toothpickn.

Brit.

/ˈtuːθpɪk/, U.S.

/ˈtuθˌpɪk/

Forms: see tooth n.; also Middle English–1500s -pike, 1500s -picke.

Etymology: See pick n.¹ 5.

1. An instrument for picking the teeth: usually a pointed quill or small piece of wood; sometimes of gold, silver, or other material.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for

picker1481

toothpick1488

picktooth1542

tooth-picker1545

tooth-scrape1552

pick1562

tooth-rake1585

tooth-scraper1585

teeth-brush1651

dentiscalp1656

toothbrush1690

quill toothpick1775

quill1785

chew-stick1858

tooth-stick1859

dental silk1907

dental floss1922

floss1936

airbrasive1945

Water Pik1962

water toothpick1965

1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 81 Twa tuthpikis of gold with a chenȝe.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nitella, a toothe pike [1545 tothe pykar]. Sometyme it signifyeth elegancy in speche.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 34^v Stickes and strawes and other tooth pickes.

1579 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1912) II. ii. 93 To M^r Roberte Toutte a tothe pike of silver.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 457 Of these [porcupine] quills men make wholesome tooth-picks.

1775 Black in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 125 Stirring it gently with a quill tooth-pick.

1873 J. Doran Lady of Last Cent. xi. 298 A welcome which extended..from the manufacturer of toothpicks to the writer of an epic poem.

2. A name for the umbelliferous plant Ammi Visnaga, the hardened rays of the umbel of which are used as toothpicks: also called Spanish toothpick, toothpick bishop-weed (see Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed

wood-whistlea1400

ammi1551

toothpick chervil1578

ammeos1585

herb William1597

bull-wort1598

toothpick1598

bishop-weed1614

picktooth1706

toothpick bishop-weed1866

bishop's elder-

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bisacuto, the hearbe toothpick, or cheruill.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Tooth-pick, Daucus.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Ammi Visnaga, Spanish Tooth~pick, Tooth-pick Bishop's-weed.

3. plural. Splinters, small elongated fragments, ‘matchwood’: in hyperbolic phrase smashed (etc.) into toothpicks.

ΚΠ

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 196 The..ship will be beaten into toothpicks.

1899 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/3 The Pavonia tried to lower a boat, but it was smashed into toothpicks on the ship's side.

4. A bowie-knife: also Arkansas toothpick. U.S. slang.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

1837 Act Alabama Legislature 30 June in Baltimore Comm. Transcr. 21 Sept. 2/4 Any knife or weapon, known as Bowie knives or Arkansaw toothpicks.

1840 Daily Pennant (St. Louis) 20 July The young gentleman who borrowed..an ‘Arkansas toothpick’ from our office.

1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. i. 19 I didn't call but jest on one, an' he drawed toothpick on me, An' reckoned he warn't goin' to stan' no sech doggauned econ'my.

1881 A. B. Greenleaf Ten Years in Texas 27 With..an Arkansas ‘toothpick’ suspended to a raw-hide belt buckled around their waists.

5. A very narrow pointed boat. slang.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape

butterbox1840

cigar-ship1869

flat-iron1886

toothpick1897

pig1898

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iv, in McClure's Mag. Jan. 229/2 ‘You should see one o' them toothpicks histin' up her anchor on her spike outer fifteen-fathom water’. ‘What's a toothpick, Dan?’ ‘Them new haddockers an' herrin' boats’.

1909 J. Dalziel High Life in East 201 The Magistrate got smartly into his ‘toothpick’, the attendant boat-boys..gave him carefully the necessary offing, he swung forward on his sculls.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. attributive or as adj. †(a) in reference to the use of the toothpick as an idle occupation; (b) denoting objects of narrow and pointed shape.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and

spear-like1567

styliform1578

styliformed1578

lance-like1579

arrowy1637

needle-like1672

needly1694

spiculated1745

lanceolated1752

subulated1752

subulate1757

lanceolate1760

toothpick1761

spear-shaped1763

lance-shaped1776

hastate1777

needle-formed1784

needled1786

needle-shaped1786

subuliform1804

aciform?a1808

needle-form1807

spicular1813

hastiformc1820

speary1821

splintery1836

aiguillesque1856

fleam-shaped1856

toothpick-shaped1905

1761 C. Churchill Night 6 Or if in tittle-tattle tooth-pick way Our rambling thoughts with easy freedom stray.

1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 168 To enjoy uninterrupted, listless, toothpick ease.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 235 A heaped-up confusion of red roofs, quaint gables,..toothpick steeples.

