German zapfenstreich, Low German tappenslag, Danish tappenstreg, with the first element the same, and second element meaning ‘stroke, beat’. Although Dutch tap toe was in military use in our sense 1 in the 17th cent., there is reason to doubt if this was its original use. Tap toe = doe den tap toe ‘put the tap to’, ‘close or turn off the tap’, was apparently already in colloquial use for ‘shut up! stop! cease!’; Dr. Kluyver points out, in a play of 1639 from Emden, Doch hier de tap van toe = ‘but here we shut up’, or ‘say no more’.

a. Military. A signal made, by beat of drum or bugle call, in the evening, for soldiers to repair to their quarters in garrison or tents in camp.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > signal

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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > drumbeat as signal

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α.

1644 Col. Hutchinson's Orders in T. C. Hine Nottingham, etc. (1876) App. §8 If anyone shall bee found tiplinge or drinkinge in any Taverne, Inne, or Alehouse after the houre of nyne of the clock at night, when the Tap-too beates, hee shall pay 2s. 6d.

1644 Col. Hutchinson's Orders in T. C. Hine Nottingham, etc. (1876) App. §10 After the houre of nyne of the clock at night, after the taptoo hath beaten, untill the Revelly hath beaten the next morninge.

1645 N. Drake Jrnl. Sieges Pontefract Castle (1861) 65 Not to stay there any longer but till tapp too beate, which was about 10 a clock.

1675 London Gaz. No. 1014/4 The third night, after..the Taptow had beaten, we made a very good Retreat, without the loss of a Man.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tat-too or Tap-too, the beat of Drum at Night for all Soldiers to repair to their Tents.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Taptow, tattoo.

1803 Collins Gen. & Garrison Orders (1879) 30 After the beating of the taptoo.

1833 C. J. Napier Colonies 190 The soldiers are just able to hear the ‘taptoo’ beat.

β. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/2 The drumer is to beat all maner of beats, as a Call, a Troope, a March,..a Retreit, a Tato, and a Revally.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 74 None but Christians lodge within the City [Bacein], the Banyans repairing to the Suburbs upon Tattoo.1767 in R. Rogers Jrnls. (1883) 238 (note) Your memorialist must further inform you that Rum was let out of the Fort after tatoo.1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xix. 285 I question if the red-coats hae beat the tattoo yet, and we're not safe till then. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 259 The Tattoo is to beat at Eight o'clock in the Winter, and at Nine o'clock in the Summer Season.1884 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 63/2 The Tattoo concludes by the ‘Second Post’ or ‘Last Post’.

b. A military entertainment consisting of an elaboration of the tattoo by extra music and performance of exercises by troops, generally at night and by torch or other artificial light. (So German zapfenstreich.)

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > military show

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1742 H. Walpole Lett. (1903) I. 216 You know one loves a review and a tattoo.

1904 Daily News 8 Aug. 7 The Sherwood Foresters..carried out the tattoo under the direction of Lieut. Parkinson.

1907 Standard 19 Jan. 6/7 After dark there was a torchlight tattoo, in which 800 men took part.

c. A drum-beat in general, as a means of raising an alarm, attracting attention, etc.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > alarm signal generally

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1688 in Boys Sandwich (1792) 760 The news..caused us..to keep a strong watch, and the tattoo was sent about.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 109. ⁋3 A young Lady cannot be married, but all the Impertinents in Town must be beating the Tattoo from one Quarter of the Town to the other, to show they know what passes.

1717 M. Prior Alma i. 454 All those, whose hearts are loose and low Start if they hear but the tattoo.

1872 C. Gibbon For King i The drum beat a reckless tattoe.

figurative.1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 87 Every such advertisement is a tattoo for all the mercenary scribblers in a nation.

2. transferred. A beating or pulsation as of a drum; the action of beating, thumping, or rapping continuously upon something.devil's tattoo: see the first element.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming

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1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 136 Can I help feeling a tattoo at my heart, when the Duke of Newcastle makes as great a figure in history as Burleigh or Godolphin?

