单词 | natch |
释义 | natchn.1 1. An incision, a nick, a groove; a notch. Now rare (in later use Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern)).In quot. 1817 perhaps: a notch and corresponding projection (cf. sense 2). In quot. 1921: (Curling) a cut made in the ice to hold the player's foot when a stone is thrown. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch nick?a1450 gap1530 notch1555 natch1570 notching1640 nitch1726 snick1775 nicking1844 jog1845 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ/2 A Natche, incisura. 1659 New Haven Colonial Rec. (1858) II. 276 A gray mare..branded on ye neare shoulder with an S, wth a nach on ye further eare. 1781 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) They streighted the bars by forcing them into the mortices or natches in the summers (of a kiln). 1817 J. Christie Instr. for Hunting 10 Be careful in taking your lock from cock, slipping it gently down until past the standing natch. 1878 J. Castillo Poems in N. Yorks. Dial. 24 Whahl careless lads i' t'singing pew Wer cuttin natches. 1898 Shetland News 15 Jan. 7/3 An sorrow a thing wis haudin' dem bit rust an' da peerie bit o' natch 'at wis cut in a bit. 1921 T. G. Gracie Poems 74 Gin ye wad please yer worthy skip, Stan' firm in natch an' dinna slip. 2. Ceramics. A projection and corresponding notch by which two complementary sections of a pottery mould are held together. Cf. joggle n.2 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > mould > parts or accessories of mould flask1697 sharp1703 core1728 oddside1836 drawback1843 cope1856 nowel1864 rapping plate1876 prod1888 knock-out1893 undercut1909 hot top1917 tundish1926 pipe chaplet1934 natch1941 parting1967 1941 R. H. Jenkins Pract. Pottery v. 51 With the pattern fitting neatly in the bottom piece, clean off all rough edges and particles of plaster, cut two or three natches, or joggles, and size the new plaster. 1958 Man 58 59/2 The shortcoming of pottery as a material for wax-reproduction-moulding was its friability, chipping at the projecting arrises and rubbing away in use at the keying devices—dowels (better, natches), or beading and groove. 1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 13/2 Natch, a complimentary [sic] hollow and protrusion of metal, plastic or plaster in moulds, used to key the halves or sections together, and so prevent movement during use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). natchn.2 U.S. slang. on the natch: not on drugs; without taking narcotics; (hence also more generally) in a natural or uncomplicated manner, without artificial help. ΚΠ 1969 R. R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z 181 Natch, on the..not using drugs; leading a natural life as opposed to a life centered around chemicals. 1973 Drug Forum 2 139 An almost invariable return to ‘sex on the natch’ (natural) is described. 1978 H. Selby Requiem for Dream 62 You have enough dexies to keep us working? You know we aint about to make it on the natch. 1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. vi. 27/2 He and his lover, having taken turns dominating each other physically and emotionally, decide to get married and enjoy sex ‘on the natch’, or minus the equipment. 1993 Guitar Player (Nexis) Sept. 14 Since Christine picked up the studio tab herself, the album was recorded ‘on the natch’. ‘These were all first or second takes, and we just let the rough side drag.’ 1999 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 July 67 '67 and '68 find Beefheart and the other acid-gobblers in his band (no, they didn't conceive it all on the natch) thoroughly enmeshed in Northern California's cosmic-roots zeitgeist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). natchv. rare (in later use Scottish). transitive. To cut notches in. Also with off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > notch nick?1440 jag1568 natch1570 notch1581 notch1834 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ v/1 To Natche, incidere. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. Natch,..to notch. 1851 J. Brown Forester (ed. 2) i. 41 The operator..proceeds to natch off carefully the edge of the ditch upon which his line was first stretched; and..forces the spade pretty deeply into the ground. 1965 in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) Natch, to make a notch or incision..Abd. 1963. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). natchadv.int. colloquial (originally U.S.). Naturally; of course. Chiefly as sentence adverb.The part of speech ‘adj.’ given in quot. 1945 is probably an error. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb] > as a natural result or naturally naturallyc1395 naturallyc1425 unenforcedlya1617 natively1671 natch1945 1945 L. Shelly Hepcats Jive Talk Dict. Natch adj., naturally. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Sept. 3/3 (advt.) Natch! Mom's gettin' both of us Hen self-starters... Baltimore's most popular ‘first shoes for babies’. 1970 Daily Tel. 3 July (Colour Suppl.) 5/2 A crowd of opulent-looking masochists..were actually savouring this culinary surrealism and, natch, paying through the nose for it. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy x. 231 Natch, they were gagging to find out what had gone off with Gibbsey and co. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11570n.21969v.1570adv.int.1945 |
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