单词 | fitch |
释义 | fitchn.1 1. = fitchew n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish tachec1330 vicec1386 flakec1400 plotc1400 offencec1425 defectc1450 disconformity1505 defection1526 blemish1535 fitch1550 blot1578 flaw1604 tainta1616 mulct1632 smitch1638 scarring1816 out1886 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela putorius (polecat) polecat1320 foumartc1400 fitchew1418 fethok1424 martretc1450 boussyng1481 flewen1494 fitchet1535 fitch1550 fitchock1616 thummart1696 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > typical examples of little fingerc1300 pear1340 hair1377 flea1388 a pin's head (also point)c1450 fitch1550 mouse1584 minnow1596 the pestle of a lark1598 nutshella1616 pinhead1662 pinpoint1670 rope yarn1751 bee's knee1797 peanut1864 postage stamp1881 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Lv We haue Marterns..Otters, Fitches, Squerelles..with other kyndes of Furres. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 219 They say they stinke like an Iltis, that is a fitch or Poul-cat. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 49 Fitch..The part of use taken from them is the skinne. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Fitch, a Polecat. 2. The fur or hair of a polecat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of polecat or weasel fitchewc1394 foinc1394 fitch1502 Manchurian ermine1957 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela putorius (polecat) > fur of fitchewc1394 fitch1502 1502 Will of Sowerby (Somerset Ho.) [Furred with] fyȝches. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Fitch, the furre of the Polecat. 1879 M. M. Backus in Encycl. Brit. IX. 838/1 Fitch Size about that of the American mink. 1884 J. C. Staples in Girl's Own Paper 8 Mar. 354/3 Some [brushes] are made of sable, fitch, and other hairs. 3. A brush made of the hair of a fitchew or polecat; also, a small brush made of hog's hair. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of pencila1350 calaber pencil1583 washing-brush1585 softener1756 hair-pencil1763 camel('s) hair pencil1771 pound brush1780 dabberc1790 varnishing brush1825 writer1825 red sable1859 sweetener1859 varnish brush1859 fitch1873 sable-brush1873 wash-brush1873 Poona brush1875 hake1882 rigger1883 airbrush1884 liner1886 sable1891 stippler1891 aerograph1898 mop brush1904 filbert brush1950 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 106 The smallest hog~hair brushes are called fitches. 4. attributive, as fitch-brush, fitch-hair. ΚΠ 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 114 Can you describe it? No, not if pens were fitch-brushes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fitchn.2 In basket-making, a kind of plait in which two canes or osiers are twisted together in the same direction so as to enclose a crossing weft at each half-turn. Also (more fully fitch-rod), one of the canes so used. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > fitch fitch1907 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > fitch > part of fitch-rod1953 1907 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Jan. 190/2 The strokes chiefly used are termed: a slew when two or more rods are woven in together.., a fitch when two are woven alternately one under the other. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 482/2 The ‘fitch’..employed for skeleton work such as cages and waste-paper baskets. 1912 Rep. Cambr. Anthropol. Exped. Torres Straits IV. 64. 1953 A. G. Knock Willow Basket-work (ed. 5) 21 The size of the fitch rods is generally a little smaller than that of the stakes. Derivatives fitch v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > basket-making > processes involved in upset1875 slew1902 fitch1907 slype1910 by-stake1912 rib-rand1959 1907 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Jan. 190/2 Some fitched basket chairs..are nearly 3,000 years old. 1953 A. G. Knock Willow Basket-work (ed. 5) 21 When a round of fitching is completed, the remainder of the two rods may be worked out as a pair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fitchv.1 Scottish and northern dialect. 1. intransitive. ‘To move by slow succussations from one place to another’ (Jamieson). Cf. fidge v. ΚΠ 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. viii. 35 They are so nettled therewith, that they fitch hither and thither. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 63 A speakin' Pack's owre learnt for me, Or ane that steers an' fitches. 2. a. transitive. ‘To move any thing a little way from its former place’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Fitch that flake—remove that hurdle. b. ‘To lift and lay down again, to touch a thing frequently’ (Jamieson); = fidge v. ΚΠ 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 99 This John [Simple] was ordinarily called Fitch-cape and Claw-poll, because in the time of Preaching or Praying he used to claw his Head, and rub his Callet.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11502n.21907v.11637 |
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