单词 | mart |
释义 | † Martn.1 Obsolete. 1. a. Mythology. (The name of) Mars, the ancient Roman god of war. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Mars or Bellona MarsOE MartOE Mavors?1548 Bellonaa1616 OE Prognostics (Tiber.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1908) 120 297 Si fuerit kalendas Januarius die Martis, hiems nobilissima, uer uentuosus, [etc.] : Gif bið dæg martes winter æþelust lænten wind-hladen [etc.]. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 118 Þæs Sunnandæges nama wæs of þære sunnan, and þæs Monandæges of þ[am] monan, and Tiwesdæges of Marte Iouis sunu. c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2024 Ther were also of Martes deuyssioun The barbour and the bochier and the smyth. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 988 Al esily, now, for the love of Marte..for every thing hath tyme. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 1446 Yren Martes metal ys, Which that god is of bataylle. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 Sum held he had bene Dedalus,..Sum Martis blaksmyth Wlcanus. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. Proem iii. sig. A2v Triumphant Mart, In loues and gentle iollities arraid. b. Also as mart. War, battle. Frequently in in equal mart [after classical Latin aequo Mārte, ablative singular (Caesar Gallic War 7.19.3)] : in a fair contest, on equal terms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] MarsOE war1154 warc1374 irona1387 guerre?a1475 Mart?a1475 (the) feat of warc1503 militia1641 sport of kings1735 emergency1958 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 149 (MED) The Scottes..toke to theyme seetes, what thro marte other fauor, nye to the Pictes. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 516 The horrible sterne dedis of Mart. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 45v But if thou long for warre, or yong Iulus seeke By manly Mart to Purchase prayse and giue his foes the gleeke. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xxxvi. 100 These fooles thus vnder foot I tread, That dare contend with me in equall mart. a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover ii. viii. 71 My father (on whose face he durst not look In equal mart). 2. (The name of) the planet Mars. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > superior planet > [noun] > Mars Marsc1300 Martc1385 red planet1690 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 4 Þurh þæne [circul] yrnð seo sunne and se mona and þas steorran Saturnus and Iouis, Martis and Veneris and Mercurius.] c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2021 Yet saugh I brent the shippes hoppesteres, The hunte strangled with the wilde beres..Naught was forgeten by the infortune of Marte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1360 Complexion he takth of Marte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2021). martn.2 Chiefly English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English. 1. a. An ox or cow fattened for slaughter, esp. one which is subsequently salted or smoked as winter provision. Frequently with modifying word. Also figurative in quot. 1591.Applied both to the living animal and to the carcass after slaughter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > fattened or bred for slaughter martc1330 beefing1466 beef1583 beefer1660 beef animal1838 1211 in N. R. Holt Pipe Roll of Bishopric of Winchester (1964) 112 Remanent lxxiiij, unde viij sunt sues, j verres, xxij marti superannati, [etc.]. 1307–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 2 In 228 martis emptis..105 li. 17 3/4 d.] c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 454 Martirs [perh. read martis] as it ware Þat husbond men had bouȝt. 1367–8 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. lxxx (MED) De viij li. v s. receptis de xv marts de eodem manerio venditis. 1479 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 33/2 A salt mart. 1489 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 219/1 Þat all..martis mutounes poultre..may cum in to oure souerane lorde. 1501 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 477 [Stolen:] xiij qwyk martis, iij deid martis. 1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 269 xxx martis of salt beif. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. B4 As for the fed Marts of this warlde, the Lord..hes appoynted them for slaughter. 1608 Edinb. Test. XLIV. f. 23, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Tua tedderit mairt oxin at xx li. the pece. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 51 They..causit kill al togidder thriescoir martis. 1763 Aberdeen Jrnl. 7 Feb. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) There are to be sold at the Barn-yard of Udny, several well-fatted Marts fit for slaughter. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 411 In the year 1762, a good mart cow was purchased at 15s. sterling, and the whole carcase did not exceed 1d the lb. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. i. 87 Each family killed a mart, or fat bullock, in November. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 135 In a pastoral state of society he [sc. the ox] was of comparatively little use except as a mart—to be eaten. 