单词 | pily |
释义 | pilyadj.1 Originally Scottish. 1. Originally Scottish. Of a fabric: having a pile or nap. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap napped1440 cottoned1488 nappyc1500 friezed1509 pily1529 piled1590 brushed1926 1529 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 358 Tua eln of pylie gray to be ane cloik to the king..xxvj s. viij d. 1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 80 To be the King ane ryding galcoit, vj quarteris pylie franche gray. 1587 St. Andrews Test. II. 86 He levis to him his best clok of pyle russet. 1894 M. H. Hayes Among Men & Horses (ed. 2) xiii. 190 That few, if any,..knew much about the virtues of thick ‘pily’ coir matting and strait-jackets for horses. 2004 Boston Mag. Mar. She picks up a $35 towel..and shows how it's neither too piley nor too heavy. 2. Of a dog's coat: comprising a mixture of short, soft hairs and longer, stiffer ones. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type coat burry1568 wiry-haired1791 wavy-coated1867 pily1878 wavy1884 feathery1889 poodled1905 1878 Scribner's Monthly 16 101/1 The coat should be what is called ‘pily’,—a mixture of hard and soft hair. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog p. xiv Pily.—A peculiar quality of coat consisting of two kinds of hair, the one soft and woolly, the other long and wiry. 1963 S. M. Lampson Country Life Bk. Dogs 123/2 The coat [of the Dandie Dinmont terrier]..is a mixture of hardish and soft hair, which gives it a pily feeling. 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 21/2 The crisp coat of the Dandie Dinmont terrier is called a ‘pily’ coat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pilyadj.2adv. Heraldry. Obsolete. rare. A. adj.2 Of a field: divided into piles.With modifying word or phrase indicating the number and orientation of the piles. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > divided into a number of piles sentry1486 pily1632 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) v. iv. 376 He beareth Barry pily of eight peeces, Gules and Or. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. Gloss. Pily bendy merely differs from pily barry by throwing the piles bendways..instead of barways. B. adv. Into piles; by means of piles. ΚΠ 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xiii. 85 Pily, divided Pile-wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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