Jacob's laddern.

Brit.

/ˌdʒeɪkəbz ˈladə/, U.S.

/ˌdʒeɪkəbz ˈlædər/

Forms: Also (in sense 2) jacob-ladder.

1. A common garden plant, rarely found wild in Britain ( Polemonium cæruleum) having corymbs of blue (or white) flowers; so called from the ladder-like appearance of its closely pinnate leaves.Popularly or locally applied also to Solomon's Seal, and various other plants.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > Jacob's ladder

Greek (Greekish, Grecian) valerian1578

Polemonium1601

Jacob's ladder1733

charity1737

makebate1866

1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Polemonium..Greek Valerian, or Jacob's Ladder.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 195 Greek Valerian or Jacob's Ladder..has the corol rather rotate.

1882 Garden 3 June 380/2 A white Jacob's-ladder..with purple throat,..a very delicate flower.

2. Nautical. A rope ladder with wooden steps for ascending the rigging from the deck.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > ratlines other rigging ladders

ratline1611

Jacob's ladder1840

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxviii. 202 The youngster runs to the jacob ladder of the main rigging.

c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 31 It is used..for Jacob's ladders.

1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 179 Let go the..jacob's ladder lanyards.

1898 Daily News 9 May 6/4 One [gun] cut the Jacob's ladder of the Vicksburg adrift.

3. In figurative allusions to Genesis 28:12.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > Jacob's ladder

Scala Caeli1549

Jacob's ladder1834

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v, in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 301/2 Like mysterious priestesses, in whose hand was the invisible Jacob's-ladder, whereby man might mount into very Heaven.

1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 88 It seemed to climb the very edge of the gray bank of clouds,..a veritable Jacob's Ladder, stretching away into the heavens,..meet for angels' feet to tread.

4. A frequent local name or nickname of a high and steep flight of steps.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > high or steep

Jacob's ladderc1895

c1895 Mod. Proposals to do away with the bridge over the reservoir and railway at Oxford, known as Jacob's Ladder.

1900 Daily News 13 Mar. 5/1 A feature of the island [St. Helena] is ‘Jacob's Ladder’, a wooden staircase of 699 steps, with an average slope of 39 degrees to the vertical.

5. An elevator consisting of a series of bucket-shaped receptacles fixed upon an endless chain.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > lift or hoist > types of

Jacob's ladder1845

airlift1881

paternoster1912

1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. ii. 31 The hops are raised to the boiler by a contrivance something like the buckets of a dredging-machine; it is called a ‘Jacob's ladder’.

1853 Househ. Words 7 491/1 The malt..being precipitated up a curious contrivance called a ‘Jacob's ladder’.

1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) II. 589 It [sc. the bloom] is squeezed four times before it leaves the rolls and falls upon the Jacob's ladder.

1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron xvi. 303 The puddled ball..falling from the bottom shoot of the machine on to a Jacob's ladder or other elevator.

Draft additions October 2011

A child's toy consisting of a series of flat blocks of wood connected by string, ribbon, tape, etc., in such a way that when the toy is held up by one end and the top piece is turned over, the others turn over in a sequential cascade. Cf. Aaron's bells n. 3.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1820 Indicator 7 June 274 Jacob's ladders, flapping down one over another their tintinnabulary shutters.

1870 All Year Round 1 Oct. 418/2 I clearly recollect that I had a great admiration for a plaything which was called sometimes Jacob's Ladder, sometimes Aaron's Bells.

1937 Times 9 Nov. 13/4 Bournemouth disabled men, beside wooden toys for the very young, have this year a Chinese puzzle called Jacob's Ladder.

