Balticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbɔːltɪk/,

/ˈbɒltɪk/, U.S.

/ˈbɔltɪk/,

/ˈbɑltɪk/

Etymology: < medieval Latin Balticus; compare Balt n. and adj.

A. adj.

1. Of, pertaining to, designating or bordering upon an almost landlocked sea in Northern Europe (Russian Baltijskoe more), called by the neighbouring Germanic countries ‘East Sea’ (German Ostsee, etc.); spec. of or belonging to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia and their inhabitants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Baltic lands

Balticc1590

Bothnian1611

Bothnic1615

Ingrian1781

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > states or provinces

Georgian1585

Balticc1590

Armenic1609

Crimean1679

Siberian1719

Lithuanian1797

White Russian1799

Livonian1824

Ossetan1892

Sibiriak1903

Moldovan1990

c1590 A. Ashley (title) The Second Part of the Mariners Mirrour..with all the sounds of Denmark, & the Baltick sea.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 236 There be also in the Sueuian-Ocean or Balthicke-sea, Serpents of thirty or forty foote in length.

1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 8 161 The failure of a long established Baltic house at Kingston upon Hull.

1920 19th Cent. Mar. 536 A policy aimed at the Balkanisation of the Baltic provinces.

1937 Discovery Aug. 234/2 In 1918 the German baronial families were deprived of their estates... As late as 1918 the Baltic barons or ‘balts’ as they are always called, were planning to colonise Estonia with two and a half million small farmers from Germany.

2. Applied to a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian, usually classified with the Slavonic group (see Balto- comb. form).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic

Lettic1632

Baltic1887

1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. vii. 102 Of the Lettic or Baltic group, the most interesting is the Lithuanian, spoken in parts of Eastern Prussia.

1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. ii. 34 The Baltic family contains the three divisions of Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish.

1891 A. L. Mayhew Synopsis Old Eng. Phonol. p. xii Baltic-Slavonic, including Old Prussian, Lithuanian, Lettish, and Old Bulgarian.

B. n.

The Baltic Sea; the lands bordering upon it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > Baltic lands

East-country1555

Baltic1720

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Baltic Sea

East SeaOE

North SeaOE

Baltic1720

Littorina sea1921

1720 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 Abr. 498 Observations on the variations of the needle in the Baltic.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ix. 228 Some tribes..on the coast of the Baltic, acknowledged the authority of kings, though without relinquishing the rights of men.

1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 237 The ‘Windmill Hill’..type of pottery..was brought from the Baltic by long-headed people who buried their dead in long barrows.

Compounds

Baltic pine n. (see pine n.² 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > pine > types of

bog fir1770

ocote1787

Georgia pine1796

Labrador pine1803

pumpkin pine1809

Banksian pine1831

bog-pine1842

tamarack pine1843

tamarack1864

Baltic pine1866

Norway pine1866

slash-pine1882

Queensland kauri1889

krummholz1908

fat-wood1909

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 891 Pine, a general name for various kinds of timber obtained from coniferous trees; also applied especially to that of Pinus Strobus. Baltic, Riga, Norway, Red, or Memel Pine is the timber of Pinus sylvestris as grown in the north of Europe.

1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. iv. 290 The timber of the Spruce..is known in Britain as white Baltic pine.

Baltic shield n. the Archæan platform of Finland and eastern Scandinavia.

ΚΠ

1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. iii. ii. 76 East of the glint lies the Archaean table-land of the gulf of Bothnia; that is, the Baltic shield.

Draft additions June 2017

British colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish). Chiefly of weather conditions: bitterly cold, freezing. Cf. Arctic adj. 3b.

ΚΠ

1995 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 19 Nov. 76/1 It's a Baltic Tuesday night in November.

1999 Student Times (Dundee Univ. Students' Assoc.) 2 Feb. 8/1 It's fair baltic nockin' aboot ootside in this weather.

2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 8 F***in' shut the door, it's Baltic in here.