1908 Daily Chron. 11 Nov. 4/6 In Scotland and the North of England fat oxen are still called marts, a name clearly traceable to Martinmas, which was the recognised season of salting down beeves for winter use. 1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways vii. 98 Things which were hung from the roof timbers:..sides of bacon and portions of the autumn-killed ox, the mart. 1982 in Eng. World-wide (1983) 4 89 Fetch the best mairt, and kill it. b. Any other farm animal treated in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > fatted animal (for slaughter) feddleOE mart1617 store1620 1617 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 263 The compter charges him with all the kane cheis..all the kane stirkis..all the mert scheip. c1800 in S. Sibbald Mem. (1926) 203 Then after we ha' oure Mart, than we ha' stove tatas. a1814 in J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. xv. 535 Goat's flesh was in some measure appropriated, being called the poor man's mart. 1881 W. Gregor Notes Folk-lore N.-E. Scotl. 151 The ‘mairt’ or the pig, that was to be salted, must be killed when the moon was on the increase. 1954 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) A country housewife looking over a litter of pigs might point to one and say ‘That's my mert’, meaning that she had singled it out for rearing and afterwards for home curing for the use of her household. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > unhealthy animal > carcass or slain animal martc1440 buck1592 c1440 (?a1400) Sir Perceval (1930) 207 His modir hase gyffene hym þat darte; Þerwith made he many marte In that wodde-lande. 3. In extended use, of a person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] lichc893 dust?a1000 holdc1000 bonesOE stiff onea1200 bodyc1225 carrion?c1225 licham?c1225 worms' food or ware?c1225 corsec1250 ashc1275 corpsec1315 carcass1340 murraina1382 relicsa1398 ghostc1400 wormes warec1400 corpusc1440 scadc1440 reliefc1449 martc1480 cadaverc1500 mortc1500 tramort?a1513 hearse1530 bulk1575 offal1581 trunk1594 cadaverie1600 relicts1607 remains1610 mummya1616 relic1636 cold meat1788 mortality1827 death bone1834 deader1853 stiff1859 c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 842 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 53 [He] fand a tre..and syne on It slewit hym-self rycht to þe hart, and offerit to þe fend þat mart. b. (a) Scottish a fat or idle person; (also) a person who is well off; (b) English regional (northern), a tall person (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > person mart1722 staup1825 corn-stalk1827 skyscraper1847 skelper1854 tiny1931 lofty1933 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > fat panguts1617 mart1722 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Diii The ȝoung pepyll..quhen tyme occurris of weir..ar sa..soft, thay pas on hors as hevy martis.] 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iii. 21 Get up, get up, ye lazy Mart. 1883 in D. Graham Coll. Writings ii. 72 The word ‘mairt’, or ‘mart’, ultimately came to denote a person who lived in ease and prosperity. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Ye greet muckle mairt. 1954 Banffshire Jrnl. 24 Aug. 5/5 Siccan a mairt o' an 'uman it has never been my luck tae see. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in produce or livestock > specific rynmart1433 rynmutton1459 capon1495 mart1520 tack-swine1523 reek hen1540 farm meal1547 reek-poultry1585 reek fowl1592 corn-rate1665 wheat-rent?c1682 nowt-geld1688 farm-dish1713 corn-rent1809 pepper-rent1866 1326 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 339 Immunes ab omnimodis martis et aliis talliagiis.] 1520 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 370 To be..pait..of all males, fermes, gressumys, mertis, mert siluer, irne and all vthir dieweteis..that pertenis..to hir hienes. 1541–2 in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 227 Which were not..let to ferme for money, but only for porte of corne or marts, or for porte of corne and money. 1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 Explan. Index Mart, a yearly Rent in Beef. 1705 tr. J. Ware Inq. conc. Ireland xiii. 33 in tr. J. Ware Antiq. & Hist. Irel. Others also..called Shragh and Mart, partly taken in Money, partly in Cattle or Food, and imposed at the will of the Lord. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > meat puddings haggis pudding1545 mart pudding1590 stuckling1825 baby's head1905 steak and kidney1910 roly-poly1922 1590 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 301 To the mairtis puddeinis ij lip. 1835 J. Mayne in A. Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song (1843) 202 Nae howtowdie guttlens—nae mart-puddin' yockins! ΚΠ 1520 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 370 To be..pait..of all males, fermes, gressumys, mertis, mert siluer, irne and all vthir dieweteis..that pertenis..to hir hienes. 1561 in C. Innes Registrum de Dunfermelyn (1842) 444 Kayne mert silvir extendis be ȝeir to [£427]. 1612 Brechin Test. II. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 249 v To my lord marshell maister of the ground for the siluer maill v lib. Mair to him for mart siluer vj. lib. xiij s. 9 d. 1706 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) I..Grant me to have receaved...The soume of One hundered fyftie four pound Scotts money and that as the Martinmas Martsilver..payable..to Her Majestie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). martn.3 I. Senses relating to a gathering for trade. 1. a. A regular gathering of people for the purpose of buying and selling (in early use esp. in the Low Countries); a market or fair. Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] marketlOE fair?a1300 marta1450 open market1455 tryst1776 feria1844 rialto1879 mkt.1896 a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 179 And wee to martis of Braban charge d bene Wyth Englyssh clothe. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 17 I thinke to goo..To the feste of bruges, To the marte of andwarp To the marte of berow. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxviij/1 At ye free passe marte of this said towne of barowe last passed. 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Hivv The Cardinall..lefte nothinge vnprouided to bring the marte from Antwarpe to Cales. 1541 Act. 33 Hen. VIII c. 34 They..shall..hold within the said borough two faires or martes euery yere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 17 Siracusian Marts and Fayres. View more context for this quotation 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 32 To benefit betweene the Mart and the Market. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 288 The Fair or Mart, usually kept in this Place, had been over some Time. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 245 At the time of the mart, whilst the Manila galeon is in the port. 1788 W. Cowper Negro's Compl. 46 By our sufferings, since ye brought us To the man-degrading mart. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 309 After Gainsbrough mart in October, until the next mart at Easter, the people in these villages seldom thought of going anywhere. 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. 12 May in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 115 Like the Lynn Mart, only with no shows and a great many booths. 1912 G. Cunningham Verse: maistly in Doric 47 Boot Mairtimas time aye clubbit thegither And bocht a bit heifer at ane o' the mairts. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song iii. 146 The streets chock-a-block with sheep, great droves of them, driven in to the weekly mart. 1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding ix. 248 He went to Mass on a Sunday as regularly as he would go to get petrol, or to the marts to buy sheep. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > annual > specific mart1606 goose-fair1622 aftermarket1800 Skire Thursday1825 1606 Returne from Pernassus iii. iii Swearing that hee could neuer finde bookes of a true printe since he was last in Ioadna, enquire after the next marte, an i so departes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 177 Let him reade Buxdorfius and his Bibliotheca Rabbinica, printed this last Mart. c1620 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 472 We may expect some Pamphlet the next Mart from Ingolstat, or Collen. a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 273 By certain that returned from Frankfort Mart, I understand that one of the Gentlemen..died. 2. In extended use: something regarded as having the attributes of a market; a place or occasion for dealings or negotiations of any kind. ΚΠ 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. Avi Beleue this life to be a very marte, Great gaine there is if thou wilt plie a whyle. 1581 W. Allen Apol. Two Eng. Colleges f. 19v Whither what so euer is learned, wise, vertuous, of al the most famous Vniuersities, [etc.].., is recuiled as to a continual mart of al kind of doctrine and prudence. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H3 O world.., Ile leaue thee; farewell mart of woe. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 51 The Greec colony of Marseilles, a principal mart of Learning. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 21 To this great mart of every folly, sharpers from every country daily arrived. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris ix. 171 Such is the Palais Royal;—a vanity fair—a mart of sin and seduction! 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 153/1 Day by day wisdom and reverence are sold at mart. a1916 J. Payne Way of Winepress (1920) 13 This world a mart of shadows is. 1975 Publishers Weekly 1 Dec. 67/2 Daphne, who's in the society marriage mart. 3. a. Any public place for buying and selling, as a marketplace, market hall, etc. (now archaic, poetic, and rhetorical in this general use); an auction room (more fully auction mart). Now usually: a shop or stall carrying on trade of a specified kind (as shoe mart, etc.).This latter use is particularly prevalent in the names of retail businesses, esp. in North American usage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place cheapc1000 cheaping-placec1175 cheaping?c1225 marketc1275 marketstead1373 marketplace1389 market set1552 trona1572 cross1577 vent1580 mart1593 emptory1656 market space1800 market stance1864 sale-market1883 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 123 Schollers in scholes, and merchantes in their marts. Can ply their thrift. