单词 | inky |
释义 | inkyn. colloquial. An incandescent lamp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > incandescent lamp glow-lamp1884 glow-light1891 incandescent1908 inky1929 1929 Photoplay Apr. 31/2 Inkys, incandescent lights, the silent lights used for talking pictures in contrast to the old noisy arc lights. 1936 C. B. DeMille in Words Oct. 6/2 An incandescent lamp is an ‘inkie’. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 103/2 Inkie or Inkie-Dinkie, a small incandescent lighting unit used for local lighting. 1970 T.V. Times (Austral.) 1 Apr. 8/3 Put a Ted Lewis on the Inky Dinky—insert a little, dented, pipe-like piece of tin in front of the small incandescent spot light to diffuse the beam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). inkyadj. 1. Of or pertaining to ink; written with ink; using ink; literary. †inky divinity n. cf. inken adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [adjective] inkya1586 inken1600 atramentary1613 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I3v Ouer-mastred by some thoughts, I yeelded an inckie tribute vnto them. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 64 England..is now bound in with shame, With inkie [1623 Inky] blots, and rotten parchment bonds. View more context for this quotation 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 537 The Scripture read or preached is a dead Letter, Inkie Diuinity. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. ii. 185 He will see Heaven, Earth, Sun..in those Inky Delineations. 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 163 I enlisted with a special pleader, and fought manfully under his inky banners. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells vii You haven't been brought up in libraries and inky dens all your life. 2. Abounding with ink, full of ink. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > of sepiacea > full of ink inky1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 Th' inkie Cuttles, and the Many-feet. 3. As black as ink; extremely black or dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as ink inky1593 sepian1631 atramental1646 atramentous1646 chalcanthous1646 atramentitious1650 inkish1670 atramentaceous1713 atramentarious1717 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27 The Moone had..a blacke inckie hood embayling her bright head. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 47 Your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 131. ⁋9 He took up a little Cruit that was filled with a kind of Inky Juice. 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 169 Eternal foe of inky Night. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The largest river in the world takes its most remote origin..in a little inky tarn. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 337 Cautiously probing..the inky, oozy depths in front of him. 4. Of taste, etc.: Resembling that of ink. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable unsweetc1440 boisterous1483 untasty1566 untoothsome1576 twice sod1601 coarse1607 irrelishable1608 asper1626 insuave1657 untoward1662 physicala1665 asperous1670 unpalatable1682 woolly1687 inelegant1708 smoked1761 impalatable1782 brassy1789 soddena1800 metallic1800 inky1805 unsweetened1817 weedy1851 tinny1873 tangy1875 raw1881 unappetizing1884 twangy1887 stavy1888 toasty1890 soapy1892 stewy1895 gloppy1976 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 325 It has a strong astringent and inky taste. 5. Stained with ink. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > by ink inky1727 be-inked1853 ink-stained1857 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inky, blotted with ink. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 199 One of the gentlemen, in a brown coat and brass buttons, inky drabs, and bluchers. 1894 H. Caine Manxman v. ii. 285 The fingers of his right hand were then inky up to the first joint. Compounds C1. inky-black, inky-looking adjs. ΚΠ 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 649 The discharge is sometimes inky-black. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 69 Small inky-looking clouds foretell rain. 1891 M. C. Cooke Brit. Edible Fungi vi. 47 The ‘Inky Mushroom’ (Coprinus atramentarius) received that name because, when it becomes old, the gills melt away into a thick, black, inky fluid, which may be used as ink.] C2. inky cap n. = ink-cap n. at ink n.1 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > ink-cap ink-cap1887 inky cap1923 1923 J. Ramsbottom Handbk. Larger Brit. Fungi 81 One of the chief characteristics of Coprinus is the so~called ‘deliquescence’, which gives the popular name ‘inky cap’ to these fungi. 1967 W. P. K. Findlay Wayside & Woodland Fungi 149 (heading) Coprinus: Inky Caps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929adj.a1586 |
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