单词 | pot-lid |
释义 | pot-lidn. 1. The lid of a pot. In later use also spec.: a decorated ceramic lid as a collector's item.In quot. 1607, used for a warming pan. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid > types of pot-lid1404 paten-bred1501 buckler1674 Moor's head1677 screw top1697 sarpush1698 Moor-head1712 saucepan lid1801 screw cap1806 pan lid1841 capsule1858 shutter-front1887 crown cap1898 shutter-lid1901 kettle-lid1903 under-lid1907 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > fragment or part of shardc1000 potsherda1325 pot-lid1404 potscarc1450 test1545 shred1616 crock1850 pan-sherd1851 tesson1858 pot-shell1865 1404 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 20 j potlede de ligno. 1459 in W. D. Macray Reg. Members Magdalen Coll., Oxf. (1894) I. 4 (MED) Hys armys crest and deuyse yn the pot leede. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 728/20 Hoc trajecterium, a potlyd. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/1 Potlydde for a potte, covuerlecque. 1607 R. Greene Neuer too Late (new ed.) ii. sig. N4 To bed man, to bed, and we wil haue a warme pot-lid [1590 potled]. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Apr. 1/1 It might be, for ought they knew, a Project for altering the breadth of Pot-lids. 1711 J. Swift Wks. & Lett. (1902) XXII. 156 Now it freezes, like a pot-lid, upon our snow. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xi. 261 Adams..lay snug under the Pot-Lid . View more context for this quotation 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 132 A Don Quixote, with a bean-pole for a lance, and a pot-lid for a shield. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. xiv. 107 Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot-lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mrs. Cruncher. 1924 H. G. Clarke & F. Wrench Colour Pictures on Pot Lids i. 4 The collecting of pot lids and other Staffordshire pottery adorned with these pictures has gone on in a quiet way for some considerable time. 1961 W. J. Gedney tr. P. A. Rajadhon Life & Ritual in Old Siam iii. 152 They put ground assafetida and sweet flag mixed with kaffir lime juice into a potlid and heat this over a fire. 1996 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 21/6 A frequenter of the auction rooms, he amassed a collection of more than 300 Victorian pot lids. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > concretionary or nodular cinder1562 yolk1665 sinapite1681 race1728 rance1728 pluma1817 pot-lid1822 Suffolk coprolite1867 kernel1892 1822 W. D. Conybeare & W. Phillips Outl. Geol. Eng. & Wales i. 204 Concretions are frequent..and are called whim-stones or potlids. 1828 Zool. Jrnl. 3 416 Concretions of calcareous grit..that form a part of almost every group... These concretions, from a coarse resemblance, are called ‘Pot-lids’; and the rock which they consist of,..bears the name of ‘Pendle’. b. Archaeology. A roughly circular flake of flint, typically produced by fracture as the flint cools after heating. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1904 W. E. Roth Domestic Implements, Arts, & Manuf. 17 Let us consider that..a comparatively short, stumpy flake, a ‘pot-lid,’ had been removed. 1935 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 65 165 Roth reports that he saw no ‘pot-lid’ scrapers in the former regions. 1939 Amer. Anthropologist 41 106 It has long been known that changes of temperature may remove from the surfaces of flints circular or elliptical flakes which are known as ‘pot lids’ leaving on the parent block corresponding hollows or pits known as ‘frost pits’. 1964 H. Hodges Artifacts vii. 104 A nodule of flint exposed to the sun all day may become quite warm and if there is a sudden evening fall of temperature roughly circular patches of the surface (pot-lids) may flake away. 1966 Amer. Anthropologist 68 219 A few of the flints at Latamne show pot-lid fracture and occasional reddening suggestive of thermal fracture. 1994 Science 4 Feb. 660/3 Contemporaneity between the hearths and the Mesa points is demonstrated by occasional flakes and projectile point fragments that are associated with charcoal and possess pot-lid fractures. 3. Curling. A stone so played as to come to rest on the tee at the centre of the target area; (now also) the innermost circle of the target area. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > stone as played hog1808 forehand stone1825 ringer1825 guard1830 pot-lid1853 rider1891 1853 W. Watson Poems 63 Now, stane after stane in rotation.., Till..ane's turn'd a vera pat-lid. 1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xiv. 271 His stone landed on the Tee. ‘A pat-lid’, said Douce Davie. 1893–4 Caled. Curl. Cl. Ann. 114 A rare patlid, I fear your play is just owre guid. 1969 R. Welsh Beginner's Guide Curling iv. 33 Pot-lid, (Pat-lid), a stone lying on the tee. 1988 Sc. Curler Jan. 20/4 Robert..guarded his shot with his last stone and offered Nelson the opportunity to draw past the guard to the pot lid. 2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Dec. 16 Mike explains the object is to slide or ‘throw’ the stones to a target made up of concentric circles, the ‘house’, aiming to land the stone as close to the centre circle, or ‘pot lid’, as possible. 4. In full pot-lid valve. A valve having the form of a cap fitting over a hole or the end of a pipe, etc. Also: the cover of the air pump of a steam engine. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others washer1596 turncock1702 air cock1709 Jack-in-the-box1728 runner1754 stop-valve1829 three-way cock1838 ball valve1839 relief valve1846 poppet valve1851 plunger valve1854 pot-lid1856 reflux valve1857 screw-down1864 mica valve1880 tide flap1884 tube-valve1884 swing-tap1892 relay valve1894 Schrader1895 pilot valve1900 mixer valve1904 spool valve1908 spill valve1922 safety valving1930 three-way1939 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts fire door1765 hand gear1805 throat pipe1824 cataract1832 cut-off1849 coil1852 pot-lid1856 main centre1858 trunk1859 piston sleeve1872 1856 J. Bourne Steam Engine (rev. ed.) viii. 300 In slow moving engines the bucket valve is generally of the spindle or pot-lid kind. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1777/1 Pot-lid Valve. 1. A cap-formed valve which shuts down like a cover upon a port or the end of a pipe. 2. The cover of the air-pump of a steam-engine. 1891 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. (ed. 8) 8 The slide-valve is not moved, like the old pot-lid valves, against the pressure of the steam. 2003 Re: (permaculture) worm troubles in permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org (Email list) 19 Dec. How about putting a hinged pot-lid on your vent stack? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1404 |
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