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iv. 51 Not content To stale himselfe in all societies, He makes my house here as common as a Mart . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 74 My charge was but to fetch you from the Mart Home to your house. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 12 You beat me at the Mart . View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1236 Our lawes for Mammons cursed golde Like as at open mart are bought and solde. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 16 The crowded mart, the cultivated plain. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. i. 221 When breathless in the mart the couriers met. 1831 Mirror 18 435/1 It's goodbye to Wellingtons and Cossacks,..the old Shoe Mart is disposed of. 1844 H. W. Longfellow Nuremberg 14 Fountains..standing in the common mart. 1860 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 23 458 If these two taxes..were to be set up for sale in an auction mart, the one would realize five or six times as much as the other. 1882 P. Fitzgerald Recreat. Lit. Man II. xiii. 35 This [goblet] I had seen in the window of a mart. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 19 Jan. 60/3 But what did farmers do? They sent all their ropy cows to F[atstock] M[arketing] C[orporation] and flogged the best in the auction mart. 1971 House & Garden Sept. 26/4 Tile mart. The choicest range of tiles... Visit our Showroom. 1993 Canad. Living Sept. 23/2 The A & P chain, as well as Dominion, Ultra Mart and Miracle Mart..are providing shoppers with ‘affinity’ or ‘loyalty’ cards. b. A city, region, or locality where items are bought or sold; a centre of trade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] staple1436 estaple1550 emporium?1575 empory1600 monopole1602 mart1611 scale1613 market1615 mkt.1896 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxiii. 3 She is a mart of nations. View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 64 Industrious of the needle and the chart, They run full sail to their Japonian mart. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 283 Cadiz, Port St. Mary's, &c., which Places were the Mart of our Manufactures for the Indies. 1764 O. Thacher Sentiments Brit. Amer. 13 Great Britain..is the mart which supplieth the colonies with all the produce of the other countries in Europe. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 108 A..Samian, named Colæus, reached Tartessus, and found, as Herodotus says, a virgin mart. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. v. 257 They possessed no great cities, no public marts of industry and commerce. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) I. iv. 61 London, the mart of the merchants. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 386 Antwerp and Bruges were..the general marts of the world. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xv. 200 He learned the valuable secrets of business wherewith the marts of trade build up prosperity for all of us. 1938 O. Nash I'm Stranger here Myself 99 They say cities are only commercial marts. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory iii. 107 The ninth-century abbot..from near Verdun (which was then the great European slave mart, through which..Slav captives were sold into Western Europe)..admonishes Christians to set their slaves at liberty. 4. Buying and selling; trade; trading. Also: a bargain or transaction (esp. in to make a (also one's) mart; frequently in extended use). Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] mongingOE cheapinga1000 cheapOE chaffer?c1225 merchandisea1300 market-making1340 merchandyc1350 corseriec1380 chafferinga1382 need-doinga1382 changea1387 chapmanhoodc1386 cossery?a1400 bargaining1401 merchandisinga1425 merchandrya1450 intercourse1473 business1478 chapmanry1483 the feat of merchandisec1503 market1525 trade1549 marting1553 contractation1555 trading1556 merchantryc1560 marketing1561 mart1562 trafficking1570 contraction1582 tract1582 nundination1586 commerce1587 chafferya1599 negotiation1601 intertraffica1603 traffic1603 commercery1604 intertrading1606 correspondence1607 mercature1611 correspondency1613 coss?1635 negotiating1640 dealing1691 chapmanship1727 merchanting1883 intertrade1915 society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] cheapc1000 chaffer1340 to make (a) market1340 merchandisec1384 merchantc1400 occupy1525 traffic1537 trade1557 to make a (also one's) mart1562 commerce1587 converse1598 negotiate1601 mart1602 intertraffic1603 nundinate1623 deala1627 market1636 correspond1682 to make (out) one's market1714 society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] bargain1483 to make a (also one's) mart1562 to make a (also one's) market of1579 huckster1642 needle1819 Jew1825 pricea1845 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. in Wks. ii. v. sig. Giiiv He maketh his marts with marchants likely, To bryng a shillyng to .ix. pens quickely. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 716 The lowe Countries, where the Englishe men for the most part, made their martes. 