1820 Sporting Mag. 6 178 He..played such a tattoo upon his antagonist's head, as rendered him almost senseless.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Bedford-Row Conspir. iii Beginning to play a rapid tattoo with her feet.

1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 97 The hail begins to beat outside A tattoo for the storm.

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tattoon.²

Brit.

/təˈtuː/,

/taˈtuː/, U.S.

/tæˈtu/

Forms: 1700s tat(t)aow, 1700s–1800s tattow, tatoo, 1800s tatto, tatu, 1700s– tattoo.

Etymology: In 18th cent. tattaow, tattow/taˈtaʊ/, < Polynesian (Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, etc.) ˈtatau (in Marquesan ˈtatu) noun denoting the markings. (For the verb the expression is ta ˈtatau to strike or stamp tattoo.) The word is recorded from Tahiti as tataou in Bougainville's Voyage autour du Monde 1766–9 (Paris 1771), and as tattow in Capt. Cook's First Voyage July 1769. The current English tattoo and French tatou are alterations of the Polynesian word.

The act or practice of tattooing the skin (see tattoo v.²); the mark or design made by tattooing.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > tattoo

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1769 J. Cook Jrnl. (1955) I. 125 Both sexes paint their bodys Tattow as it is called in their language, this is done by inlaying the Colour of black under their skins in such a manner as to be indelible.]

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 390 The punctuation which the natives call tattow.

1803 J. Burney Discov. S. Sea i. ii. 61 They [natives of the Philippines] had the custom of marking their bodies in the manner, which, to use a word lately adopted from the language of a people more recently discovered, we call tattow.

1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. iii. 104 There was a vast variety of tattoos and ornamentation.

1906 Athenæum 17 Mar. 334/2 The Kenyahs and Sea-Dayaks also appear to have borrowed the practice of tatu very largely from the Kenyans; but most of the Indonesian tribes have all had..a distinctive tatu.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tattoo mark.

1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiv. 209 Then entered the tatoo-men.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xvi. 164 His horny hands and wrists were covered with tattoo-marks.

1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 9 His teeth are not filed, and he has strange tattoo-marks on his face.

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tattoon.³

Forms: Also 1700s tatoo, 1800s tatto, tattu, ( tut-hoo).

Etymology: < Hindi ṭaṭṭū.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtattoo.

East India.

A native-bred Indian pony. Also attributive as tattoo horse, tattoo mare. Abbreviated tat n.⁴

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > native Indian

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1784 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 15 On their arrival at the Choultry they found a miserable dooley and 15 tattoo horses.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 171/2 A man mounted on a tattoo came forward to tell us, that [etc.].

1809 T. D. Broughton Lett. Mahratta Camp (1892) xiv. 117 These tut,hoos are a breed of small ponies, and are the most useful and hardy little animals in India.

1814 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 200 A Mahratta wife..frequently rides astride..upon a bullock, an ass, or a little tattoo horse.

1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 365/1 Drawn by tattoos and bullocks.

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tattoov.¹

Etymology: < tattoo n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: taˈttoo.

1. transitive. To beat (a drum, etc.); to strike (something) with a succession of blows, to thump.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > as a drum

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1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. 53 A little drum tattoo'd by the timber instrument that served him for an arm.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 402 Then let us hope he may not have his head tattooed.

a. intransitive. To beat as upon a drum; to thump, tap, or rap upon something with a succession of blows.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > drum

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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (intransitive)] > as on a drum

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1806 ‘P. Pindar’ Tristia 4 There, Folly rushes with his dirty boots, Tattoos, and nearly thunders down the dwelling.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 39 Her father..tattooing with his brogues upon the threshold.