1988 Washington Post 1 Dec. b5/2 The pieces move like the hinged blocks of a Jacob's Ladder toy.

2006 L. Klobuchar Hist. & Activities of Frontier 29 To play with the Jacob's ladder, pick up the top square and twist your wrist back and forth, as though you are turning a doorknob.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jacobs ladder
释义	Jacob's laddern. Brit. /ˌdʒeɪkəbz ˈladə/, U.S. /ˌdʒeɪkəbz ˈlædər/ Forms: Also (in sense 2) jacob-ladder. 1. A common garden plant, rarely found wild in Britain ( Polemonium cæruleum) having corymbs of blue (or white) flowers; so called from the ladder-like appearance of its closely pinnate leaves.Popularly or locally applied also to Solomon's Seal, and various other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > Jacob's ladder Greek (Greekish, Grecian) valerian1578 Polemonium1601 Jacob's ladder1733 charity1737 makebate1866 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Polemonium..Greek Valerian, or Jacob's Ladder. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 195 Greek Valerian or Jacob's Ladder..has the corol rather rotate. 1882 Garden 3 June 380/2 A white Jacob's-ladder..with purple throat,..a very delicate flower. 2. Nautical. A rope ladder with wooden steps for ascending the rigging from the deck. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > ratlines other rigging ladders ratline1611 Jacob's ladder1840 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxviii. 202 The youngster runs to the jacob ladder of the main rigging. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 31 It is used..for Jacob's ladders. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 179 Let go the..jacob's ladder lanyards. 1898 Daily News 9 May 6/4 One [gun] cut the Jacob's ladder of the Vicksburg adrift. 3. In figurative allusions to Genesis 28:12. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > Jacob's ladder Scala Caeli1549 Jacob's ladder1834 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v, in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 301/2 Like mysterious priestesses, in whose hand was the invisible Jacob's-ladder, whereby man might mount into very Heaven. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 88 It seemed to climb the very edge of the gray bank of clouds,..a veritable Jacob's Ladder, stretching away into the heavens,..meet for angels' feet to tread. 4. A frequent local name or nickname of a high and steep flight of steps. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > high or steep Jacob's ladderc1895 c1895 Mod. Proposals to do away with the bridge over the reservoir and railway at Oxford, known as Jacob's Ladder. 1900 Daily News 13 Mar. 5/1 A feature of the island [St. Helena] is ‘Jacob's Ladder’, a wooden staircase of 699 steps, with an average slope of 39 degrees to the vertical. 5. An elevator consisting of a series of bucket-shaped receptacles fixed upon an endless chain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > lift or hoist > types of Jacob's ladder1845 airlift1881 paternoster1912 1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. ii. 31 The hops are raised to the boiler by a contrivance something like the buckets of a dredging-machine; it is called a ‘Jacob's ladder’. 1853 Househ. Words 7 491/1 The malt..being precipitated up a curious contrivance called a ‘Jacob's ladder’. 1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) II. 589 It [sc. the bloom] is squeezed four times before it leaves the rolls and falls upon the Jacob's ladder. 1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron xvi. 303 The puddled ball..falling from the bottom shoot of the machine on to a Jacob's ladder or other elevator. Draft additions October 2011 A child's toy consisting of a series of flat blocks of wood connected by string, ribbon, tape, etc., in such a way that when the toy is held up by one end and the top piece is turned over, the others turn over in a sequential cascade. Cf. Aaron's bells n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1820 Indicator 7 June 274 Jacob's ladders, flapping down one over another their tintinnabulary shutters. 1870 All Year Round 1 Oct. 418/2 I clearly recollect that I had a great admiration for a plaything which was called sometimes Jacob's Ladder, sometimes Aaron's Bells. 1937 Times 9 Nov. 13/4 Bournemouth disabled men, beside wooden toys for the very young, have this year a Chinese puzzle called Jacob's Ladder. 1988 Washington Post 1 Dec. b5/2 The pieces move like the hinged blocks of a Jacob's Ladder toy. 2006 L. Klobuchar Hist. & Activities of Frontier 29 To play with the Jacob's ladder, pick up the top square and twist your wrist back and forth, as though you are turning a doorknob. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1733
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