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Nelson|ˈnɛlsən|
1. Wrestling. [App. f. a proper name.] The name of a class of holds in which one or both arms are passed under the opponent's from behind and the hand(s) applied to his neck; often with words prefixed to indicate the precise form of the hold, as double nelson, half nelson, (three-) quarter nelson. Also fig.
1889W. Armstrong Wrestling 233 Probably the most dangerous move in Lancashire and Cornwall and Devon wrestling..is what is called the ‘Double Nelson’. 1893Lippincott's Mag. Feb. 211 Among the many holds the Nelson is the most popular one with wrestlers, while the half-Nelson and half-walch-lock are next in order. 1897[see hammer-lock (hammer n. 7)]. 1900A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 644 The principal chips associated with catch as catch can wrestling are the double Nelson, the half Nelson, the heave, the Lancashire lock, the flying mare and the three-quarter Nelson. 1930P. MacDonald Link ix. 168 They lose Dinwater—or lose half the Nelson they've got on him, so immediately they switch on to you.
2. The name of Admiral Lord Nelson (1758–1805) used attrib. in Nelson cake (see quot. 1966); Nelson eye, a blind eye: usu. transf. and fig. (cf. eye n.1 5 e); Nelson knife, a combined knife and fork for the use of a one-armed person; Nelson's blood, Navy rum; Nelson touch, a stroke, action, or manner characteristic of Nelson.
1909Daily Chron. 16 Dec. 4/7 The Nelson cake consists of two thin pieces of reputed pastry, with a dark agglomeration between them of currants and sweet mush. 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 42 Nelson cake, a cake made from compressed, broken biscuits, pastry remnants etc. with dried fruit added: the whole soaked in syrup or burnt sugar and stacked in great piles.
1965New Society 7 Jan. 12/3 The police made no attempt to arrest him. The State simply turns a Nelson eye to his presence. 1970B. Turner Another Little Death xxiv. 149 It's often possible for the police to turn a Nelson eye to misdemeanours confessed to them if they can catch a blackmailer by doing so. 1973J. Leasor Mandarin Gold i. 13 He makes most out of opium. Turning a Nelson eye to a trade he should be stamping out.
1902Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Oct. 692/2 The mention of knife and fork attached to the one wrist is at first slightly puzzling; but probably the combination was what is called the ‘Nelson knife’, after its most distinguished user. The handle is like that of an ordinary table-knife; but the end of the blade, instead of being rounded off in the ordinary way, turns up at a right angle in its own plane, and is divided into four fork-prongs. 1974Times 27 Nov. 17/6 A ‘Nelson’ knife..has a curved blade..and also teeth at the end of the blade... Nelson knives are a Government issue to those..who have lost an arm but they can also be purchased.
1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 166 Nelson's Blood, rum. Old Navy, and probably derived from the old story of the sailors on board the Victory tapping the cask in which Nelson's body was brought home and drinking the spirits. 1968Telegraph (Brisbane) 26 June 45 To preserve Nelson's body it was placed in the ship's rum ration—that's why rum is now often referred to as ‘Nelson's blood’. 1970A. Draper Swansong for Rare Bird ix. 76 After all the Nelson's blood he'd stashed away the night before, I was surprised to see Gorgeous already there.
1805Ld. Nelson Let. 25 Sept. in C. Oman Nelson (1947) xix. 607, I am anxious to join the fleet, for it would add to my grief if any other man was to give them the Nelson touch, which we say is warranted never to fail. Ibid. 1 Oct. 609 When I came to explain to them the ‘Nelson touch’, it was like an electric shock. 1898H. Newbolt Island Race 26 But cared greatly to serve God and the king, And keep the Nelson touch. 1963Economist 12 Jan. 90/1 There was a ‘Nelson touch’ about the bloodless occupation of Jadotville. 1968B. Turner Sex Trap xiii. 116 A little of the old Nelson touch is a big help in getting on with other departments. 1971D. Cory Sunburst i. 20 Only the British, in Intelligence matters, retain the Nelson touch. What's Fedora doing in Spain?.. Up goes the old telescope. Fedora? I see no Fedora. |