1883 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter (new ed.) iv Don't tattoo with your fingers, it fidgets me.

b. transitive. To cause (something) to rap in this way (upon something else).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > drum

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1810 Splendid Follies I. 57 Miss Betty..sat tattooing one of her shoe-heels upon the hearth.

Derivatives

taˈttooing n. (also attributive).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > as on a drum

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums

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1871 B. Harte 2nd Review Grand Army ii The wandering night-winds seemed to bear The sounds of a far tattooing.

1884 T. C. Allbutt On Visceral Neuroses i. 23 Some little blinking, twitching, or tattooing trick which quickens as thoughts and words come faster.

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tattoov.²

Forms: see tattoo n.²

Etymology: < tattoo n.²; already used as a verb by Capt. Cook.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: taˈttoo.

1. transitive. To form permanent marks or designs upon the skin by puncturing it and inserting a pigment or pigments: practised esp. by many Malayo-Polynesian peoples; also by some ancient nations, and by individuals (e.g. seamen) in developed countries since the 18th cent.

a. with the person or part as object.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify (the body) [verb (transitive)] > tattoo the body

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1769 J. Cook Jrnl. (1955) I. 125 Their method of Tattowing I shall now describe... As this is a painful operation especially the tattowing thier buttocks it is perform'd but once in their life times.

1769 J. Cook Jrnl. 27 Nov. (1955) I. 213 Few of these people were tattow'd or mark'd in the face,..several had their Backsides tattou'd.

1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 62 His Hands are very much tattooed.

1774 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 61/2 His hands are tattaowed, according to the mode in his native country.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xvi. 251 All were tattooed to a greater or less extent.

1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 88 We know that soldiers tattoo their arms and breasts, and impress and trace on them words and figures that neither lotions nor even blisters can efface.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxv. 5 They [Illyrians] shared with the remote Thracian tribes the custom of tattowing their bodies.

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. iv. 78 [The Maori women] tattoo the under-lip a deep blue.

1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 1 Look at his arms—tattooed to the shoulder.

b. with the mark or design as object.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify (the body) [verb (transitive)] > tattoo the body > tattoo a design

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1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 248 The women..usually tatoo two lines, reaching from the lip to the chin.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 274 His long skinny arms all covered with anchors and arrows and letters, tattooed in with gunpowder like a sailor-boy's.

1877 W. H. Dall Tribes Extreme Northwest 89 The..practice of tattooing perpendicular lines on the chin of women.

1902 Man 2 99 That a totem should be tatued on a body is a widespread practice.

2. transferred and figurative. To mark, spot, or stain, esp. in a permanent way; to affect or characterize permanently as if by marking; to defame, vilify, ‘blacken’ (quot. 1884).

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]

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to breathe upon ——1608

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to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654

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1774 Westm. Mag. 2 145 Well I remember when tataow'd you stood, In all the dignity of H——'s blood.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 136 A harridan with a face tattooed with wrinkles.

1847 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 86 Proof-sheets of Evangeline all tattooed with Folsom's marks.

1884 Tribune (N.Y.) June Mr. Blaine is tattooed... So was Abraham Lincoln... As soon as any man gains public confidence, malignant and envious creatures are found to revile him.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 177 The pleasure of tattooing myself with tar among the ropes.

Derivatives

tattooed adj. and n. /-ˈuːd/

ΚΠ

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 17 The accounts given us in Cook's Voyages of tattowed Indians.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 261 The Indian..doting on her black teeth, and tattooed cheeks.

1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 253 The wild-looking tattooed Britons.

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 168 Tattooed anchor on right forearm.

