单词 | hidebound |
释义 | hideboundadj.n. A. adj. I. Senses relating to tightly clinging skin, and hence to restricted scope. 1. Of cattle: Having the skin clinging closely to the back and ribs so that it cannot be loosened or raised with the fingers, as a result of bad feeding and consequent emaciation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > hidebound clung1559 hidebound1559 clunged1611 1559 [see sense B.]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xl. 415 Their horses, no other than lame jades and poor hide-bound hildings. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune v. i. 57 I had rather my Ox should graze in a Field of my own, than live hide-bound upon the Common. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlvi. 244 A hide-bound bull is going to be killed. 2. Of human beings: Having the skin tight and incapable of extension. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > tight hidebound1599 skin-bound1784 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered v. 17 An Archilochus leane and hidebound with hart-fretting enuie. 1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Divine Poems (1717) 196 My bones are hide-bound. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lii. 209 This did not make me..Hide-bound and Costive. 1895 W. Wright Palmyra & Zenobia iii. 21 They [the children] had not the hide-bound, hunger-pinched appearance of the children of Yabroud. 3. Of trees, etc.: Having the bark so closely adherent and unyielding as to impede growth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > hidebound bark-bound1623 hidebound1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §545 If Trees be Hide-bound, they wax lesse Fruitfull, and gather Mosse. 1727 A. Pope Macer 134 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Like stunted hide-bound Trees, that just have got Sufficient Sap, at once to bear and rot. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 27 No part of it appears stunted or hidebound. 4. a. transferred and figurative. Of persons, their minds, etc.: Restricted in view or scope; narrow; cramped; hence, bigoted, obstinately set in opinion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [adjective] hidebound1603 bigot1623 bigotish1652 bigoted1660 bigoticala1670 bigotic1678 intolerating1711 intolerant1765 chauvinist1877 redneck1938 chauvinistic1975 shut-minded1977 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective] retrograde?1518 hidebound1603 tradition-bound1660 tradition-loving1660 tradition-ridden1660 mumpsimus1680 stickfast1803 arriéré1814 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactive1836 reactionary1847 reactionist1848 misoneistic1891 red-necked1896 Blimpian1935 blimpish1938 redneck1938 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L3v [To] intrinsicate into the maior of the matter, with such hide-bound reasons. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 To blot or alter what precisely accords not with the hidebound humor which he calls his judgement. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 2 And still the Harsher, and Hide-bounder The Damsels prove, become the Fonder. 1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 27 No narrow hide-bound mind that can only love and seek its own self. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde iii. 31 An excellent fellow..but a hide-bound pedant for all that. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. iv. 75 The neighbours praysen Villio's hide-bound sonne. 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie iii. sig. F3v Ther's nothing in that hide-bound Vsurer. 1683 H. Hare Situation of Paradise 73 Cares and sleepless nights tormented with continual lashings a hidebound miser. II. Bound in hide. 5. Having an edging or binding of hide. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [adjective] > edged or bound with hidebound1858 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar xii. 336 The hard-wooded and hide-bound shields of the attacking party afforded no protection. The diseases affecting cattle and trees, described above in senses A. 1, A. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > close-clinging skin or emaciation hidebound1559 hidebinding1748 clingc1800 the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > trees wind-shake1545 file1600 joint-ache1601 wind-shock1664 measles1674 hidebound1678 carcinoma1832 knot1845 cup-defect1875 cup-shake1875 beech disease1905 1559 T. Cooper Thesaurus Coriago, the sickenesse of cattall when they are clounge, that their skynnes dooe cleve fast to their bodies, hyde bounde. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 78 Oxen are also much troubled with a disease called the hide-bound. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. vi. 132 It causeth also Hide bound, Feavers, Head-aches [etc.]. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Hide-bound..is a disease whereunto Trees..by the cleaving of the Bark, are subject. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Hide-Bound, a Disease in Horses, when the Skin sticks so fast to their Backs and Ribs, that you cannot pull it from the Flesh with your Hands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1559 |
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