2005 A. Miller Demo 222 I wish they would get on with it; it's pure Baltic the day.

2015 L. Littleson Mixed-up Summer Lily McLean x. 120 I dip one foot in the sea and withdraw it immediately... The water is freezing—absolutely Baltic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	baltic
释义	Balticadj.n. Brit. /ˈbɔːltɪk/, /ˈbɒltɪk/, U.S. /ˈbɔltɪk/, /ˈbɑltɪk/ Etymology: < medieval Latin Balticus; compare Balt n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Of, pertaining to, designating or bordering upon an almost landlocked sea in Northern Europe (Russian Baltijskoe more), called by the neighbouring Germanic countries ‘East Sea’ (German Ostsee, etc.); spec. of or belonging to the states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia and their inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Baltic lands Balticc1590 Bothnian1611 Bothnic1615 Ingrian1781 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > states or provinces Georgian1585 Balticc1590 Armenic1609 Crimean1679 Siberian1719 Lithuanian1797 White Russian1799 Livonian1824 Ossetan1892 Sibiriak1903 Moldovan1990 c1590 A. Ashley (title) The Second Part of the Mariners Mirrour..with all the sounds of Denmark, & the Baltick sea. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 236 There be also in the Sueuian-Ocean or Balthicke-sea, Serpents of thirty or forty foote in length. 1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 8 161 The failure of a long established Baltic house at Kingston upon Hull. 1920 19th Cent. Mar. 536 A policy aimed at the Balkanisation of the Baltic provinces. 1937 Discovery Aug. 234/2 In 1918 the German baronial families were deprived of their estates... As late as 1918 the Baltic barons or ‘balts’ as they are always called, were planning to colonise Estonia with two and a half million small farmers from Germany. 2. Applied to a branch of the Indo-European languages comprising Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian, usually classified with the Slavonic group (see Balto- comb. form). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic Lettic1632 Baltic1887 1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. vii. 102 Of the Lettic or Baltic group, the most interesting is the Lithuanian, spoken in parts of Eastern Prussia. 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. ii. 34 The Baltic family contains the three divisions of Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish. 1891 A. L. Mayhew Synopsis Old Eng. Phonol. p. xii Baltic-Slavonic, including Old Prussian, Lithuanian, Lettish, and Old Bulgarian. B. n. The Baltic Sea; the lands bordering upon it. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > Baltic lands East-country1555 Baltic1720 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Baltic Sea East SeaOE North SeaOE Baltic1720 Littorina sea1921 1720 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 Abr. 498 Observations on the variations of the needle in the Baltic. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ix. 228 Some tribes..on the coast of the Baltic, acknowledged the authority of kings, though without relinquishing the rights of men. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vii. 237 The ‘Windmill Hill’..type of pottery..was brought from the Baltic by long-headed people who buried their dead in long barrows. Compounds Baltic pine n. (see pine n.² 2.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > pine > types of bog fir1770 ocote1787 Georgia pine1796 Labrador pine1803 pumpkin pine1809 Banksian pine1831 bog-pine1842 tamarack pine1843 tamarack1864 Baltic pine1866 Norway pine1866 slash-pine1882 Queensland kauri1889 krummholz1908 fat-wood1909 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 891 Pine, a general name for various kinds of timber obtained from coniferous trees; also applied especially to that of Pinus Strobus. Baltic, Riga, Norway, Red, or Memel Pine is the timber of Pinus sylvestris as grown in the north of Europe. 1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. iv. 290 The timber of the Spruce..is known in Britain as white Baltic pine. Baltic shield n. the Archæan platform of Finland and eastern Scandinavia. ΚΠ 1906 H. B. C. Sollas & W. J. Sollas tr. E. Suess Face of Earth II. iii. ii. 76 East of the glint lies the Archaean table-land of the gulf of Bothnia; that is, the Baltic shield. Draft additions June 2017 British colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish). Chiefly of weather conditions: bitterly cold, freezing. Cf. Arctic adj. 3b. ΚΠ 1995 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 19 Nov. 76/1 It's a Baltic Tuesday night in November. 1999 Student Times (Dundee Univ. Students' Assoc.) 2 Feb. 8/1 It's fair baltic nockin' aboot ootside in this weather. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 8 F**in' shut the door, it's Baltic in here. 2005 A. Miller Demo* 222 I wish they would get on with it; it's pure Baltic the day. 2015 L. Littleson Mixed-up Summer Lily McLean x. 120 I dip one foot in the sea and withdraw it immediately... The water is freezing—absolutely Baltic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1590
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