1906 Athenæum 17 Mar. 334/2 To classify the tatued peoples of Borneo.

taˈttooing n. (also concrete; also attributive as tattooing-needle).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > instrument used for

tattooing-needle1877

1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Characters 3/2 They have a custom of staining their bodies..which they call Tattowing.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. iii. 48 The practice of tattooing is very common in the navy.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xii. 211 Scored..to resemble the tattooing of a New-Zealander.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tattooing-needle (Surgical), an instrument for inserting a pigment beneath the epidermis. Used..for coloring white spots on the cornea.

taˈttooage n. [= French tatouage] (nonce-word), a tattooed design

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > tattoo > design of

tattooage1846

1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo xiii. 213 Above his tattooage of the five crosses, the fellow had a picture of two hearts united.

taˈttooer n. one who practises tattooing.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > one who tattoos

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1789 Loiterer 18 July 7 The most famous Tataower in the Country.

1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 641 The azure dye of the tattooer is lastingly imprinted in the face of an Otaheitan.

1883 Daily News 26 Oct. 5/2 The great tattooers among European peoples are French soldiers and French criminals.

taˈttooist n. a professional tattooer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > one who tattoos

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1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 2/1 Tattooists vied with each other in their efforts to invent new designs.

taˈttooment n. the action or process of tattooing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing

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henna tattooing1992

1885 J. H. Dell Dawning Grey, Mind 35 At best But rude tattooment of embellishment.

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单词	tattoo
释义	tattoon.¹ Brit. /təˈtuː/, /taˈtuː/, U.S. /tæˈtu/ Forms: α. 1600s tap-too, tap too, tapp too, 1600s–1700s taptow, 1600s–1800s taptoo. β. 1600s tat too, tato, 1700s tatoo, 1800s tattoe, 1600s– tattoo. Etymology: In 17th cent. tap-too, < Dutch taptoe in same sense; < tap the tap (of a cask), + toe = doe toe ‘shut’. So Swedish tapto, Spanish (1706) tatu. Compare German zapfenstreich, Low German tappenslag, Danish tappenstreg, with the first element the same, and second element meaning ‘stroke, beat’. Although Dutch tap toe was in military use in our sense 1 in the 17th cent., there is reason to doubt if this was its original use. Tap toe = doe den tap toe ‘put the tap to’, ‘close or turn off the tap’, was apparently already in colloquial use for ‘shut up! stop! cease!’; Dr. Kluyver points out, in a play of 1639 from Emden, Doch hier de tap van toe = ‘but here we shut up’, or ‘say no more’. 1. a. Military. A signal made, by beat of drum or bugle call, in the evening, for soldiers to repair to their quarters in garrison or tents in camp. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > signal tokeningc888 tokena1000 signc1384 watch1578 signal1590 signet1590 tattoo1644 trumpet-note1813 trumpet-call1909 society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums tattoo1644 trevally1645 troop1688 générale1698 general1706 retreat1706 long roll1756 rappel1796 parley1867 assemble1883 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > drumbeat as signal tattoo1644 flam1796 α. 1644 Col. Hutchinson's Orders in T. C. Hine Nottingham, etc. (1876) App. §8 If anyone shall bee found tiplinge or drinkinge in any Taverne, Inne, or Alehouse after the houre of nyne of the clock at night, when the Tap-too beates, hee shall pay 2s. 6d. 1644 Col. Hutchinson's Orders in T. C. Hine Nottingham, etc. (1876) App. §10 After the houre of nyne of the clock at night, after the taptoo hath beaten, untill the Revelly hath beaten the next morninge. 1645 N. Drake Jrnl. Sieges Pontefract Castle (1861) 65 Not to stay there any longer but till tapp too beate, which was about 10 a clock. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1014/4 The third night, after..the Taptow had beaten, we made a very good Retreat, without the loss of a Man. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tat-too or Tap-too, the beat of Drum at Night for all Soldiers to repair to their Tents. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Taptow, tattoo. 1803 Collins Gen. & Garrison Orders (1879) 30 After the beating of the taptoo. 1833 C. J. Napier Colonies 190 The soldiers are just able to hear the ‘taptoo’ beat. β. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/2 The drumer is to beat all maner of beats, as a Call, a Troope, a March,..a Retreit, a Tato, and a Revally.1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 74 None but Christians lodge within the City [Bacein], the Banyans repairing to the Suburbs upon Tattoo.1767 in R. Rogers Jrnls. (1883) 238 (note) Your memorialist must further inform you that Rum was let out of the Fort after tatoo.1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xix. 285 I question if the red-coats hae beat the tattoo yet, and we're not safe till then. View more context for this quotation1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 259 The Tattoo is to beat at Eight o'clock in the Winter, and at Nine o'clock in the Summer Season.1884 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 63/2 The Tattoo concludes by the ‘Second Post’ or ‘Last Post’. b. A military entertainment consisting of an elaboration of the tattoo by extra music and performance of exercises by troops, generally at night and by torch or other artificial light. (So German zapfenstreich.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > military show tattoo1742 musical ride1886 musical drive1930 1742 H. Walpole Lett. (1903) I. 216 You know one loves a review and a tattoo. 1904 Daily News 8 Aug. 7 The Sherwood Foresters..carried out the tattoo under the direction of Lieut. Parkinson. 1907 Standard 19 Jan. 6/7 After dark there was a torchlight tattoo, in which 800 men took part. c. A drum-beat in general, as a means of raising an alarm, attracting attention, etc. ΘΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > alarm signal generally larumc1453 alarm1576 tattoo1688 1688 in Boys Sandwich (1792) 760 The news..caused us..to keep a strong watch, and the tattoo was sent about. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 109. ⁋3 A young Lady cannot be married, but all the Impertinents in Town must be beating the Tattoo from one Quarter of the Town to the other, to show they know what passes. 1717 M. Prior Alma i. 454 All those, whose hearts are loose and low Start if they hear but the tattoo. 1872 C. Gibbon For King i The drum beat a reckless tattoe. figurative.1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 87 Every such advertisement is a tattoo for all the mercenary scribblers in a nation. 2. transferred. A beating or pulsation as of a drum; the action of beating, thumping, or rapping continuously upon something.devil's tattoo: see the first element. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 136 Can I help feeling a tattoo at my heart, when the Duke of Newcastle makes as great a figure in history as Burleigh or Godolphin? 1820 Sporting Mag. 6 178 He..played such a tattoo upon his antagonist's head, as rendered him almost senseless. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Bedford-Row Conspir. iii Beginning to play a rapid tattoo with her feet. 1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 97 The hail begins to beat outside A tattoo for the storm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tattoon.