limpetn.

Brit.

/ˈlɪmpɪt/, U.S.

/ˈlɪmpᵻt/

Forms: Old English lempedu, Middle English–1600s lempet(t, (1600s lampert, lympit, lympot), 1600s–1800s limpit, (1700s limpid), 1700s–1800s Scottish lampit, lempeck, 1600s– limpet. See also limpin n.

Etymology: Old English lęmpedu , < late Latin lamprēda limpet, also lamprey n.

a. A gasteropod mollusc of the genus Patella, having an open tent-shaped shell and found adhering tightly to the rock which it makes its resting-place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > member of superfamily Patellacea

limpetc1050

limpin1585

centre fish1668

pap shell1678

flidder1769

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 438/17 Lemprida, lempedu.

1312–13 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 10 In lempetis.

c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 33 Lapstaris, lempettis, mussillis in schellis.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 Of shell fish, there are Wrinkles, Limpets, Cockles [etc.].

1673 Sir W. Scroggs Let. to Ld. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 117 Those lympitts y^t wer never seene in England lack wine to make 'em tast.

1684 Bucaniers Amer. (1698) II. 155 Every day we had plenty of Lamperts and Mussels of a very large size.

1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1284 And tast as well as Lympots or Winkles.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xi. 168 I continued three Days feeding on Oysters and Limpits, to save my own Provisions.

1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 171 Shells are seldom met with; the only ones I saw were Limpids, Muscles, and Periwincles.

1842 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 10. 36 The Limpet or Lempecks. These have a rather thin shell of a greenish colour.

b. figurative and allusive, esp. of officials alleged to be superfluous but clinging to their offices. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > adhesion > that which is adhesive > typical

limpet1823

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > who clings to office

limpet1905

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 106 He..stuck like a lampit to a rock.

1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. i. 107 Be limpets to this pillar, or we are torn Down the strong wave of brawlers.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 Lord Spencer..had some pertinent criticisms to make of the Limpet Government.

1922 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 8 He is rationing the departments and ejecting the ‘limpets’.

1922 Daily Mail 23 Nov. 10 Ministries are multiplying their accumulation of limpets and paying them too well.

1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 54 After the war, attempts were made to rouse our animosity against ‘limpets’.

c. attributive and in other combinations, as limpet rock, limpet shell; limpet-shaped, limpet-shelled adjs. limpet-hammer n. a stone tool believed to have been used by prehistoric peoples to knock limpets off rocks.

ΚΠ

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiii. i. 255 The worke~men happened oftentimes upon lempet shels.

1786 R. Burns Poems 31 Triumphant crushan't like a muscle Or limpet shell.

1818 J. Keats Epist. to J. H. Reynolds 88 The first page I read Upon a Lampit rock of green sea-weed Among the breakers.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 615 Limpet-shelled blain.

1885 S. Grieve Great Auk 57 We were puzzling ourselves as to what could be the use of the numerous oblong stones we met with among the [limpet] shells, and..he..informed us they were limpet-hammers.

1885 S. Grieve Great Auk 57 Subsequent enquiries have only helped to confirm us in the opinion that the large oblong stones found at Caistealnan-Gillean are really limpet-hammers.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 17 The hat..a large limpet-shaped affair made of palm leaves.

2. A type of explosive device that is attached magnetically to a ship's hull; so limpet bomb, limpet charge, limpet mine.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine

undermine1682

American turtle1775

torpedo1776

submarine1846

mine1862

pole torpedo1877

ground-torpedo1878

spar torpedo1878

countermine1880

acoustic mine1923

magnetic mine1939

limpet1942

pressure mine1943

oyster1945

1942 W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches (1946) 50 Explosions occurred in the bottoms of the Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, produced by limpet bombs fixed with extraordinary courage and ingenuity.

1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. iii. 202 We fixed a couple of ‘limpets’ to her stern. These were half-spheres of metal, made to contain a pound or so of high explosive and fitted with a magnetic device to hold them to the side of the ship.

1955 J. Thomas No Banners xix. 175 He wanted permission to use six limpet charges.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 428 Midget submarines placed these limpet mines which, being magnetized, clung to the hull and were fired by a time fuze.

1962 G. Weller All about Submarines (1963) viii. 115 The German officers were sure that limpet mines had been attached to the keel of their battleship.

