cold watern.

Etymology: see cold adj. 2.

a. Water at its natural temperature, which is always many degrees below that of the human body, as opposed to warm or hot water. Often referred to as the simplest and most typical beverage; also as used for washing or bathing, or in hydropathy.

ΚΠ

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 42 Cælc wætres caldes.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 42 Anne drinc cealdes wæteres.

c1160 Hatton Gosp. Matt. x. 42 Ænne drinc chealdes wæteres.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 152 Þenne suppe bihoued þe coge of þe colde water, & þenne þe cry ryses.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxv. 25 As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.

1799 Ann. Med. 1798 3 21 Dr. Currie encouraged him to drink largely of cold water and lemonade.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 397 Historical Sketch of the Use of the Affusion of Cold Water.

1843 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (ed. 2) 106 How the sudden application of cold water acts on the body.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 75 The extremes of poverty and ascetic penance, it would seem, never reach cold water in England.

†b. Formerly, the water of baptism; the font.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > font > [noun]

font-fatOE

fontOE

cold watera1387

lavacre1548

christening font?c1603

lavatory1631

society > faith > artefacts > consumables > water > [noun] > used for baptism

watereOE

font watereOE

bathOE

cold watera1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 309 Kyng Clodoneus [i.e. his godfather] took hym of þe cold water [L. de fonte suscepit].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 451 Edmond feng Anlaf of þe colde water.

c. to throw cold water on (alluding to the shock thus given to the naked body): to heap discouragement on, disparage, ‘damp’. Similarly, to pour cold water upon.

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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > dissuade > speak dissuasively of

discommend1533

dissuadea1535

disadmonish1611

counter-argue1661

to throw cold water on1808

unsell1943

1808 Proc. Court Martial Lt. Gen. Whitelocke II. 442 He had stated that I was throwing cold water on everything he did.

1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 86/2 Who threw cold water on the idea.

1893 Times 26 Apr. 9/4 He was obliged to pour cold water very plentifully upon the zeal of his Irish friends.

1950 A. Christie Murder is Announced viii. 96 I understand she rather poured cold water on that idea?

d. attributive, as in cold water physician; esp. with reference to hydropathy, as cold water cure, cold water treatment, etc.; or (sportively) to the Total Abstinence movement, as cold water army, etc. Also with reference to a dwelling without central heating (U.S.).

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > cold water

cold water physician1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 243 [Asclepiades] brought vp first the allowing of cold water..to sick persons; and took pleasure to be called the Cold-water Physitian.

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 323 The cold-water treatment has in our hands been very successful.

1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIII. 173 The cold-water cure has been much and advantageously employed in diseases of the cord.

1942 M. McCarthy Company she Keeps (1943) v. 187 A cold-water flat in an old-law tenement.

1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 334 A walk-up, cold-water Brooklyn tenement.

1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 31 He found himself a cold-water flat near the Village.

Derivatives

cold-ˈwaterish adj.

ΚΠ

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 152 That somewhat cold-waterish region.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cold water
释义	cold watern. Etymology: see cold adj. 2. a. Water at its natural temperature, which is always many degrees below that of the human body, as opposed to warm or hot water. Often referred to as the simplest and most typical beverage; also as used for washing or bathing, or in hydropathy. ΚΠ c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 42 Cælc wætres caldes. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 42 Anne drinc cealdes wæteres. c1160 Hatton Gosp. Matt. x. 42 Ænne drinc chealdes wæteres. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 152 Þenne suppe bihoued þe coge of þe colde water, & þenne þe cry ryses. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxv. 25 As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey. View more context for this quotation 1799 Ann. Med. 1798 3 21 Dr. Currie encouraged him to drink largely of cold water and lemonade. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 397 Historical Sketch of the Use of the Affusion of Cold Water. 1843 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (ed. 2) 106 How the sudden application of cold water acts on the body. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 75 The extremes of poverty and ascetic penance, it would seem, never reach cold water in England. †b. Formerly, the water of baptism; the font. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > font > [noun] font-fatOE fontOE fontOE cold watera1387 lavacre1548 christening font?c1603 lavatory1631 society > faith > artefacts > consumables > water > [noun] > used for baptism watereOE font watereOE bathOE cold watera1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 309 Kyng Clodoneus [i.e. his godfather] took hym of þe cold water [L. de fonte suscepit]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 451 Edmond feng Anlaf of þe colde water. c. to throw cold water on (alluding to the shock thus given to the naked body): to heap discouragement on, disparage, ‘damp’. Similarly, to pour cold water upon. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > dissuade > speak dissuasively of discommend1533 dissuadea1535 disadmonish1611 counter-argue1661 to throw cold water on1808 unsell1943 1808 Proc. Court Martial Lt. Gen. Whitelocke II. 442 He had stated that I was throwing cold water on everything he did. 1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 86/2 Who threw cold water on the idea. 1893 Times 26 Apr. 9/4 He was obliged to pour cold water very plentifully upon the zeal of his Irish friends. 1950 A. Christie Murder is Announced viii. 96 I understand she rather poured cold water on that idea? d. attributive, as in cold water physician; esp. with reference to hydropathy, as cold water cure, cold water treatment, etc.; or (sportively) to the Total Abstinence movement, as cold water army, etc. Also with reference to a dwelling without central heating (U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > cold water cold water physician1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 243 [Asclepiades] brought vp first the allowing of cold water..to sick persons; and took pleasure to be called the Cold-water Physitian. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 323 The cold-water treatment has in our hands been very successful. 1878 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIII. 173 The cold-water cure has been much and advantageously employed in diseases of the cord. 1942 M. McCarthy Company she Keeps (1943) v. 187 A cold-water flat in an old-law tenement. 1954 W. Faulkner Fable (1955) 334 A walk-up, cold-water Brooklyn tenement. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) ii. 31 He found himself a cold-water flat near the Village. Derivatives cold-ˈwaterish adj. ΚΠ 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 152 That somewhat cold-waterish region. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c950
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