² Brit. /təˈtuː/, /taˈtuː/, U.S. /tæˈtu/ Forms: 1700s tat(t)aow, 1700s–1800s tattow, tatoo, 1800s tatto, tatu, 1700s– tattoo. Etymology: In 18th cent. tattaow, tattow/taˈtaʊ/, < Polynesian (Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, etc.) ˈtatau (in Marquesan ˈtatu) noun denoting the markings. (For the verb the expression is ta ˈtatau to strike or stamp tattoo.) The word is recorded from Tahiti as tataou in Bougainville's Voyage autour du Monde 1766–9 (Paris 1771), and as tattow in Capt. Cook's First Voyage July 1769. The current English tattoo and French tatou are alterations of the Polynesian word. The act or practice of tattooing the skin (see tattoo v.²); the mark or design made by tattooing. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > tattoo skin print1625 tattoo1777 henna tattoo1906 ink1931 tat1981 1769 J. Cook Jrnl. (1955) I. 125 Both sexes paint their bodys Tattow as it is called in their language, this is done by inlaying the Colour of black under their skins in such a manner as to be indelible.] 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 390 The punctuation which the natives call tattow. 1803 J. Burney Discov. S. Sea i. ii. 61 They [natives of the Philippines] had the custom of marking their bodies in the manner, which, to use a word lately adopted from the language of a people more recently discovered, we call tattow. 1863 R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. iii. 104 There was a vast variety of tattoos and ornamentation. 1906 Athenæum 17 Mar. 334/2 The Kenyahs and Sea-Dayaks also appear to have borrowed the practice of tatu very largely from the Kenyans; but most of the Indonesian tribes have all had..a distinctive tatu. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tattoo mark. Π 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific xiv. 209 Then entered the tatoo-men. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xvi. 164 His horny hands and wrists were covered with tattoo-marks. 1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 9 His teeth are not filed, and he has strange tattoo-marks on his face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tattoon.³ Forms: Also 1700s tatoo, 1800s tatto, tattu, ( tut-hoo). Etymology: < Hindi ṭaṭṭū.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtattoo. East India. A native-bred Indian pony. Also attributive as tattoo horse, tattoo mare. Abbreviated tat n.⁴ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > native Indian tattoo1784 tatc1840 1784 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 15 On their arrival at the Choultry they found a miserable dooley and 15 tattoo horses. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 171/2 A man mounted on a tattoo came forward to tell us, that [etc.]. 1809 T. D. Broughton Lett. Mahratta Camp (1892) xiv. 117 These tut,hoos are a breed of small ponies, and are the most useful and hardy little animals in India. 1814 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 200 A Mahratta wife..frequently rides astride..upon a bullock, an ass, or a little tattoo horse. 1886 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 365/1 Drawn by tattoos and bullocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tattoov.¹ Etymology: < tattoo n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: taˈttoo. 1. transitive. To beat (a drum, etc.); to strike (something) with a succession of blows, to thump. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > as a drum drum1655 tattoo1780 1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. 53 A little drum tattoo'd by the timber instrument that served him for an arm. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 402 Then let us hope he may not have his head tattooed. 2. a. intransitive. To beat as upon a drum; to thump, tap, or rap upon something with a succession of blows. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > drum tabor1579 drum1594 tattoo1806 the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (intransitive)] > as on a drum tabor1579 tattoo1806 tund1885 1806 ‘P. Pindar’ Tristia 4 There, Folly rushes with his dirty boots, Tattoos, and nearly thunders down the dwelling. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 39 Her father..tattooing with his brogues upon the threshold. 1883 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter (new ed.) iv Don't tattoo with your fingers, it fidgets me. b. transitive. To cause (something) to rap in this way (upon something else). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > drum tattoo1810 1810 Splendid Follies I. 57 Miss Betty..sat tattooing one of her shoe-heels upon the hearth. Derivatives taˈttooing n. (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > as on a drum tattooing1871 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 1871 B. Harte 2nd Review Grand Army ii The wandering night-winds seemed to bear The sounds of a far tattooing. 1884 T. C. Allbutt On Visceral Neuroses i. 23 Some little blinking, twitching, or tattooing trick which quickens as thoughts and words come faster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). tattoov.² Forms: see tattoo n.² Etymology: < tattoo n.²; already used as a verb by Capt. Cook.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: taˈttoo. 1. transitive. To form permanent marks or designs upon the skin by puncturing it and inserting a pigment or pigments: practised esp. by many Malayo-Polynesian peoples; also by some ancient nations, and by individuals (e.g. seamen) in developed countries since the 18th cent. a. with the person or part as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify (the body) [verb (transitive)] > tattoo the body pounce1555 pink1611 tattoo1769 puncture1777 tat1982 1769 J. Cook Jrnl. (1955) I. 125 Their method of Tattowing I shall now describe... As this is a painful operation especially the tattowing thier buttocks it is perform'd but once in their life times. 