corkscrewn.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːkskruː/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrkˌskru/

Etymology: < cork n.¹ + screw n.¹

a. An instrument for drawing corks from bottles, consisting of a steel screw or helix with a sharp point and a transverse handle.

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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for

wine basketc950

faucet?a1400

claretc1440

tilter1630

simpulum1672

worm1681

valentia1688

screw1697

bottle screw1699

corkscrew1720

cyathus1768

toddy ladle1807

valinch1823

champagne fountain1835

wine-wagon1848

beer-tray1862

beer-pull1864

oenochoe1871

bottle opener1872

kovsh1884

toddy-lifter1894

set-up1930

beer-mat1939

1720 N. Amhurst Poems Several Occasions 113 This hand a Cork-Scrue did contain, And that a Bottle of Champaign.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii^*. 274 The landlord's corkscrew was just introduced into the muzzle of a pint-bottle of claret.

1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants iii. 52 With their tentacles twisted about,..the longer ones like corkscrews.

b. Short for corkscrew curl, see Compounds 2.

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1839 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 5) xxix. 273 Loan me the two corkscrews then, mother, just to hang behind my spit curls.

1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 402/1 No small mincing..‘corkscrews’, but a goodly sized tress.

c. Short for corkscrew twill, see Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1887 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 12 295 The goods..belong to a class of wearing material known in the trade as ‘corkscrews’.

Compounds

C1.

corkscrew-like adj.

ΚΠ

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 443 The corkscrew-like antherozoid, which is coiled 12 or 13 times.

C2. attributive. Resembling a corkscrew; spirally twisted; esp. of curls or ringlets, and of staircases.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical

twine1551

snailing1615

spireda1625

involved1665

spiralled1665

screwlike1675

spiry1677

voluted1801

corkscrew1815

screwed1821

volute1839

spiriform1841

volutiform1843

spiring1871

corkscrewy1886

turbaned1924

spiralized1928

spiralizing1977

1815 N. Amer. Rev. 1 20 The innocent animated imitations of the Medicean Venus, with their thousand corkscrew ringlets.

?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 28 The splendid cork-skrew spire.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Their leaves have..a uniform spiral arrangement..so as to give the stem a sort of corkscrew appearance.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxii. 35 Hair..tortured into long corkscrew curls.

1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iii Little corkscrew ringlets.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 Up the corkscrew stair.

1887 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 12 289 In all goods of the class called ‘corkscrew twills’ the weft lies hidden inside, the surface on both sides being warp.

1938 C. Isherwood Lions & Shadows i. 34 Charabancs came tearing round the corkscrew corners.

C3.

corkscrew grass n. a kind of grass having a twisted seed with long awn.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > of unidentified or unspecified type

flags1577

wood-grass1597

orchard grass1764

tassel-grass1810

nit-grass1831

corkscrew grass1890

1890 Argus (Melbourne) 26 Sept. 13/5 To get the fleeces off before the grass seeds ripen, those of the corkscrew grass especially.

1898 Nature 27 Jan. 311 Spear or corkscrew-grass (Stipa setacea).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

corkscrewv.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːkskruː/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrkˌskru/

Etymology: < corkscrew n.

colloquial.

1. transitive. To cause to move or advance in a spiral course. Also (passive), to twist spirally.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in spiral

corkscrew1837

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > make spiral or helical

snail1605

convert1782

to screw up1827

corkscrew1837

spiralize1851

turbana1861

spiral1876

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiv. 380 Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxiv. 616 Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons..came flashing.

1872 Daily News 11 May 5/7 Herr Gerwig has corkscrewed his line round the Eisenberg.

1887 A. Jessopp in 19th Cent. Mar. 370 [The horses] have to be corkscrewed into our diminutive stables.

1896 Daily News 26 Sept. 5/3 The line itself had been completely swept away, and great sections crumpled and corkscrewed beyond hope of repair.

1898 Daily News 24 Aug. 2/1 The fancy grottos and rockeries would be swept into the sea if the stream was corkscrewed.

1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iii. 45 Thick mælstroms..with hideous twist, Corkscrewed by whirlwinds.

a. intransitive. To proceed in a spiral course.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in spirals

pirl1538

spire1607

curl1791

whorl1805

coil1816

spiral1835

spiralize1851

corkscrew1853

1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 117 An interminable..gallery..corkscrewing round and round the tower.

1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 225 A turnpike stair That corkscrewed up a round tower.

b. To become twisted.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (intransitive)] > twist spirally

retort1720

corkscrew1909

1909 Chambers's Jrnl. July 423/2 As in the case of the bayonets which ‘corkscrewed’ in the Soudan.

a. transitive. To draw out as with a corkscrew; to elicit by roundabout devices, or with effort.

ΚΠ

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 537 From what Small has dropped, and from what we have corkscrewed out of him.

b. intransitive. To work away at as with a corkscrew.

