handstaffn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)stɑːf/,

/ˈhan(d)staf/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌstæf/

Forms: see hand n. and staff n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., staff n.¹

Etymology: < hand n. + staff n.¹In quot. 1611 at sense 1 rendering Hebrew maqqēl yāḏ ( < maqqēl rod, staff + yāḏ hand), variously rendered in recent English translations of the Bible by club n., javelin n., ‘hand-pike’, etc.

1. A stick, pole, or club used as a weapon; = staff n.¹ 4a. Also: a long stick carried in the hand as an aid to walking; = staff n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick

staffc725

yardc1000

bat?c1225

rodc1300

handstaffa1425

walking staffc1450

sceptre1526

walking stick1580

stick1620

nibbie1812

baton1860

waddy1974

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > pole or staff

roodOE

staffc1000

reppleOE

slot-staff1561

long-staff1595

bone-baster1600

handstaff1611

ballowa1616

watch pole1712

coup-stick1876

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 51 Porticulus, a lytel hond staffe or betul.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxxix. 9 They..shall..burne the weapons..the bowes and the arrowes, and the handstaues [margin. iauelins, c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. stafs of hond] and the speares.

1791 Parl. Reg. Ireland XI. 271 His [sc. the watchman's] only appointments are, a lantern, a rattle and a handstaff, four feet and a half long.

1792 Bee 31 Oct. 324 He saw a viper among the heath, which he struck with his hand staff.

1832 Royal Lady's Mag. May 231/2 The Douglass snatched up his hand-staff, and hurried down the stair.

1859 tr. E. Swedenborg Apocalypse Explained V. 284 A hand-staff and spear sig[nify] self-derived power and confidence.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 59 Hoastin' on their haund-staffs, And crynin' wi' the cauld.

1921 A. Waley Nō Plays of Japan 62 There is nothing on the wall but a great pike,—no handstaff,..and other weapons of war are nailed up.

1939 S. L. Gwynn H. Grattan & his Times xv. 248 The Dublin police..were now a force armed with musket and bayonet instead of as formerly with a handstaff and long ‘catchpoll’.

1994 S. Campbell Exotic Weapons of Ninja (1999) vi. 57 Many unique ways of twirling, spinning, manipulating the handstaff, and controlling the length-to-weight ratio were learned.

2. A long wooden handle; spec. that part of a threshing flail by which it is held. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > of other shapes

handstaff1440

brace1592

potent1688

crutch1831

grip-lug1891

baluster handle1956

pistol grip1972

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 165 Fleyl staffe, or honde staffe.

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 594/47 Manutercium, an handstaf. Item, an handele.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1636/1 There were deuised certaine plummets of Leade tied with cordes to a truncheon of a staffe, lyke to an hande staffe of a flayle.

1608 in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VI. 744 In the which demonstrations, the midd couple will never hold fast the souple to the handstaffe.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 333/1 The Caplings [of a flail]..are the strong double Leathers made fast to the top of the Hand-staff.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 55 With the Help of the Hand-staff, and one Hand, he turns the Flooring, leaving that Straw with its Ears uppermost, that before lay undermost.

1797 Evangelical Mag. Feb. 47 He resigned the hand-staff, the flail, and other implements of husbandry, for the pen.

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 161 By means of the reciprocating motion of a lever to which [in bellows] the racket or handstaff is attached.

1862 P. L. Simmonds Waste Products 398 Eel skins are used..to form the thongs connecting the swiple and hand-staff of the thrashing-flail.

1902 Irish Monthly May 275 The handstaff of a flail, she handed to an enormous half-witted fellow.

1940 C. H. Warren Corn Country ii. 57 The handstaff..might last a lifetime.

1997 P. D. McClelland Sowing Modernity viii. 165 To a long wooden handle (or ‘handstaff’) was joined a shorter wooden beater (‘swingel’ or ‘fringel’) by some combination of thong plus swivel so the beater could rotate through 360 degrees.

