单词 | facture |
释义 | facturen. 1. a. The manner or style in which a thing is made; the materials with which a thing is made; workmanship. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction building1297 performinga1425 facturec1425 constructionc1440 construingc1440 making-upa1525 compoundingc1529 composition1555 frame1558 compacting1561 composing1574 architecture1590 composure1609 fabric1611 compiling1624 compagination1646 confection1652 composal1700 constitutinga1713 constructure1712 constructing1788 confecting1863 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] > style or manner of makea1325 workinga1382 Paris work1423 facturec1425 opificec1616 technica1782 technique1883 technic1905 c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 15883 (MED) A tombe..Off riche werk, of fair facture. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 133 Vulcane..whom Fame giues the Prise, For Depth, & Facture, of al Fordge deuise. 1815 J. N. Taylor tr. Sketch Geogr., Polit. Econ. & Statistics of France 105 France has nothing to desire, either as to the quality or facture of the silk. 1837 A. E. Bray Trelawny of Trelawne III. xlv. 265 They stole the figure of a Scotsman.., and put a gilt paper crown on its head, surmounted by a triple crown of like facture. 1855 Musical World 7 July 116/2 The ideas are natural and quite his own,..whilst the facture is throughout that of a master. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 73 I thought not all the goldsmiths on earth had so much gold, silver, jewels, and craft of design and facture. 1883 Sat. Rev. 24 Nov. 667 The facture [of a literary work] of Mr. Lewis Morris..has been generally creditable. 1988 M. Yorke Spirit of Place i. 39 A literary, fantastical, decorative Romanticism in which facture was subordinated to subject matter. 2011 in R. Bird et al. Vision & Communism 22 The mismatch between their [sc. posters'] relatively simple facture (wood and paint and paper) and the technological now-ness of their subjects. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > shape or form hue971 shapea1300 featurec1325 appearancec1385 portraiturec1450 facturec1460 idol1584 stampa1586 apparition1610 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 247 His [MS He] sone..was ful abill To Armes..and persone covenabill; He was of al factur, aftir fourm of kynde. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) l (MED) In hir was youth, beautee,..and womanly facture. c. spec. Painting. The quality of the execution of a picture, especially of its surface. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > a painting > quality of execution facture1883 1883 H. Bacon Parisian Art & Artists xi. 218 Although the painting..was composed from sketches made in his native land, and the types of the peasants undoubtedly of Finland, the facture was Parisian. 1936 H. Read Surrealism 63 Dali's neat, tight Vermeerish facture has its aesthetic as well as Picasso's bold, plangent, viscous brushwork. 1961 Times 21 Mar. 16/5 He knows exactly what makes the facture of a French picture interesting. 2002 Daily Tel. 20 Feb. 22/1 There are no brushstrokes, no ‘facture’ or evidence of the artist's handling of the paint. a. The result of an action or process of making; spec. a person or thing created by God; a creation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > that which is created creaturec1300 making1340 feature1483 facturea1500 sublunar1613 sublunary1625 subcelestial1652 a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 464 Lord..We ben thy wark, we bene thy oone facture. 1631 J. Mayer Comm. N.T. II. 359 [Ephes. 2:10] For wee are his facture created in Christ Iesus unto good workes. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. St. Athanasius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 607 The Son is no Creature or Facture or any of the Things Made, but the Genuine Off-spring of the Essence or Substance of the Father. b. A manufactured object. Obsolete. rare.Recorded only in a document signed, and presumably written, by native speakers of French. ΚΠ 1700 Council Minutes Nov. in R. A. Brock Documents Huguenot Emigration to Virginia (1886) 51 Ye Minister De Joux..be ordered to give and deliver ye accounts, 'factures and goods intrusted unto him and sent to us to sell. 3. The action or process of making or creating. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [noun] makinglOE workinga1382 forge1390 fashion1463 facture1574 workmanship1578 fabrication1602 manufaction1602 opificec1616 manufacture1622 makec1631 manufactorya1641 manufact1647 manufacturage1665 manufacturing1669 production1767 mfg.1854 artificing1866 process work1881 machine-production1898 metal-bending1964 1574 J. Baret Aluearie M 46 The facture or making of a thing. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1v The facture or framing of the inward parts. View more context for this quotation 1661 A. Cowley Proposition Advancem. Exper. Philos. ii Professors Resident shall be bound to study and teach..the Facture of all Merchandizes. 1671 E. Maynwaring Praxis Medicorum 15 There is no other way of progress..but this of preparation and manual facture. 1815 J. N. Taylor tr. Sketch Geogr., Polit. Econ. & Statistics of France 86 The most ingenious purpose.., in which the scales of fishes can be employed, is in the facture of false pearls. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. viii. 21 There's one manufacture that might stump all Europe to produce the like. What's that? says I... Why, says he, the facture of wooden nutmegs. 1888 J. M. Whistler in Sat. Rev. 26 May 821 A new class who discovered the cheap, and foresaw fortune in the facture of the sham. 1943 Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 4 Dec. 6/7 ‘He [sc. Bernard Hermann] made his début when only twenty years old,’ she writes, ‘conducting a ballet of his own facture.’ 1983 R. F. Thompson Flash of Spirit (1984) iv. 217 Djuka aséesenti of the late nineteenth century, and coastal black patchwork textiles..of even earlier facture. 4. An invoice or bill. Chiefly with reference to France. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > invoice or bill bill1420 invoice1560 factory1615 invoy1617 facture1668 Williamc1859 check1868 price tab1886 tag1968 1668 in Cal. State Papers Ireland 1666–9 (1908) 614 In the within facture or invoice. 1750 Gen. Advertiser 19 Oct. Such Ships..should submit..to the last Regulations which had been settled and adjusted in regard to the Passports, Factures, and Letters of Mart, whereof they were actually possessed. 1756 J. Mac Donnell Let. 25 Mar. in Louvain Papers, 1606–1827 (Irish MSS. Comm.) (1968) 448 There remains in my custody seven hundred livres which I intend..to send you by next post with the facture or invoice of the person mentioned in my last to you. 1854 Househ. Words 26 Aug. 40/2 A facture, or invoice, in which Lord Piccolo..was debited to Vicesimo Mercantori, Pharmacien-Droguiste, in the sum of three hundred francs. 1935 P. R. Jessup et al. Neutrality I. vi. 172 The facture, or invoice,..should contain a description of the goods on board with the name of the one to whom they ‘vont et appartiennent’, the name of the master of the ship,..and other details of the contract of carriage. Derivatives ˈfacturewise adv. rare ΚΠ 1971 Listener 25 Feb. 254/3 Warhol's method depends..on misregistration and over~inking and (art facture-wise) smudging, lopping, blotching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : -facturecomb. form < n.c1425 see also |
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