1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Posies 69 Then mighte you see howe fansie fedde his minde, Then all alone he mused on his marte. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 37 They..maken a Mart of their good name. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xii. 21 Christ could not suffer that the temple should serue for a place of Mart. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C2v Vengeance pricks me on, When mart is made of faire Religion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 323 Now I play a marchants part, And venture madly on a desperate Mart . View more context for this quotation a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. B6v Therefore forthwith one to them let us send, The mart to offer, and the price to make, As of a Slave. 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 118 Places of mart where hee may best vent them. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 226 Rather than..incur his hatred; they oft times condiscend to any mart. 1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 89 Thy laws, that made a mart of blood, And legaliz'd the assassin's knife. 1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iii. xvi. 374 For pulpiteers which make their mart..Do yet the fine progressive part So jauntily maintain. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1553 J. Peele Maner & Fourme Perfecte Reconyng iv. sig. Av Stocke belongyng to me..is for sixe hundred..poundes..and tenne shillynges Flemishe, owyng at this present, to diuerse Creditours there, as appeareth in my last Marte booke. 1628 T. Crosfield Diary 21 June (1935) 25 Thou wast full mindfull to thy bookes to come. The Catalogue of mart bookes thou didst read. mart day n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market day market day?a1425 mart daya1629 sale day1840 a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxii. 102 That he might..buy Wine and Milk without money,..upon such of the Lords Mart and Market dayes. 1928 ‘P. Grey’ Making of King 5 They br'ak eence a week, on mart days. ΚΠ 1478 R. Cely Let. 28 Oct. in Cely Lett. (1975) 33 I wyll ye com home,..for there schall be no besynese at Caleys thys marte tyme. 1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. i. sig. B2 This Mart time, Wee are allowde free trading. mart town n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > trading town cheaping-townc1175 mart town1549 market town1553 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > trading town mart town1549 market town1553 society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > trading town > town having privilege of holding market market town1449 mart town1736 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > market town port townc1300 market town1449 mart town1736 bourg1840 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. Argt. f. i Corinthe..was..the moste famouse, and richest marte towne of all Asia. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. v. 9) It [sc. Corinth] was..a most filthy Mart-town of abominable lusts. 1736 F. Drake Eboracum i. vii. 227 That York was formerly the chief emporium, place of trade, or mart-town in the north of England is certain. 1761 London & Environs Described IV. 6 During the Saxon heptarchy, London was..as we are told by Bede, a princely mart-town. 1909 Amer. Hist. Rev. 15 123 The Adventurers constituted a corporate body with officers, laws, and ordinances of their own making and choosing in the general court of the society assembled in the mart town on the Continent. mart yard n. rare ΚΠ 1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. xiv. 78 We were all..carried to our old nurse in Mart Yard, the front court of the ‘Old Hall’, where we passed the rest of the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). martn.4 Now historical. letter (also script, writ) of mart n. a government licence authorizing the holder to take reprisals on citizens of a hostile state; (later also) a licence to arm a vessel for the capture of enemy merchant shipping; cf. letter of marque n. at marque n.1 2. Usually in plural. Also attributive in letter(s) of mart man, letter(s) of mart ship. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > authority for reprisal letter of marque1443 letter of mart1571 society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > letter or letters patent > letters of reprisal or marque letter of marque1443 letters (also commission) of reprisal(s)1473 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > letters authorizing privateer letter(s) of marque and reprisal1443 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > privateering > letters of marque letter of marque1443 letter (also script, writ) of mart1587 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer Dunkirker1588 Dunkirk1599 she-Dunkirk1623 Dunker1630 privateer?1641 private man of war1646 caper1657 letter(s) of mart ship1695 caperera1698 letter of marque ship1703 letter(s) of mart man1704 letter of marque1768 shaving-mill1781 ship-privateer1799 sea-wolf1884 1571 F. Walsingham Let. 23 Sept. in D. Diggs Compl. Ambassador (1655) 136 Then he shall have a Letter of Mart given him. 