picklockn.¹adj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪklɒk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌlɑk/

Forms: see pick- comb. form and lock n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick- comb. form, lock n.²

Etymology: < pick- comb. form + lock n.², after to pick a lock (see pick v.¹ 5).

A. n.¹

1. A person who picks a lock or locks; a thief who gains access to valuables, etc., in this way. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who picks or forces locks

picklock1553

lock picker1613

gilter?1663

tool-man1909

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > one who or that which opens > one who > one who picks open a lock

picklock1553

lock picker1613

picker1817

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 76^v I haue one..to whom there is no cofer lockt, nor dore shut.., meanyng that he was a picklocke, and a false verlet.

1605 Life & Death Gamaliell Ratsey sig. D2 A Picklock that trauelled the Countries as a foot-post.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. v. 46 in Wks. II Talke with some crafty fellow, some picklocke o' the Law!

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. R3 Suspected for a picklock, Th' Beedle led me to the whip-stock.

1668 P. M. Cimmerian Matron 9 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons Locking the door behind him, with as little noise as a Pick-lock.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 37 Sir Thomas Bolen..was called the Pick-lock of Princes.

1767 B. Thornton Miser iii. vi. 211 Fill'd ev'ry nook and corner of my house With thieves and pick-locks.

1803 T. Holcroft Hear Both Sides ii. 19 Every smith is a professed picklock; every mechanic a qualified house-breaker.

1889 Daily News 3 Dec. 7/2 She called him a ‘picklock’ and a ‘Paul Pry’.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty i. 21 This picklock Reason is still a-fumbling at the wards.

1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Mar. 7/1 The ingenious and larcenous John Dortmunder and his familiar gang of thieves—the picklock Andy Kelp, the driver Stan Murch, [etc.].

2. An instrument for picking locks. Also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock

picklock1567

wrester1591

picklock key1609

gilk1610

gilt1667

ginny1669

dub1699

false key1701

screwa1790

skeleton key1810

twirl1879

skeleton1884

pick1890

twirler1921

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. vi. §1. 145 When the right Keie of Knowledge was loste, and gonne, it was time to diuise some other pretie Pikelockes to woorke the feat.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 393 b By which picklockes they locke fast the gates of hell, and open the gates of heaven to whom they list.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 285 We take him to be a Theefe..for wee haue found vpon him..a strange Pick-lock .

1683 J. Crowne City Politiques v. 66 I have a Picklock in my Pocket.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 72 Money is the very pick-lock that opens the way into all Cabinets and Councils.

1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets IV. viii. 104 They took whatever plate and other moveables they could get at, by dint of pokers and picklocks.

1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 63 A vile Laconian lock, with three stout wards, Which no picklock or nail can reach to open.

1842 J. S. Knowles Rose of Arragon iii. i, in Dramatic Works (1859) 369 There are more keys than one to every door, And failing keys, picklocks and sledges work!

1902 W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. iv. 198 The others but skeleton picklocks be, And you never shall pick the locks of God.

1956 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 459 The punishment of being whipped through the streets, with a picklock—to indicate the crime of housebreaking—about his neck.

1994 Entertainm. Weekly 27 May 79/3 Vic drags out her trusty picklocks and breaks into yet another building/office/bedroom.

B. adj.¹ (attributive).

That picks locks; used for picking locks (formerly esp. in picklock key). Also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of key

warded1572

picklock1609

bittedc1615

wardless1927

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock

picklock1567

wrester1591

picklock key1609

gilk1610

gilt1667

ginny1669

dub1699

false key1701

screwa1790

skeleton key1810

twirl1879

skeleton1884

pick1890

twirler1921

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 75 Hell's picklock powder was unknown to men.

1647 Army brought to Barre 7 The Tower key is the picklock key, whereby hee may enter every mans house at his pleasure.

1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 134 The well-lung'd Civilian..opens first the Cause, Then with a Picklock-Tongue perverts the Laws.

a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 446 Should any Soule once an Assurance get, Into his hands, soon Satans Pick-Lock key..Unlocks his Cabinet To Steal the Jewell in it thence away.

1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. III. 201 Flatt'ry's a perfect mistress of her art; With picklock keys to open ev'ry heart.

1850 J. Chubb Locks & Keys 32 He thought it would be impossible to pick them..by any picklock keys.

1905 Times 26 Apr. 8 In his pocket was a picklock key, with which he had got into the house.

2002 Assoc. Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 7 Aug. But some of it may elude picklock archaeologists, at least for the time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

picklockn.²adj.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪklɒk/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkˌlɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick adj., lock n.¹

Etymology: < pick adj. + lock n.¹

Chiefly British.

In wool-sorting: wool of the highest grade that can be obtained from a fleece. Also as adj.In quot. 1993 used to designate wool of a second best quality.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from specific place

Shetland1783

picklock1794

ostrich wool1812

gansey1822

Botany wool1834

botany1864

Shetland floss1877

Kalmuck1940

1794 P. Foot Gen. View Agric. Middlesex xiv. 61 The dearest class of wool, called ‘picklock’, is estimated at thirty-two pence a pound.

1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 114 I have..divided them [sc. wools] into six classes,..1st class—the pick-lock and prime. 2nd class—the choice and super... 5th class—livery and short coarse. 6th class—pick-lock, grey, &c. &c.

1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 17 In the woollen trade the following names are common for English wool:—picklock, which, as the name implies, is the choicest of all.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 808/2 In the woollen trade short-staple wool is separated into qualities, known, in descending series.., as picklock, prime, choice, super, head, [etc.].

