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单词 fearnought
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fearnoughtn.

/ˈfɪənɔːt/
Etymology: < phrase: fear v. (in imperative) + nought pron., n., adv., and adj.
1. A stout kind of woollen cloth, used chiefly on board ship in the form of outside clothing in the most inclement weather, also as a protective covering or lining for the outside door of a powder magazine, the portholes, etc. Cf. dreadnought n. 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > woollen cloth used as covering
fearnought1769
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > fearnought
fearnothing1725
fearnought1769
shepherd's velvet1791
shepherd's cloth1794
dreadnought1797
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. iii. 40 A Magellanic jacket..made of a thick woollen-stuff, called Fearnought.
1794 Sporting Mag. 3 193 The wadding..is made of..fearnaught or shepherd's cloth.
1836 J. Ross Narr. 2nd Voy. viii. 110 A skreen lined with fearnought.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 210 A wooden plug covered with fearnought.
attributive.1769 J. Cook Jrnl. 6 Jan. (1955) I. 39 Gave to each of the People a Fearnought Jacket and a pair of Trowsers.1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 77 A ragged fear-naught great~coat.1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 96 It is passed through fearnought shoots.
2. dialect. (See quot. 1883.)
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1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Fearnought, a machine for mixing wool, shoddy, and mungo before putting upon the condenser.
3. A drink to keep up the spirits.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > fortifying or reviving
hair of the dog that bit you1546
eye-opener1818
bracer1829
livener1870
corpse reviver1871
reviver1876
screw1877
fearnought1880
pickup1881
stiffener1928
warmer-upper1960
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. x. 231 This is the fear~naught of the tentmen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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