单词 | to beat fat |
释义 | > as lemmasto beat fat a. transferred. Of things: Thick, full-bodied, substantial; spec. of printing types. Also †to beat fat (Typog.): see quot. 1683. †Of the voice: Full. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [adjective] > thick thickc888 fata1325 tun-greatc1405 crassy1630 junky1825 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid greateOE stour?a1300 fata1325 mightyc1375 sternc1394 stiffc1400 massivec1425 mastiff1495 gross1516 massy1548 robustious1548 mountainousa1616 monumental1632 mountain1633 lusty1640 beamy1697 material1736 Himalayan1878 wodgy1907 monolith1922 society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [adjective] > thick, full-bodied type black-faced1827 fat1841 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2104 .vii. eares wexen fette of coren. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxxi. 1388 Þe voices beþ fatte and þikke whan moche spirit comeþ oute, as þe voice of a man. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlii. 200 The white lillie his leaues be..somewhat thicke or fat. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 126 There are..traders riding to London with fat purses. View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 5 The..Draughts of the Letters will shew him what parts of a Letter must be fat or lean. 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 7 The Stem or Broad stroke in a Letter is called the Fat stroke. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 369 Beat Fat, If a Press-man Takes too much Inck with his Balls, he Beats Fat. The Black English Faced Letter is generally Beaten Fat. 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 247 The leaves of the seeds..appeared twice as fat or thick. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing Fat Face or Fat Letter is a letter with a broad stem. 1867 G. P. Marsh in Nation 3 Jan. The substitution of full-faced—I have heard it called fat by printers..small letter for capitals. < as lemmas |
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