1895 S. B. Kennedy in Outing 27 6/1 [She] gave me the go-by for a patent medicine drummer with tooth-pick shoes.

C2. General attributive.

toothpick-box n.

ΚΠ

1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 448 2 knives, a toothpick-box, and a tiremoelle.

toothpick-case n.

ΚΠ

1684 London Gaz. No. 1972/4 A tooth pick Case of Black wood, tipt on both ends, and at the opening with Silver.

toothpick-shaped adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and

spear-like1567

styliform1578

styliformed1578

lance-like1579

arrowy1637

needle-like1672

needly1694

spiculated1745

lanceolated1752

subulated1752

subulate1757

lanceolate1760

toothpick1761

spear-shaped1763

lance-shaped1776

hastate1777

needle-formed1784

needled1786

needle-shaped1786

subuliform1804

aciform?a1808

needle-form1807

spicular1813

hastiformc1820

speary1821

splintery1836

aiguillesque1856

fleam-shaped1856

toothpick-shaped1905

1905 W. E. Geil Yankee in Pigmy Land v. 64 We tramped past many trees armed with long, white toothpick-shaped thorns.

C3.

toothpick bishop-weed n. (see 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed

wood-whistlea1400

ammi1551

toothpick chervil1578

ammeos1585

herb William1597

bull-wort1598

toothpick1598

bishop-weed1614

picktooth1706

toothpick bishop-weed1866

bishop's elder-

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 51 Tooth-pick Bishop-weed, A[mmi] Visnaga, is so called on account of the use made in Spain of the rays or stalks of the main umbel. These, after flowering, shrink, and become so hard that they form convenient tooth-picks.

† toothpick chervil n. Obsolete = toothpick bishop-weed n., or allied species.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed

wood-whistlea1400

ammi1551

toothpick chervil1578

ammeos1585

herb William1597

bull-wort1598

toothpick1598

bishop-weed1614

picktooth1706

toothpick bishop-weed1866

bishop's elder-

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. i. 615 This herbe is called..in Spayne, Visnaga:..it may be called Toothpicke Cheruill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	toothpick
释义	toothpickn. Brit. /ˈtuːθpɪk/, U.S. /ˈtuθˌpɪk/ Forms: see tooth n.; also Middle English–1500s -pike, 1500s -picke. Etymology: See pick n.¹ 5. 1. An instrument for picking the teeth: usually a pointed quill or small piece of wood; sometimes of gold, silver, or other material. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the teeth > implements for picker1481 toothpick1488 picktooth1542 tooth-picker1545 tooth-scrape1552 pick1562 tooth-rake1585 tooth-scraper1585 teeth-brush1651 dentiscalp1656 toothbrush1690 quill toothpick1775 quill1785 chew-stick1858 tooth-stick1859 dental silk1907 dental floss1922 floss1936 airbrasive1945 Water Pik1962 water toothpick1965 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 81 Twa tuthpikis of gold with a chenȝe. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nitella, a toothe pike [1545 tothe pykar]. Sometyme it signifyeth elegancy in speche. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 34^v Stickes and strawes and other tooth pickes. 1579 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1912) II. ii. 93 To M^r Roberte Toutte a tothe pike of silver. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi ix. §1. 457 Of these [porcupine] quills men make wholesome tooth-picks. 1775 Black in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 125 Stirring it gently with a quill tooth-pick. 1873 J. Doran Lady of Last Cent. xi. 298 A welcome which extended..from the manufacturer of toothpicks to the writer of an epic poem. 2. A name for the umbelliferous plant Ammi Visnaga, the hardened rays of the umbel of which are used as toothpicks: also called Spanish toothpick, toothpick bishop-weed (see Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed wood-whistlea1400 ammi1551 toothpick chervil1578 ammeos1585 herb William1597 bull-wort1598 toothpick1598 bishop-weed1614 picktooth1706 toothpick bishop-weed1866 bishop's elder- 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Bisacuto, the hearbe toothpick, or cheruill. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Tooth-pick, Daucus. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Ammi Visnaga, Spanish Tooth~pick, Tooth-pick Bishop's-weed. 3. plural. Splinters, small elongated fragments, ‘matchwood’: in hyperbolic phrase smashed (etc.) into toothpicks. ΚΠ 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 196 The..ship will be beaten into toothpicks. 1899 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/3 The Pavonia tried to lower a boat, but it was smashed into toothpicks on the ship's side. 4. A bowie-knife: also Arkansas toothpick. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1837 Act Alabama Legislature 30 June in Baltimore Comm. Transcr. 21 Sept. 2/4 Any knife or weapon, known as Bowie knives or Arkansaw toothpicks. 1840 Daily Pennant (St. Louis) 20 July The young gentleman who borrowed..an ‘Arkansas toothpick’ from our office. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. i. i. 19 I didn't call but jest on one, an' he drawed toothpick on me, An' reckoned he warn't goin' to stan' no sech doggauned econ'my. 1881 A. B. Greenleaf Ten Years in Texas 27 With..an Arkansas ‘toothpick’ suspended to a raw-hide belt buckled around their waists. 5. A very narrow pointed boat. slang. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific overall shape butterbox1840 cigar-ship1869 flat-iron1886 toothpick1897 pig1898 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iv, in McClure's Mag. Jan. 229/2 ‘You should see one o' them toothpicks histin' up her anchor on her spike outer fifteen-fathom water’. ‘What's a toothpick, Dan?’ ‘Them new haddockers an' herrin' boats’. 1909 J. Dalziel High Life in East 201 The Magistrate got smartly into his ‘toothpick’, the attendant boat-boys..gave him carefully the necessary offing, he swung forward on his sculls. Compounds General attributive. C1. attributive or as adj. †(a) in reference to the use of the toothpick as an idle occupation; (b) denoting objects of narrow and pointed shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and spear-like1567 styliform1578 styliformed1578 lance-like1579 arrowy1637 needle-like1672 needly1694 spiculated1745 lanceolated1752 subulated1752 subulate1757 lanceolate1760 toothpick1761 spear-shaped1763 lance-shaped1776 hastate1777 needle-formed1784 needled1786 needle-shaped1786 subuliform1804 aciform?a1808 needle-form1807 spicular1813 hastiformc1820 speary1821 splintery1836 aiguillesque1856 fleam-shaped1856 toothpick-shaped1905 1761 C. Churchill Night 6 Or if in tittle-tattle tooth-pick way Our rambling thoughts with easy freedom stray. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! II. 168 To enjoy uninterrupted, listless, toothpick ease. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad I. 235 A heaped-up confusion of red roofs, quaint gables,..toothpick steeples. 1895 S. B. Kennedy in Outing 27 6/1 [She] gave me the go-by for a patent medicine drummer with tooth-pick shoes. C2. General attributive. a. toothpick-box n. ΚΠ 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 448 2 knives, a toothpick-box, and a tiremoelle. toothpick-case n. ΚΠ 1684 London Gaz. No. 1972/4 A tooth pick Case of Black wood, tipt on both ends, and at the opening with Silver. b. toothpick-shaped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and spear-like1567 styliform1578 styliformed1578 lance-like1579 arrowy1637 needle-like1672 needly1694 spiculated1745 lanceolated1752 subulated1752 subulate1757 lanceolate1760 toothpick1761 spear-shaped1763 lance-shaped1776 hastate1777 needle-formed1784 needled1786 needle-shaped1786 subuliform1804 aciform?a1808 needle-form1807 spicular1813 hastiformc1820 speary1821 splintery1836 aiguillesque1856 fleam-shaped1856 toothpick-shaped1905 1905 W. E. Geil Yankee in Pigmy Land v. 64 We tramped past many trees armed with long, white toothpick-shaped thorns. C3. toothpick bishop-weed n. (see 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed wood-whistlea1400 ammi1551 toothpick chervil1578 ammeos1585 herb William1597 bull-wort1598 toothpick1598 bishop-weed1614 picktooth1706 toothpick bishop-weed1866 bishop's elder- 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 51 Tooth-pick Bishop-weed, A[mmi] Visnaga, is so called on account of the use made in Spain of the rays or stalks of the main umbel. These, after flowering, shrink, and become so hard that they form convenient tooth-picks. † toothpick chervil n. Obsolete = toothpick bishop-weed n., or allied species. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > bishop-weed wood-whistlea1400 ammi1551 toothpick chervil1578 ammeos1585 herb William1597 bull-wort1598 toothpick1598 bishop-weed1614 picktooth1706 toothpick bishop-weed1866 bishop's elder- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. i. 615 This herbe is called..in Spayne, Visnaga:..it may be called Toothpicke Cheruill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas toothpick Frequently as the second element in compounds, as earpick, toothpick, etc. (for more established compounds see the first element).extracted from pickn.¹ < n.1488 as lemmas
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toothpickn.

Compounds

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