1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap ix. 198 What do we use instead of a limpet?.. I can't invade her in the middle of the Grand Harbour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limpet
释义	limpetn. Brit. /ˈlɪmpɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɪmpᵻt/ Forms: Old English lempedu, Middle English–1600s lempet(t, (1600s lampert, lympit, lympot), 1600s–1800s limpit, (1700s limpid), 1700s–1800s Scottish lampit, lempeck, 1600s– limpet. See also limpin n. Etymology: Old English lęmpedu , < late Latin lamprēda limpet, also lamprey n. 1. a. A gasteropod mollusc of the genus Patella, having an open tent-shaped shell and found adhering tightly to the rock which it makes its resting-place. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > member of superfamily Patellacea limpetc1050 limpin1585 centre fish1668 pap shell1678 flidder1769 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 438/17 Lemprida, lempedu. 1312–13 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 10 In lempetis. c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 33 Lapstaris, lempettis, mussillis in schellis. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 Of shell fish, there are Wrinkles, Limpets, Cockles [etc.]. 1673 Sir W. Scroggs Let. to Ld. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 117 Those lympitts y^t wer never seene in England lack wine to make 'em tast. 1684 Bucaniers Amer. (1698) II. 155 Every day we had plenty of Lamperts and Mussels of a very large size. 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1284 And tast as well as Lympots or Winkles. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xi. 168 I continued three Days feeding on Oysters and Limpits, to save my own Provisions. 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 171 Shells are seldom met with; the only ones I saw were Limpids, Muscles, and Periwincles. 1842 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 10. 36 The Limpet or Lempecks. These have a rather thin shell of a greenish colour. b. figurative and allusive, esp. of officials alleged to be superfluous but clinging to their offices. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > adhesion > that which is adhesive > typical limpet1823 society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > who clings to office limpet1905 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 106 He..stuck like a lampit to a rock. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. i. 107 Be limpets to this pillar, or we are torn Down the strong wave of brawlers. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 2/2 Lord Spencer..had some pertinent criticisms to make of the Limpet Government. 1922 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 8 He is rationing the departments and ejecting the ‘limpets’. 1922 Daily Mail 23 Nov. 10 Ministries are multiplying their accumulation of limpets and paying them too well. 1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 54 After the war, attempts were made to rouse our animosity against ‘limpets’. c. attributive and in other combinations, as limpet rock, limpet shell; limpet-shaped, limpet-shelled adjs. limpet-hammer n. a stone tool believed to have been used by prehistoric peoples to knock limpets off rocks. ΚΠ 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiii. i. 255 The worke~men happened oftentimes upon lempet shels. 1786 R. Burns Poems 31 Triumphant crushan't like a muscle Or limpet shell. 1818 J. Keats Epist. to J. H. Reynolds 88 The first page I read Upon a Lampit rock of green sea-weed Among the breakers. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 615 Limpet-shelled blain. 1885 S. Grieve Great Auk 57 We were puzzling ourselves as to what could be the use of the numerous oblong stones we met with among the [limpet] shells, and..he..informed us they were limpet-hammers. 1885 S. Grieve Great Auk 57 Subsequent enquiries have only helped to confirm us in the opinion that the large oblong stones found at Caistealnan-Gillean are really limpet-hammers. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 17 The hat..a large limpet-shaped affair made of palm leaves. 2. A type of explosive device that is attached magnetically to a ship's hull; so limpet bomb, limpet charge, limpet mine. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > mine undermine1682 American turtle1775 torpedo1776 submarine1846 mine1862 pole torpedo1877 ground-torpedo1878 spar torpedo1878 countermine1880 acoustic mine1923 magnetic mine1939 limpet1942 pressure mine1943 oyster1945 1942 W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches (1946) 50 Explosions occurred in the bottoms of the Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, produced by limpet bombs fixed with extraordinary courage and ingenuity. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches ii. iii. 202 We fixed a couple of ‘limpets’ to her stern. These were half-spheres of metal, made to contain a pound or so of high explosive and fitted with a magnetic device to hold them to the side of the ship. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xix. 175 He wanted permission to use six limpet charges. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 428 Midget submarines placed these limpet mines which, being magnetized, clung to the hull and were fired by a time fuze. 1962 G. Weller All about Submarines (1963) viii. 115 The German officers were sure that limpet mines had been attached to the keel of their battleship. 1971 D. Bagley Freedom Trap ix. 198 What do we use instead of a limpet?.. I can't invade her in the middle of the Grand Harbour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1050
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