单词 | pen and ink |
释义 | pen and inkn.adj. A. n. 1. a. The instruments used for writing or drawing; these as an artistic or literary medium. Hence in extended use and figurative: the art of using pen and ink; literary work, authorship (now somewhat rare). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > [noun] pen and inkc1500 pen and inkhorn1583 stationery1727 airmail stationery1933 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) 3 John i. 13 Y wolde not wrijte to thee bi ynke and penne [L. calamum].] c1500 ( G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. 68 in Poems (1899) 3 (MED) Hauyng pen and Inke euyr at my syde, Redy to acomplysshe theyre commandment..in theyr seruyce I spendyd all my youth. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 51 He askyd pene and ynke, and wrotte hys sonne. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. i, in Wks. I. 586 Gentlemen, haue any of you a pen-and-inke. I would faine write out a riddle in Italian. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A3 I did not think To shew to all the World my Pen and Ink In such a mode. View more context for this quotation 1704 W. M. Female Wits Pref. sig. A2 Two Gentlewomen that have made no small struggle..to get into Print; and who are now in such a State of Wedlock to Pen and Ink, that it will be very difficult for 'em to get out of it. 1762 T. Gray Let. 19 July in Corr. (1971) II. 781 There is but one pen and ink in the house. 1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 402 Oh, Amos Cottle! for a moment think What meagre profits spring from pen and ink! 1869 Daily News 14 Dec. Here..we meet with a man of pen-and-ink. 1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Brooks, John A copy which he made in pen and ink from a plate of Richard III by Hogarth, who is said to have mistaken it for his own engraving. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xi. 140 He rang for pen and ink as regally as though he had never sat at the wrong end of a buzzer. 1990 Brit. Museum Mag. Sept. 28/1 Study for a picture now at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Pen and ink with washes of brown and grey. b. A drawing or sketch made using pen and ink. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > in specific medium coal work1651 crayon1662 pastel1791 pencilling1803 pen sketch1847 pen-picture1853 sanguine1854 pen and ink1860 black lead study1862 sepia1863 stylograph1866 charcoal1884 fusain1884 line drawing1891 celluloid1920 1860 D. G. Rossetti Let. 28 Sept. (1965) I. 375 Now one of his commissions is for a £50 pen-and-ink. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Mar. 3/1 Three pen-and-inks by Sir John Millais. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Oct. 3/2 Some good drawings..especially a pen-and-ink, ‘Les Halles, Malines’. 1997 E. Meloy Map for Hummingbirds in J. Daynard Place Within (1997) 22 I made a living in technical illustration, churning out laboriously stippled pen-and-inks of bones and feathers. 2. British slang. A stink. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells stenchc893 reekeOE weffea1300 stink1382 fise14.. smeek?c1425 fist1440 fetorc1450 stew1487 moisture1542 putor1565 pouant1602 funk1606 graveolence1623 hogo1654 whiff1668 fogo1794 stythe1823 malodour1825 pen and ink1859 body scent1875 pong1900 niffa1903 hum1906 taint1927 honk1953 bowf1985 stank1996 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 145 Pen and ink, a stink. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 86/2 Pen and ink,..a stink. 2003 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 18 Sept. 28 I love old cockney slang, like ‘what's that pen and ink?’ (stink). B. adj. (attributive) . Frequently with hyphens. 1. Of a person: using pen and ink; literary; involved in publishing, writing, or drawing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [adjective] > writing as occupation pen and ink1672 clerking1679 quill-driving1707 scrivening1778 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. i. 46 Thou rascally, insolent, pen and ink-man. 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 80 The Duke of Bedford..says he is tired of being a pen and ink man. 1819 Edinb. Rev. 32 112 One of these mercantile pen and ink emperors. 1848 H. Grote Let. 28 Jan. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 53 Truly you are becoming ‘a pen and ink nuisance’, as poor Dick used to call you. 1967 A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in Eng. 14 When [Cecil] Sharp was..in search of song..a wide gulf separated the pen-and-ink man from the man with bowyangs of binder twine. 1993 Daily Variety (Nexis) 27 Dec. (News section) 1 Pixar's own animators—including traditional pen-and-ink men,..—were adapting to computers at Pixar Animation. 2. Done, made, or executed with pen and ink (used esp. of a drawing or sketch). Also: written; carried on in writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adjective] writtenOE pricked1463 penned1567 handwritten1583 paper1616 literal1621 inditeda1640 in manuscript1646 scribed1662 scriptory1704 scriptured1763 pen and ink1810 scriptitious1815 paper-and-pencil1927 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adjective] > drawn > in specific medium pencilled1594 pen and ink1810 chalked1823 pen-and-pencila1845 pen-and-wash1893 line-drawn1903 1810 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 100 263 An elegant pen and ink drawing which was made by Captain Horsburg. 1820 M. Edgeworth Let. 15 Nov. in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 281 Fanny shall try to make a sketch of them—so I will spare ineffectual pen and ink description. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. i. 37 A crooked pen-and-ink outline of a great turtle. 1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. V. 37 The last blow struck in the pen and ink war. 1934 Burlington Mag. May 213/2 The artistic Rembrandtesque pen-and-ink sketches then in vogue. 1997 M. Acton Learning to look at Paintings (2000) vii. 164 The pen and ink lines are not used to outline but to convey the feeling of form. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] writingeOE penning1548 composition1553 characterizing1591 penship1622 scription1627 exaration1631 inkshed1672 scrivening1680 quill-driving1756 pen-and-inkage1894 1894 Temple Bar Mar. 339 The sunk rock of pen-and-inkage so often the outcome of a plethora of leisure. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation writingc1405 scriveneryc1454 clerkship1550 calligraphy1590 pencraft1600 scribeship1606 clerking1679 pen-and-inkmanship1804 clerkhood1873 clerkage1883 clerkery1883 clerkdom- 1804 R. Southey Let. 20 Jan. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 250 If I regarded pen-and-inkmanship solely as a trade, I might soon give in an income of double the present amount. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1500 |
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