†3. A constellation (not identified: perhaps the sword of the constellation Orion). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Orion > Orion's sword

handstaff1513

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 154 The son, the sevin sternis, and the Charll wane, The elwand, the elementis, and Arthuris hufe, The horne and the hand staff.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 419 Be the..Charlewaine, Be the hornes, the handstaff, and the king's ell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handstaff
释义	handstaffn. Brit. /ˈhan(d)stɑːf/, /ˈhan(d)staf/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌstæf/ Forms: see hand n. and staff n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., staff n.¹ Etymology: < hand n. + staff n.¹In quot. 1611 at sense 1 rendering Hebrew maqqēl yāḏ ( < maqqēl rod, staff + yāḏ hand), variously rendered in recent English translations of the Bible by club n., javelin n., ‘hand-pike’, etc. 1. A stick, pole, or club used as a weapon; = staff n.¹ 4a. Also: a long stick carried in the hand as an aid to walking; = staff n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick staffc725 yardc1000 bat?c1225 rodc1300 handstaffa1425 walking staffc1450 sceptre1526 walking stick1580 stick1620 nibbie1812 baton1860 waddy1974 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > pole or staff roodOE staffc1000 reppleOE slot-staff1561 long-staff1595 bone-baster1600 handstaff1611 ballowa1616 watch pole1712 coup-stick1876 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 51 Porticulus, a lytel hond staffe or betul. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxxix. 9 They..shall..burne the weapons..the bowes and the arrowes, and the handstaues [margin. iauelins, c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. stafs of hond] and the speares. View more context for this quotation 1791 Parl. Reg. Ireland XI. 271 His [sc. the watchman's] only appointments are, a lantern, a rattle and a handstaff, four feet and a half long. 1792 Bee 31 Oct. 324 He saw a viper among the heath, which he struck with his hand staff. 1832 Royal Lady's Mag. May 231/2 The Douglass snatched up his hand-staff, and hurried down the stair. 1859 tr. E. Swedenborg Apocalypse Explained V. 284 A hand-staff and spear sig[nify] self-derived power and confidence. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 59 Hoastin' on their haund-staffs, And crynin' wi' the cauld. 1921 A. Waley Nō Plays of Japan 62 There is nothing on the wall but a great pike,—no handstaff,..and other weapons of war are nailed up. 1939 S. L. Gwynn H. Grattan & his Times xv. 248 The Dublin police..were now a force armed with musket and bayonet instead of as formerly with a handstaff and long ‘catchpoll’. 1994 S. Campbell Exotic Weapons of Ninja (1999) vi. 57 Many unique ways of twirling, spinning, manipulating the handstaff, and controlling the length-to-weight ratio were learned. 2. A long wooden handle; spec. that part of a threshing flail by which it is held. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > of other shapes handstaff1440 brace1592 potent1688 crutch1831 grip-lug1891 baluster handle1956 pistol grip1972 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 165 Fleyl staffe, or honde staffe. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 594/47 Manutercium, an handstaf. Item, an handele. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1636/1 There were deuised certaine plummets of Leade tied with cordes to a truncheon of a staffe, lyke to an hande staffe of a flayle. 1608 in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VI. 744 In the which demonstrations, the midd couple will never hold fast the souple to the handstaffe. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 333/1 The Caplings [of a flail]..are the strong double Leathers made fast to the top of the Hand-staff. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 55 With the Help of the Hand-staff, and one Hand, he turns the Flooring, leaving that Straw with its Ears uppermost, that before lay undermost. 1797 Evangelical Mag. Feb. 47 He resigned the hand-staff, the flail, and other implements of husbandry, for the pen. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 161 By means of the reciprocating motion of a lever to which [in bellows] the racket or handstaff is attached. 1862 P. L. Simmonds Waste Products 398 Eel skins are used..to form the thongs connecting the swiple and hand-staff of the thrashing-flail. 1902 Irish Monthly May 275 The handstaff of a flail, she handed to an enormous half-witted fellow. 1940 C. H. Warren Corn Country ii. 57 The handstaff..might last a lifetime. 1997 P. D. McClelland Sowing Modernity viii. 165 To a long wooden handle (or ‘handstaff’) was joined a shorter wooden beater (‘swingel’ or ‘fringel’) by some combination of thong plus swivel so the beater could rotate through 360 degrees. †3. A constellation (not identified: perhaps the sword of the constellation Orion). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Orion > Orion's sword handstaff1513 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 154 The son, the sevin sternis, and the Charll wane, The elwand, the elementis, and Arthuris hufe, The horne and the hand staff. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 419 Be the..Charlewaine, Be the hornes, the handstaff, and the king's ell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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