1993 Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 9) Picklock wool, a term used in wool-sorting, mainly in the U.K., for second-best sorts from fleeces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picklock
释义	picklockn.¹adj.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪklɒk/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌlɑk/ Forms: see pick- comb. form and lock n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick- comb. form, lock n.² Etymology: < pick- comb. form + lock n.², after to pick a lock (see pick v.¹ 5). A. n.¹ 1. A person who picks a lock or locks; a thief who gains access to valuables, etc., in this way. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who picks or forces locks picklock1553 lock picker1613 gilter?1663 tool-man1909 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > one who or that which opens > one who > one who picks open a lock picklock1553 lock picker1613 picker1817 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 76^v I haue one..to whom there is no cofer lockt, nor dore shut.., meanyng that he was a picklocke, and a false verlet. 1605 Life & Death Gamaliell Ratsey sig. D2 A Picklock that trauelled the Countries as a foot-post. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. v. 46 in Wks. II Talke with some crafty fellow, some picklocke o' the Law! 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. R3 Suspected for a picklock, Th' Beedle led me to the whip-stock. 1668 P. M. Cimmerian Matron 9 in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons Locking the door behind him, with as little noise as a Pick-lock. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 37 Sir Thomas Bolen..was called the Pick-lock of Princes. 1767 B. Thornton Miser iii. vi. 211 Fill'd ev'ry nook and corner of my house With thieves and pick-locks. 1803 T. Holcroft Hear Both Sides ii. 19 Every smith is a professed picklock; every mechanic a qualified house-breaker. 1889 Daily News 3 Dec. 7/2 She called him a ‘picklock’ and a ‘Paul Pry’. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty i. 21 This picklock Reason is still a-fumbling at the wards. 1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 21 Mar. 7/1 The ingenious and larcenous John Dortmunder and his familiar gang of thieves—the picklock Andy Kelp, the driver Stan Murch, [etc.]. 2. An instrument for picking locks. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock picklock1567 wrester1591 picklock key1609 gilk1610 gilt1667 ginny1669 dub1699 false key1701 screwa1790 skeleton key1810 twirl1879 skeleton1884 pick1890 twirler1921 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. vi. §1. 145 When the right Keie of Knowledge was loste, and gonne, it was time to diuise some other pretie Pikelockes to woorke the feat. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 393 b By which picklockes they locke fast the gates of hell, and open the gates of heaven to whom they list. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 285 We take him to be a Theefe..for wee haue found vpon him..a strange Pick-lock . View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Crowne City Politiques v. 66 I have a Picklock in my Pocket. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 72 Money is the very pick-lock that opens the way into all Cabinets and Councils. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets IV. viii. 104 They took whatever plate and other moveables they could get at, by dint of pokers and picklocks. 1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 63 A vile Laconian lock, with three stout wards, Which no picklock or nail can reach to open. 1842 J. S. Knowles Rose of Arragon iii. i, in Dramatic Works (1859) 369 There are more keys than one to every door, And failing keys, picklocks and sledges work! 1902 W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. iv. 198 The others but skeleton picklocks be, And you never shall pick the locks of God. 1956 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 36 459 The punishment of being whipped through the streets, with a picklock—to indicate the crime of housebreaking—about his neck. 1994 Entertainm. Weekly 27 May 79/3 Vic drags out her trusty picklocks and breaks into yet another building/office/bedroom. B. adj.¹ (attributive). That picks locks; used for picking locks (formerly esp. in picklock key). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of key warded1572 picklock1609 bittedc1615 wardless1927 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock picklock1567 wrester1591 picklock key1609 gilk1610 gilt1667 ginny1669 dub1699 false key1701 screwa1790 skeleton key1810 twirl1879 skeleton1884 pick1890 twirler1921 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 75 Hell's picklock powder was unknown to men. 1647 Army brought to Barre 7 The Tower key is the picklock key, whereby hee may enter every mans house at his pleasure. 1693 C. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vii. 134 The well-lung'd Civilian..opens first the Cause, Then with a Picklock-Tongue perverts the Laws. a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 446 Should any Soule once an Assurance get, Into his hands, soon Satans Pick-Lock key..Unlocks his Cabinet To Steal the Jewell in it thence away. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. III. 201 Flatt'ry's a perfect mistress of her art; With picklock keys to open ev'ry heart. 1850 J. Chubb Locks & Keys 32 He thought it would be impossible to pick them..by any picklock keys. 1905 Times 26 Apr. 8 In his pocket was a picklock key, with which he had got into the house. 2002 Assoc. Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 7 Aug. But some of it may elude picklock archaeologists, at least for the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). picklockn.²adj.² Brit. /ˈpɪklɒk/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌlɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick adj., lock n.¹ Etymology: < pick adj. + lock n.¹ Chiefly British. In wool-sorting: wool of the highest grade that can be obtained from a fleece. Also as adj.In quot. 1993 used to designate wool of a second best quality. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from specific place Shetland1783 picklock1794 ostrich wool1812 gansey1822 Botany wool1834 botany1864 Shetland floss1877 Kalmuck1940 1794 P. Foot Gen. View Agric. Middlesex xiv. 61 The dearest class of wool, called ‘picklock’, is estimated at thirty-two pence a pound. 1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 114 I have..divided them [sc. wools] into six classes,..1st class—the pick-lock and prime. 2nd class—the choice and super... 5th class—livery and short coarse. 6th class—pick-lock, grey, &c. &c. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 17 In the woollen trade the following names are common for English wool:—picklock, which, as the name implies, is the choicest of all. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 808/2 In the woollen trade short-staple wool is separated into qualities, known, in descending series.., as picklock, prime, choice, super, head, [etc.]. 1993 Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 9) Picklock wool, a term used in wool-sorting, mainly in the U.K., for second-best sorts from fleeces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.¹1553n.²adj.²1794
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