1769 J. Cook Jrnl. 27 Nov. (1955) I. 213 Few of these people were tattow'd or mark'd in the face,..several had their Backsides tattou'd. 1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 62 His Hands are very much tattooed. 1774 Charac. in Ann. Reg. 61/2 His hands are tattaowed, according to the mode in his native country. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xvi. 251 All were tattooed to a greater or less extent. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 88 We know that soldiers tattoo their arms and breasts, and impress and trace on them words and figures that neither lotions nor even blisters can efface. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxv. 5 They [Illyrians] shared with the remote Thracian tribes the custom of tattowing their bodies. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. iv. 78 [The Maori women] tattoo the under-lip a deep blue. 1887 W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 1 Look at his arms—tattooed to the shoulder. b. with the mark or design as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > beautify (the body) [verb (transitive)] > tattoo the body > tattoo a design tattoo1809 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 248 The women..usually tatoo two lines, reaching from the lip to the chin. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 274 His long skinny arms all covered with anchors and arrows and letters, tattooed in with gunpowder like a sailor-boy's. 1877 W. H. Dall Tribes Extreme Northwest 89 The..practice of tattooing perpendicular lines on the chin of women. 1902 Man 2 99 That a totem should be tatued on a body is a widespread practice. 2. transferred and figurative. To mark, spot, or stain, esp. in a permanent way; to affect or characterize permanently as if by marking; to defame, vilify, ‘blacken’ (quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain mealeOE litc1230 beblotc1374 depaintc1374 entachc1374 stain1382 tache1390 wem1398 molec1400 blob1429 blotc1440 imbruec1450 maculate?a1475 thorough-stain1593 commaculatec1616 stigmatizea1637 tattoo1774 staddle1828 bestain1869 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 1774 Westm. Mag. 2 145 Well I remember when tataow'd you stood, In all the dignity of H——'s blood. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 136 A harridan with a face tattooed with wrinkles. 1847 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 86 Proof-sheets of Evangeline all tattooed with Folsom's marks. 1884 Tribune (N.Y.) June Mr. Blaine is tattooed... So was Abraham Lincoln... As soon as any man gains public confidence, malignant and envious creatures are found to revile him. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 177 The pleasure of tattooing myself with tar among the ropes. Derivatives tattooed adj. and n. /-ˈuːd/ ΚΠ 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 17 The accounts given us in Cook's Voyages of tattowed Indians. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 261 The Indian..doting on her black teeth, and tattooed cheeks. 1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 253 The wild-looking tattooed Britons. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 168 Tattooed anchor on right forearm. 1906 Athenæum 17 Mar. 334/2 To classify the tatued peoples of Borneo. taˈttooing n. (also concrete; also attributive as tattooing-needle). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing pouncing1601 pinking1611 tattooing1774 punctuation1777 tattooment1885 henna tattooing1992 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > instrument used for tattooing-needle1877 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Characters 3/2 They have a custom of staining their bodies..which they call Tattowing. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. iii. 48 The practice of tattooing is very common in the navy. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xii. 211 Scored..to resemble the tattooing of a New-Zealander. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tattooing-needle (Surgical), an instrument for inserting a pigment beneath the epidermis. Used..for coloring white spots on the cornea. taˈttooage n. [= French tatouage] (nonce-word), a tattooed design ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > tattoo > design of tattooage1846 1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo xiii. 213 Above his tattooage of the five crosses, the fellow had a picture of two hearts united. taˈttooer n. one who practises tattooing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > one who tattoos tattooer1789 tattooist1894 body artist1967 needle artist1986 1789 Loiterer 18 July 7 The most famous Tataower in the Country. 1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 641 The azure dye of the tattooer is lastingly imprinted in the face of an Otaheitan. 1883 Daily News 26 Oct. 5/2 The great tattooers among European peoples are French soldiers and French criminals. taˈttooist n. a professional tattooer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing > one who tattoos tattooer1789 tattooist1894 body artist1967 needle artist1986 1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 2/1 Tattooists vied with each other in their efforts to invent new designs. taˈttooment n. the action or process of tattooing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the body > [noun] > tattooing pouncing1601 pinking1611 tattooing1774 punctuation1777 tattooment1885 henna tattooing1992 1885 J. H. Dell Dawning Grey, Mind 35 At best But rude tattooment of embellishment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1644n.²1777n.³1784v.¹1780v.²1769
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