ΚΠ

1920 J. Gregory Man to Man iv Trying to pump me and corkscrewing away at dad when he was full of whisky.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	corkscrew
释义	corkscrewn. Brit. /ˈkɔːkskruː/, U.S. /ˈkɔrkˌskru/ Etymology: < cork n.¹ + screw n.¹ a. An instrument for drawing corks from bottles, consisting of a steel screw or helix with a sharp point and a transverse handle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for wine basketc950 faucet?a1400 claretc1440 tilter1630 simpulum1672 worm1681 valentia1688 screw1697 bottle screw1699 corkscrew1720 cyathus1768 toddy ladle1807 valinch1823 champagne fountain1835 wine-wagon1848 beer-tray1862 beer-pull1864 oenochoe1871 bottle opener1872 kovsh1884 toddy-lifter1894 set-up1930 beer-mat1939 1720 N. Amhurst Poems Several Occasions 113 This hand a Cork-Scrue did contain, And that a Bottle of Champaign. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii^. 274 The landlord's corkscrew was just introduced into the muzzle of a pint-bottle of claret. View more context for this quotation 1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants* iii. 52 With their tentacles twisted about,..the longer ones like corkscrews. b. Short for corkscrew curl, see Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1839 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 5) xxix. 273 Loan me the two corkscrews then, mother, just to hang behind my spit curls. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 402/1 No small mincing..‘corkscrews’, but a goodly sized tress. c. Short for corkscrew twill, see Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1887 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 12 295 The goods..belong to a class of wearing material known in the trade as ‘corkscrews’. Compounds C1. corkscrew-like adj. ΚΠ 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 443 The corkscrew-like antherozoid, which is coiled 12 or 13 times. C2. attributive. Resembling a corkscrew; spirally twisted; esp. of curls or ringlets, and of staircases. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > spiral or helical twine1551 snailing1615 spireda1625 involved1665 spiralled1665 screwlike1675 spiry1677 voluted1801 corkscrew1815 screwed1821 volute1839 spiriform1841 volutiform1843 spiring1871 corkscrewy1886 turbaned1924 spiralized1928 spiralizing1977 1815 N. Amer. Rev. 1 20 The innocent animated imitations of the Medicean Venus, with their thousand corkscrew ringlets. ?a1828 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Continent in Jrnls. (1941) II. 28 The splendid cork-skrew spire. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 Their leaves have..a uniform spiral arrangement..so as to give the stem a sort of corkscrew appearance. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxii. 35 Hair..tortured into long corkscrew curls. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iii Little corkscrew ringlets. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 51 Up the corkscrew stair. 1887 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 12 289 In all goods of the class called ‘corkscrew twills’ the weft lies hidden inside, the surface on both sides being warp. 1938 C. Isherwood Lions & Shadows i. 34 Charabancs came tearing round the corkscrew corners. C3. corkscrew grass n. a kind of grass having a twisted seed with long awn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > of unidentified or unspecified type flags1577 wood-grass1597 orchard grass1764 tassel-grass1810 nit-grass1831 corkscrew grass1890 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 26 Sept. 13/5 To get the fleeces off before the grass seeds ripen, those of the corkscrew grass especially. 1898 Nature 27 Jan. 311 Spear or corkscrew-grass (Stipa setacea). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). corkscrewv. Brit. /ˈkɔːkskruː/, U.S. /ˈkɔrkˌskru/ Etymology: < corkscrew n. colloquial. 1. transitive. To cause to move or advance in a spiral course. Also (passive), to twist spirally. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in spiral corkscrew1837 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > make spiral or helical snail1605 convert1782 to screw up1827 corkscrew1837 spiralize1851 turbana1861 spiral1876 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxiv. 380 Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxiv. 616 Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons..came flashing. 1872 Daily News 11 May 5/7 Herr Gerwig has corkscrewed his line round the Eisenberg. 1887 A. Jessopp in 19th Cent. Mar. 370 [The horses] have to be corkscrewed into our diminutive stables. 1896 Daily News 26 Sept. 5/3 The line itself had been completely swept away, and great sections crumpled and corkscrewed beyond hope of repair. 1898 Daily News 24 Aug. 2/1 The fancy grottos and rockeries would be swept into the sea if the stream was corkscrewed. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iii. 45 Thick mælstroms..with hideous twist, Corkscrewed by whirlwinds. 2. a. intransitive. To proceed in a spiral course. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > move in a circle or curve [verb (intransitive)] > move in spirals pirl1538 spire1607 curl1791 whorl1805 coil1816 spiral1835 spiralize1851 corkscrew1853 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 117 An interminable..gallery..corkscrewing round and round the tower. 1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 225 A turnpike stair That corkscrewed up a round tower. b. To become twisted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (intransitive)] > twist spirally retort1720 corkscrew1909 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. July 423/2 As in the case of the bayonets which ‘corkscrewed’ in the Soudan. 3. a. transitive. To draw out as with a corkscrew; to elicit by roundabout devices, or with effort. ΚΠ 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxiv. 537 From what Small has dropped, and from what we have corkscrewed out of him. b. intransitive. To work away at as with a corkscrew. ΚΠ 1920 J. Gregory Man to Man iv Trying to pump me and corkscrewing away at dad when he was full of whisky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1720v.1837
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