单词 | norwich |
释义 | Norwichn. I. Compounds. 1. Used attributively to designate things (esp. fabrics) originating from, made in, or associated with Norwich, as Norwich crape (cf. the note s.v. crape n. 1), Norwich damask, Norwich poplin, Norwich shawl, etc. ΚΠ 1573 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) II. 360 J yeard ¼ of Norwiche worstarde, vj s. 1610 in J. S. Moore Clifton & Westbury Probate Inventories (1981) 9 In the Chamber over the perler..one Carpett of Norwich woorke..fower olde flocke beddes. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2001/5 2 Pieces of Stript Silk Norwich Crape, and two Pieces of mixt Norwich Silk Crape not Stript. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋1 His Wenches are in plain Pinners and Norwich Crapes. 1774 H. Walpole Descr. Villa Strawberry-Hill 65 The room is hung with crimson Norwich damask. 1821 Times 15 Aug. The ladies to wear..dark Norwich crape. c1860 in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) ix. 100 Irish and Norwich poplins. c1860 in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) ix. 100 Paisley, Norwich and French shawls. 1929 Official Guide to City of Norwich 25 The..Jacquard loom for the weaving of the beautiful Norwich shawls of coloured silks. 1950 ‘Mercury’ Dict. Textile Terms 368/1 Norwich crepe, a cloth very similar to georgettes, and made from fine silk warp and cotton weft. 1997 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 11 Oct. 16 These early Norwich shawls usually have a cream background, as it was impossible to dye wool and silk the same colour. 2. a. Norwich stuff n. a textile fabric manufactured, or as manufactured, in Norwich. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun] irislams1375 westvale1383 hinderland1465 ypir?1517 Normandy1529 Ghentish1545 mant1575 Scots cloth1581 northerna1592 turquesques1594 Westphalia1612 nilla1614 phota1616 Norwich stuff1618 Venus1629 nicanee1652 East India1659 caffoy1678 Bengal1681 Mantua1699 coffoy1703 Chello1712 negannepaut1725 Russia drab1741 Wilton1744 toile de Jouy1784 sorting-cloth1847 rum-swizzle1851 sarong1858 Yokohama1879 Turkoman1881 Mexican1883 kanga1895 Milanese1926 leso1961 1618 T. Roe Advise for Goodes in Embassy to Great Mogul (1899) II. 487 Some light coullored Norwich stuffes wrought in flowers for triall, the lighter the better. 1620 H. Peacham Thalia's Banquet Epigram 110 Haue patience Ello, who knew euer yet, But that a piece of Norwich stuffe would fret? 1676 in M. Wood Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1950) X. 262 To ane unfrieman Inglishman for selling of Norwich stufe. 1727 W. Somervile tr. Horace Epist. x, in Occas. Poems 148 As soon th' unskilful Fool that's blind enough, To call rich Indian Damask Norwich Stuff, Shall become rich by Trade. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xiii. 75 So many Yards of Norwich Stuff, for Gowns and Coats for Girls. 1790 M. Dunsford Hist. Mem. Tiverton iv. 235 This year [sc. 1752] was introduced to Tiverton the manufacture of Norwich stuffs, camblets, tarborates, [etc.]. 1861 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 24 599 (table) 354 pieces of Norwich stuff at £2 per piece. 1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 518 So early as Defoe's time the Norwich stuff manufacturers had imported yarn from Yorkshire. 1951 Econ. Hist. Rev. 4 43 The following types of woollen cloth are included in these totals: long cloths, short cloths,..Norwich stuffs and serges. 1994 Econ. Hist. Rev. 47 174 Priestley describes the burgeoning trade in Norwich stuffs after the Restoration and Wykes traces the development of Leicestershire hosiery. b. Norwich school n. an early 19th-cent. English school of landscape painting associated with Norwich and surrounding areas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [noun] Norwich school1816 1816 J. Crome Let. Jan. in W. F. Dickes Norwich School Painting (1906) v. 111 You wish me to give you my opinion of your picture... How pleased I was to see so much improvement in the figures, so unlike our Norwich School. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 596/2 John Crome (1769–1821) English landscape painter, founder and chief representative of the ‘Norwich School’. 1906 W. F. Dickes Norwich School Painting 11 The Norwich School has had a powerful influence upon the Art of Great Britain. 1951 Short Guide Norwich School Pictures 3 The old masters of Holland..influenced so profoundly the Norwich School. 1972 Times 21 June 16/5 Two large, fine views by Henry Bright, the late Norwich school landscapist. 2001 Art Room Catal. Spring 24/1 A contemporary of Turner's, John Sell Cotman..was a British painter and engraver of the Norwich School of Painters. c. Geology Norwich Crag n. a fossiliferous Pleistocene deposit of shelly sand that is the most recent of the three crag deposits occurring in eastern England (cf. crag n.1 3). Also called Mammaliferous Crag, Norfolk Crag. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Pliocene spec. Norfolk Crag1846 Norwich Crag1850 Suffolk crag1852 1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. xiv. 350 The mammaliferous or Norwich Crag..is chiefly composed of shelly beds of sand and loam. c1874 Pop. Cycl. Nat. & Physical Sci. 331/1 Norwich, Mammaliferous, or Fluvio-marine Crag. 1900 F. W. Harmer in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 56 721 For the deposits hitherto known as Norwich Crag..I adopt the name Icenian. 1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. xvi. 228 The Sicilian Series is represented in England by the Norwich Crag, Chillesford Beds, and Weybourne Crags. 1961 J. Challinor Dict. Geol. 50/1 The main stratigraphical divisions, from below upwards, [are] the Coralline Crag, Red Crag, and Norwich Crag. 1998 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 35 650/2 The peat surface has been covered by c. 1 m of sandy Norwich Crag since previous construction activities. d. Norwich terrier n. a breed of small, thickset, rough-coated terrier with prick ears and a red or black and tan coat, originally developed in East Anglia; a dog of this breed. Formerly (also): a Norfolk terrier (now recognized as a separate breed). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Norwich terrier Norwich terrier1931 Norfolk terrier1964 Norwich1971 1931 J. Lucas Hunt & Working Terriers xxiii. 189 In 1880 a Mr. Nichols of Wymondham, Norfolk, was breeding a small red dog which he called the Norwich terrier. 1950 A. C. Smith Dogs since 1900 xi. 179 Some of their admirers..asked permission to have them registered at the Kennel Club as Norwich Terriers. 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 466 From these red East Anglian terriers..sprang the breed which was recognized..as the Norwich terrier. 1994 J. Palmer Dog Breeds 66 The Norfolk Terrier was originally classified as a Norwich Terrier, but gained official recognition as a separate breed in Britain in 1964, although not until 1979 in the United States. II. Simple uses. 3. A Norwich terrier. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Norwich terrier Norwich terrier1931 Norfolk terrier1964 Norwich1971 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 467 The Norwich is very hardy and adaptable. 1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 112 It's not my mastiff! it's your slutty Norwich! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573 |
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