单词 | dee |
释义 | deen. 1. Applied to a D-shaped iron or steel loop used for connecting parts of harness, or for fastening articles to the saddle: cf. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others Bc1000 Dc1000 ellc1000 Fc1000 Sc1000 yogha1300 Pa1398 ess1540 tee1610 alif1727 cue1755 em1793 en1793 dee1795 double U1841 edh1846 wye1857 vee1883 gee1926 nut1940 kay1959 at sign1977 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > rings or loops ringle1419 torret1429 button?1561 French buckle1691 bridge1795 dee1795 handpiece1840 pirn1846 thill-tug1859 Irish martingale1874 pipe-loop1875 kidney-link1883 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 165 The Collar Dees, are iron rings in the form of a D. sewed in the front of the collar, for the pole pieces to loop through; there are various other dees used about some harness, but of a small size. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 164 The pommel was also furnished with strong iron dees driven firmly into the woodwork. 1884 W. Westall in Contemp. Rev. July 69 The cheeks are furnished with ‘dees’ for holding bridle and curb chain. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dee, an iron shaped like letter D. Such an iron is used in cart-harness to connect the leather of the breeching with the chains. 2. Slang abbreviation of detective n. Cf. D. n. at Initialisms 3a. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective plant1812 plain clothes1822 detective1850 plainclothesman1856 mouser1863 D.1869 sleuth1872 tec1879 dee1882 demon1889 sleuth-hound1890 split1891 fink1903 hawkshaw1903 busy1904 dick1905 gumshoe1913 Richard1914 shamus1925 cozzer1950 Five-O1983 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 3/2 Dee (D.), a detective policeman. 1894 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (1895) 339/2 Look sharp! the dees are about. 1943 Penguin New Writing 18 72 Occasionally I'd see people we passed who'd pick them for dees. 1949 E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career 127 You've got to look out, if the dees come. 3. Either of the two hollow, D-shaped electrodes used to accelerate particles in a cyclotron. Π 1936 Lawrence & Cooksey in Physical Rev. 50 1131/2 The accelerating electrodes..are called duants, or dees. 1966 New Scientist 24 Nov. 464/1 In the traditional type of cyclotron, the particles are accelerated by being driven electrostatically from one to another of a pair of matched semicircular devices called dees. Compounds dee-lock n. (see quot. 1888). Π 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Dee-lock, a very common, cheap kind of padlock, used for gates, etc. It is a simple piece of iron in the shape of letter D, having a joint at one angle and a screw working in a short pipe at the other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). deev.adj. A. v. = damn v. 6; usually in past participle deed (also deedeed) = d——d, damned. ΚΠ a1845 R. H. Barham Poplar in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 351 We'll be Deed if it is n't an O! 1859 C. Reade Love me Little iii. 25 Your three graces are three deed fools. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 61 A satirist..whose works were long ago dead and (I fear) deedeed to boot. B. adj. = damned adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1889 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) 212 Dee fool. It's different in Upper Burma, where you get command and travelling allowances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1795v.adj.a1845 |
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