单词 | waterloo |
释义 | Waterloon. I. Compounds. 1. Waterloo blue n. now chiefly historical a bright blue colour; cf. sense 9. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > blue pigment > specific azurec1374 lapis lazulia1425 litmusc1503 verditer1505 florey1527 bice1548 smalt1558 smalts1591 smalt1598 ultramarine1598 litmus blue1612 verditer1665 ultramarine blue (or colour)1686 blue sublimate1700 Prussian blue1724 terre bleue1728 starch blue1742 king's blue1778 verditel1778 Antwerp brown1787 Berlin blue1794 lacmus1794 Antwerp blue1795 French blue1802 lapis1811 Waterloo blue1815 Waterloo1823 cobalt1835 Thénard's blue1837 iron blue1839 turnsole1839 permanent blue1863 opal blue1880 Haarlem blue1885 cyanine blue1886 cerulean blue1889 Victoria blue1890 Milori blue1899 Prussian1911 Windsor blue1912 gentianine1927 Monastral1936 Alcian Blue1947 1815 Brit. Lady's Mag. Nov. 256/1 The most fashionable colours are—cinnamon, brown, Waterloo-blue, and different shades of green. 1858 E. M. Sewell Ursula I. vii. 52 She was..dressed out in a bright blue silk dress,—what is called a Waterloo blue. 1906 M. B. Betham-Edwards Martha Rose, Teacher vi. 65 Well they set off their new stuff dresses of Waterloo blue, turn-down white linen collars and pink neck-ribbons. 2002 J. B. Twitchell Living it Up vi. 197 The early nineteenth century marked the first time a simple machine-made mutation, say, a color like Waterloo blue, became a subject of intense anticipation. 2. a. Waterloo cracker n. now historical and rare a kind of firework; cf. cracker n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > cracker or squib > Waterloo cracker Waterloo cracker1817 Waterloo bang-up1826 1817 Morning Post 14 Aug. The inhabitants of the metropolis have a considerable time past been annoyed by the explosion of what are termed Waterloo crackers. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 72 The child was letting off Waterloo crackers all over the floor. 1999 M. Trevor Rose & Crown iv. 59 The boys came back with the fireworks, waterloo crackers to pull, and ball crackers and squibs to throw. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > cracker or squib > Waterloo cracker Waterloo cracker1817 Waterloo bang-up1826 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1310 His companion cracks a Waterloo bang-up in their faces. 1836 Ann. Reg. 1835 Chron. 123/2 To the bottom of that tube some ‘Waterloo bang-ups’ were attached. 3. Waterloo Cup n. a three-day hare-coursing event held annually at Great Altcar, West Lancashire, from 1836–2005.Hare coursing was made illegal in the United Kingdom in 2005, under the Hunting Act of 2004, and the event was discontinued. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > specific race Waterloo Cup1836 1836 Bell's Life in London 20 Mar. 3/5 Waterloo Cup, eight dogs... Deciding course.—Melanie beat Unicus, and won the Cup. 1939 R. Godden Black Narcissus xx. 182 Call in your mad dog, Clo. Is it the Waterloo Cup you've entered it for? 2006 News of World (Nexis) 8 Jan. The dogs would have competed in the Waterloo Cup which was cancelled after hare coursing was banned in the UK. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 61 (heading) The Waterloo Fly. 5. Waterloo helmet n. now historical and rare a helmet worn, or as worn, by British troops at the Battle of Waterloo. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > other types of helmet kettle-hat1380 salletc1440 knapscall1498 armet1507 bonnet?a1513 morion1547 burgonet1570 heaume1572 Bourguignonne1578 castle1587 casquet1611 cabasset1622 casquetel1796 knapscapa1802 comb-cap1825 tilting-helmet1846 pickelhaube1853 Waterloo helmet1853 bell-shape1869 schapska1894 pudding basin1925 1853 Rep. Commissioners Univ. Dublin VI. 160/2 [List of donors to Dublin University Museum.] William Farren, Esq. Sand eels (Ainmodytes lancea),..a Waterloo helmet, two pieces of wood opal. 1887 Pall Mall Budget 27 Jan. 16/1 The uniform of the old Life Guards includes a Waterloo helmet, with crest and plume at the side. 1959 Irish Times 20 June 10/3 The ‘Peelers’ wore Waterloo helmets..and other appointments worn by the British troops during the Napoleonic wars. 1966 Times 25 June 2/4 (advt.) Big prices for all antique guns, rapiers, Waterloo helmets and armours. 6. Waterloo church n. (a popular name for) any of a number of Anglican churches built in the United Kingdom in the early 19th cent. with money provided under the Church Building Act of 1818 (58 Geo. III, c. 45); more usually called Commissioners' Church.Sometimes applied spec. to the four South London churches built at this time; see quot. 1961. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] > built with aid of parliamentary grant Waterloo church1878 1878 W. Angus Purchase in Church 83 As to the churches built from the money granted by Parliament in 1818, most of us have heard of them by the designation of ‘Waterloo churches’. 1961 M. H. Port Six Hundred New Churches ii. 28 The popular misnomer, ‘Waterloo Churches’, became applied to those built with the aid of the first parliamentary grant. [Note] The term is sometimes applied only to the four churches built in the old parish of Lambeth (St John, Waterloo Bridge Road; St Luke, Norwood; St Mark, Kennington; St Matthew, Brixton). This may originate from St John's having been commonly termed..‘Waterloo Church’, which refers, of course, to its site. 2000 Church Times 25 Feb. 14/5 London alone received an additional 38 capacious if architecturally utilitarian ‘Waterloo’ churches by 1828. 7. Waterloo ball n. a party or other entertainment held immediately before a solemn or significant event; an entertainment taking place prior to or in spite of (anticipated) misfortune.With reference to a ball given in Brussels by the Duchess of Richmond on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > frivolous preceding serious Waterloo ball1907 1907 Macmillan's Mag. 2 13 Countess Leichtenberg had not postponed her reception, and the night of the 20th might be a sort of Waterloo ball. 1954 P. Toynbee Friends Apart xi. 132 I now see these dances as a succession of Waterloo Balls, a rapturously gay company, rapturously doomed. 1968 Listener 11 July 44/3 Is it a Waterloo Ball we are invited to watch, a permanent party on the eve of great events? 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Apr. 1 Not all the 300 guests..are likely to mourn the passing of this government as long as they did the demise of Mrs Thatcher in 1991. ‘I'm expecting a jolly evening, we're calling it the Waterloo Ball’. II. Simple uses. 8. A situation, event, etc., which proves the (final) undoing of a person or thing; a decisive defeat or failure, a catastrophe. Chiefly in to meet one's Waterloo. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > decisive Waterloo1816 shoot-out1975 the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > arrive at a final or decisive point to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604 to meet one's Waterloo1859 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 5 Dec. in T. Moore Life Ld. Byron (1851) 329/1 It [sc. the Armenian alphabet] is..a Waterloo of an Alphabet. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. ii. 48 If there must be a Waterloo, let it be a conflict for all the minister's rights, so that he may never require to go to law in his lifetime again. 1859 W. Phillips Lesson of Hour 11 Every man meets his Waterloo at last. 1902 Washington Post 3 May 8/6 Five favorites and a heavily played second choice won, and ‘getaway day’ proved a Waterloo for the books. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iii. 67 I felt right then and there I had met my Waterloo. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 28 Oct. 53/2 HRT has not met its Waterloo. Despite the headlines, the estrogen–progestin regimen did not flunk ‘massively’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > blue pigment > specific azurec1374 lapis lazulia1425 litmusc1503 verditer1505 florey1527 bice1548 smalt1558 smalts1591 smalt1598 ultramarine1598 litmus blue1612 verditer1665 ultramarine blue (or colour)1686 blue sublimate1700 Prussian blue1724 terre bleue1728 starch blue1742 king's blue1778 verditel1778 Antwerp brown1787 Berlin blue1794 lacmus1794 Antwerp blue1795 French blue1802 lapis1811 Waterloo blue1815 Waterloo1823 cobalt1835 Thénard's blue1837 iron blue1839 turnsole1839 permanent blue1863 opal blue1880 Haarlem blue1885 cyanine blue1886 cerulean blue1889 Victoria blue1890 Milori blue1899 Prussian1911 Windsor blue1912 gentianine1927 Monastral1936 Alcian Blue1947 1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 179 Eyes of blue (Eyes of that bright, victorious tint, Which English maids call ‘Waterloo’). 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow xxxviii The frock..was of that dark bright blue colour called Waterloo, after the somewhat recent battle of Waterloo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1815 |
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