单词 | flemish |
释义 | Flemishadj. 1. a. Of or belonging to Flanders or its inhabitants. For Flemish ell, rider: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [adjective] > Flanders Flandrishc1405 Flemish1488 Flandrian1637 Flandrican1800 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 79 Item, fyftene Flemis ridaris. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 A piece of flemmishe mony called an Englyshe. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) i. iii. 33 The best Stallion to beget horses for the Coach is the Flemish. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 The best sort of these are brought from Holland..and are called Flemmish Pan-Tiles. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 256 Alexander duke of Parma, who signalized himself in the Flemish wars. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace vii. 99 The old Flemish laces are of great beauty. b. absol. The Flemish language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > Flemish Flemish1728 Flamingant1921 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Flemish is the Language used throughout all the Low Countries. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 85 Flemish or South Dutch. 2. Resembling a Fleming in habits and behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [adjective] > Flanders > resembling Flemisha1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 22 This Flemish drunkard. View more context for this quotation Compounds Flemish account n. an unsatisfactory account, one showing a deficit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts calends of exchangec1374 scorea1400 pipe1455 mensalc1475 profit and loss1553 stock1588 bank account1671 lump-account1699 revenue account1703 profit and loss account1721 sundry1736 drawing account1737 stock account?1768 private account1772 trading account1780 Flemish account1785 capital account1813 embankment1813 cost account1817 cash-credit1832 current account1846 savings account1850 deposit account1851 suspense account1869 control account1908 checking account1923 ghost account1933 numbered account1963 budget account1969 ISA1975 MSA1993 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Flemish account, a losing or bad account. 1790 W. Herbert Typogr. Antiq. III. 1773 I am very much afraid my kind friend received but a Flemish account of his Caxtons. Flemish bond n. (see bond n.1 13). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > bond > types of toothing1672 Flemish bond1774 heart-bond1819 English bond1825 block bond1864 cross-bond1876 raking bond1876 1774 in Archæol. (1777) IV. 106 The Flemish bond..is the strongest as well as the oldest regular bond used in building. 1890 A. Rimmer Summer Rambles Manch. 35 Red ‘Dutch’ bricks in ‘Flemish bond’. Flemish brick n. (see quot. 1842). ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Flemish Bricks, a neat, strong kind of Brick, of yellowish Colour, brought from Flanders. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 973 Flemish Bricks, a species of bricks used for paving..they were originally imported from Flanders, are of a yellowish colour, and harder than common bricks. Flemish coil n. (see coil n.3 1). ΚΠ 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 106 This is called a Flemish coil. Flemish-coil v. to lay up (a rope) in a Flemish coil. ΚΠ 1878 W. C. Russell Wreck of Grosvenor (1889) ii. 11 Ordinary seamen, whom he had set to work to flemish-coil the ropes along the deck. Flemish eye n. Nautical (see quot. 1867). ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 134 The knots, Flemish eyes, splices. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Flemish eye, a kind of eye-splice in which the ends are scraped down, tapered, passed oppositely, marled, and served over with spun yarn. Flemish fake n. Nautical (see quot.). ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Flemish Fake, a method of coiling a rope that runs freely when let go..Each bend is slipped under the last, and the whole rendered flat and solid to walk on. Flemish horse n. Nautical a foot-rope at the yardarms of topsail yards. ΚΠ 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 105 Flemish-horse. Flemish point n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 210/1 Flemish Point. A Guipure Lace, also known as Point de Brabant. Flemish stitch n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 210/1 Flemish Stitch. One of the Fillings in Honiton Lace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flemishv.1 Nautical. 1. transitive. To coil or lay up (a rope) in a Flemish coil (see Flemish coil n. at Flemish adj. Compounds). Also to flemish down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > specific rope > in specific manner flemish1832 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 138 The ropes [had been] flemished down on deck. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 2. (See quot. 1867.) ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Flemishing, a forcing or scoring of the planks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flemishv.2 intransitive. Of a hound: To make a quivering movement with the tail and body, while searching for the trail; to feather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [verb (intransitive)] > hunt in particular way to give the hare a turn1575 to run mute1677 flemish1857 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. viii. 270 I thought they beauties starns weren't flemishing for nowt. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. viii. 273 The hounds have overrun the scent, and are back again, flemishing about the plashed fence on the river brink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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