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. E3v Abradas the great Macedonian Pirat thought euery one had a letter of mart that bare sayle in the Ocean. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxv. 279 With Letters then of Credence for himselfe, and Marte for them, He puts to Sea for England. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) ii. 30 You'le spoile the Spaniards, by your writ of Mart. 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 10 All men of Warre with scripts of Mart that went. 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 543 Three letters of mart ships are ordered for the West Indies. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4071/3 The Good Alliance,..being taken by a Letter of Mart-Man belonging to this Port. 1726 J. Ker Mem. 153 Letters of Mart were issued to Sundry People, who all went to the East-Indies. 1753 N. Torriano Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat p. xv Thus much by way of Preface to this Translation; after which I shall send it into the World as a Letter of Mart Ship,..hoping that it may meet with some Prize of Approbation. 1768 T. Hull Royal Merchant i. ii. 6 I..read his letters of mart from this state granted, For the recovery of such losses, as He had sustain'd in Spain. 1801 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 524 Touching the Adventures and Perils, which we the Assurers, are contented to bear..they are..Letters of Mart, and Counter Mart, Surprisals. 1906 Marine Insurance Act (6 Edward VII, c. 41) 1st Sched. Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear..: they are of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates,..letters of mart and countermart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). martn.5 Chiefly regional. Now rare. A marten or polecat; esp. the pine marten, Martes martes. Cf. sweet-mart n. at sweet adj. and adv. Compounds 1a and foumart n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Martes (marten) marter?c1250 mertrick1424 martenc1425 marder1607 martel1607 marten-weasel1607 wejack1692 martlet1693 mart1714 marten-cat1790 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 170 Foumart, quasi foul Mart, or stinking Mart, in opposition to the Martes which emit a musky Smell. 1801 W. Seward Tour Yordes Cave 9 The Otter fierce, the badger and the mart. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 1 Wolves, hyenas, foxes, marts, and hares. 1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 30 Mar. 1249/3 Wanted, fresh caught badger,..sweet mart, foumart, and otter. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 2/3 A Mart Hunt [in Westmorland]. 1970 New Scientist 16 July 151/1 ‘When foxes is rank, marts is scarce,’ said the old fell farmers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † martv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To make merchandise of, deal in. Also with out. (In quot. a16162, with sexual connotation.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] monga1250 corsec1440 coss14.. merchant1511 chafferc1535 merchandise1538 mart1589 trade1589 broke1598 factor1611 handle1638 commercea1641 chop1645 chaffera1657 job1701 truck1715 to turn in1822 monger1928 society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] to make merchandy ofa1425 to make (a or one's) merchandise1531 mart1589 trade1737 traffic1896 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxix. 129 Let Pesants marte their Marriages, and thriue at peraduenture. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. i. sig. B3v I had thought my son could not haue straied, So farre from iudgement, as to mart himselfe Thus cheapely, (in the open trade of scorne). View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 63 To sell, and Mart your Offices for Gold To Vndeseruers. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 152 If he shall thinke it fit, A sawcy Stranger in his Court, to Mart As in a Romish Stew, and to expound His beastly minde to vs; he hath a Court He little cares for. View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. kv Hereupon the Astrologers doe mart, or vent the effects of the Heavens, and the Stars, [etc.]. 1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 6 Reviewers may be venal without directly marting out their decisions for money. 2. intransitive. To do business at a mart; to bargain or trade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] cheapc1000 chaffer1340 to make (a) market1340 merchandisec1384 merchantc1400 occupy1525 traffic1537 trade1557 to make a (also one's) mart1562 commerce1587 converse1598 negotiate1601 mart1602 intertraffic1603 nundinate1623 deala1627 market1636 correspond1682 to make (out) one's market1714 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 72 The Athenians, who had vtterlie secluded them from their Hauens, and from marting with them. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 312 She would, she would not; glad, sad; comes, and goes: And long she martes about a match of woes. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 181 Judas is busie marting and chaffering among them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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